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Old May 3, 2014 | 05:47 AM
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I'm wanting to run Alloy Art LED rear strut mount signals, front fork tin signals, and an LED Tail (not sure which though). What will I need to make them work properly? Load equalizers etc. It will be going on my 2001 Fatboy.
 
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Old May 3, 2014 | 06:06 AM
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Thinking of running the Bad *** Lights LED Tail.
Went ahead and purchased the rear strut lights and a badlands equalizer. I hope that should suffice. I will scoop up the front signals next month along with the BAL Tail Light.
 

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Old May 3, 2014 | 08:40 AM
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I put on a Kuryakyn LED tail light on my old Night Train and my Heritage. It is a plug and play option.
 
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Old May 3, 2014 | 09:05 AM
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I went 100% LED on my '08 Fatboy two years ago. Badlands load equalizer (installed behind rear wheel well panel), Radiantz LED turns and lay-down brake light. The only issue I have had it with the tail light. I have had to ship it in twice for LED segments going out (lifetime warrantee). While I don't know the actual cause, I think the vibration is breaking solder connections in the light.
 
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Old May 6, 2014 | 03:31 PM
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I put the Kuryakyn Panacea taillight and alloy art turn signals on the rear of mine and I don't believe I used a load equalizer. I thought I read somewhere that as long as all the lights on either end are LED than you don't need an equalizer. I could be wrong it's been a while since I did it.
 
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Old May 6, 2014 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Yankees
I put the Kuryakyn Panacea taillight and alloy art turn signals on the rear of mine and I don't believe I used a load equalizer. I thought I read somewhere that as long as all the lights on either end are LED than you don't need an equalizer. I could be wrong it's been a while since I did it.
I like those turn signals, but how bright are they? Want to limit the chances of getting run over...
 
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Old May 6, 2014 | 07:00 PM
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I have the Joker Machine and I am not using a load equalizer - they just blink faster
(makes them more obvious)
 
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Old May 6, 2014 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Yankees
I put the Kuryakyn Panacea taillight and alloy art turn signals on the rear of mine and I don't believe I used a load equalizer. I thought I read somewhere that as long as all the lights on either end are LED than you don't need an equalizer. I could be wrong it's been a while since I did it.
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I like those turn signals, but how bright are they? Want to limit the chances of getting run over...
My wife is running ONLY a Panacea tail light with the integrated turn signals. It's not worth a damn on it's own. Unless it's dark or you're less than 100 feet away, you're not going to notice the turn signals unless you KNOW to be looking for them - they just blend in too much. I think to be "legal", they have to be apparent at 300 feet minimum. The stock turn signals had to be removed, since they tried to occupy the exact same space as the upswept exhaust. Thinking that the strut end Alloy Art turn signals would be the ticket. Set I saw were plenty obvious - and separated enough from the tail light that they didn't just blend right in. Bonus that they are almost invisible when not active, too... keeping with the "less is more" approach.
 
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Old May 7, 2014 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Ragnar
My wife is running ONLY a Panacea tail light with the integrated turn signals. It's not worth a damn on it's own. Unless it's dark or you're less than 100 feet away, you're not going to notice the turn signals unless you KNOW to be looking for them - they just blend in too much. I think to be "legal", they have to be apparent at 300 feet minimum. The stock turn signals had to be removed, since they tried to occupy the exact same space as the upswept exhaust. Thinking that the strut end Alloy Art turn signals would be the ticket. Set I saw were plenty obvious - and separated enough from the tail light that they didn't just blend right in. Bonus that they are almost invisible when not active, too... keeping with the "less is more" approach.
Agreed. The integrated turn signals in the Panacea are a nice touch but simply do not stand out enough to be useful by themselves. The alloy art signals aren't super bright either but from what I've been told are easy to see while on the road.
 
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Old May 7, 2014 | 10:22 AM
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I hope the led rears from alloy art are ok. I'm also going to run the front fork kit from them. Trying to clean up the look a little.
 
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