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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 01:25 AM
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Looking for a brighter or strobe light style brake light than stock. I just had an incident that maybe a better brake light would have prevented. I have a classic so don't have the trunk lights.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 01:47 AM
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Hope your incident wasn't anything serious. I've personally been considering a setup from custom dynamics for the rear lights to ensure I get the attention of cages behind me, but there are many different products out there. Suggest trying a forum search for "strobing brake light" or "modulating tail light" or something to that effect.

Here's a couple that I found tho:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...-dynamics.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...d-testing.html
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 02:06 AM
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BrightAssLight. So bright, so powerful, so attention-attracting that police have asked me about mine.

So I brought it down to "2" --

Plug 'n play, 5-minute install, effective as it gets. Not exactly "cheap" but easily the best and most effective $200 I've thrown in.
 

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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 02:30 AM
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+1 on BALs, you'd have to be blind not to notice them, set the pattern and intensity that suits you.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnScrip
BrightAssLight. So bright, so powerful, so attention-attracting that police have asked me about mine.

So I brought it down to "2" --

Plug 'n play, 5-minute install, effective as it gets. Not exactly "cheap" but easily the best and most effective $200 I've thrown in.
+1. Pricey, but certainly more piece of mind.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by dbell66253
+1 on BALs, you'd have to be blind not to notice them, set the pattern and intensity that suits you.
What everyone else already said, it was worth the money IMHO. LED signals with run/brake featuer are nice too.



Shown with the brakes on.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 05:02 AM
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Bright ***....only way to go!
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 10:00 AM
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I bought a Custom Dynamics LED Tailight from Amazon for $122 and worth it to me. It is super bright. I also got the rear CD LED turn signals that work as Run/Brake/Signal (Best deal was from Eastern Performance $70). If somebody doesn't notice when I hit my brakes then I guess my time has ran out...
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 10:02 AM
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Thanks for the info. My incident resulted in two totaled bikes but nobody hurt seriously.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2012 | 10:03 AM
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BAL has my vote!! I love mine!!
 
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