Converting 3 wire stock Tail Lights that RUN/BRAKE/TURN to LED

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12-30-2016, 05:13 PM

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Thats what I was worried about. So if I understand this correctly my stock 1157 bulbs are being powered by the RUNNING function and the BRAKE function. There is no actual voltage feed for a turn SIGNAL rather its a loss of the feeds to the RUNNING and BRAKE functions that act as a SIGNAL. I found a page with similar lights and Im wondering how other people get them to work.
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/c...rts-for-harley

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12-30-2016, 05:15 PM

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The idea was to have the red ring "Dual Intensity" (RUNNING for the low, BRAKE for the high) and feed the Amber with a signal.

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The run is on all the time (when the ignition is on of course). The TSM controls the flash for blake and turn at the higher intensity.
You can't do what you want without adding a light. That's why the fender light for the brake is a good idea.

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12-30-2016, 08:01 PM

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no tsm.. canbus =bcm

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12-30-2016, 08:11 PM

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Ok, I'm old school, but it does the same thing.

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01-15-2017, 12:22 PM

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reach out to the seller, Shilo, here:
http://stores.ebay.com/litecycleleds

he will set you up.

I just bought a headlight off this guy, great seller! Almost bought the Bullet Ringz from him too but Custom Dynamics had a pair that were painted Flat Black instead of Gloss Black so they were practically giving them away.

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01-15-2017, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Branstner

LoL Are you The Rizz? I was just looking at another forum page and a guy named The Rizz did the same thing. Anyway Im really trying to isolate the turn from the turn/brake function on my 3 wire lights. From what I gathered so far Turn and Brake share a wire and the other wire is the running lights. There are lights that are amber and red in one housing and im trying to figure out how to utilize the amber light correctly.

LOL negative....

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