Brake light flasher on 2014 or 2015.
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Brake light flasher on 2014 or 2015.
Has anyone installed a brake light flasher on a 2014 or 2015 TG? If so, would you share with me which one you used. I want to make sure it's compatible.
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Something everyone should think about with adding triple play, or other brake light flashers to a trike.
Think you now have two tail lights, they are shared with your turn signal. When you have turn signal on, and you have brake applied coming to a turn, the person behind you does not see that you are turning. I followed a Tri Glide recently that had triple play brake lights, he applied the brake coming to a turn, I could not tell he was turning. I followed in the turn and after he released the brake, I could see his turn signal was on. He then turned into the next establishment, I turned in an talked to him. He was not aware of the view from behind when he applied turn signal and brake. He was going to remove the triple play he said.
Think you now have two tail lights, they are shared with your turn signal. When you have turn signal on, and you have brake applied coming to a turn, the person behind you does not see that you are turning. I followed a Tri Glide recently that had triple play brake lights, he applied the brake coming to a turn, I could not tell he was turning. I followed in the turn and after he released the brake, I could see his turn signal was on. He then turned into the next establishment, I turned in an talked to him. He was not aware of the view from behind when he applied turn signal and brake. He was going to remove the triple play he said.
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Something everyone should think about with adding triple play, or other brake light flashers to a trike.
Think you now have two tail lights, they are shared with your turn signal. When you have turn signal on, and you have brake applied coming to a turn, the person behind you does not see that you are turning. I followed a Tri Glide recently that had triple play brake lights, he applied the brake coming to a turn, I could not tell he was turning. I followed in the turn and after he released the brake, I could see his turn signal was on. He then turned into the next establishment, I turned in an talked to him. He was not aware of the view from behind when he applied turn signal and brake. He was going to remove the triple play he said.
Think you now have two tail lights, they are shared with your turn signal. When you have turn signal on, and you have brake applied coming to a turn, the person behind you does not see that you are turning. I followed a Tri Glide recently that had triple play brake lights, he applied the brake coming to a turn, I could not tell he was turning. I followed in the turn and after he released the brake, I could see his turn signal was on. He then turned into the next establishment, I turned in an talked to him. He was not aware of the view from behind when he applied turn signal and brake. He was going to remove the triple play he said.
Great point and certainly something to consider. You would never want to compromise your safety. I'm thinking if you could have it flash for 3 seconds and then go solid, you could resolve that issue and still gain the benefits of being more noticed when breaking.
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Great point and certainly something to consider. You would never want to compromise your safety. I'm thinking if you could have it flash for 3 seconds and then go solid, you couldn't resolve that issue and still gain the benefits of being more noticed when breaking.
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That is what the triple play does, flashes 3 times, but if timing is right and person behind does not see the first turn signal, and trike applies the brake intermittently, you can get in a situation where it is not real visible you are turning. I personally would not consider it after seeing what I did. Never gave it a though until being a biker following another, and witnessing the issue. With Two wheeler not a problem because the turn signals are separated and not shared assembly.
Gotcha, good points. I may need to reconsider after hearing all of this. Thanks!
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I have a "Back Off" flasher unit in my garage but haven't installed it yet.
I also have two of the 16 LED light pods from Hyper Lites, the Hyper Lites are Can-Bus compatible...I'm thinking of mounting the two LED pods under the tour pack, close to the middle, these will flash five times and go solid ( or you can have them flash constantly, this would bother me if I were behind a bike set up like that).
I try and post a Video if and when I get them installed..
I also have two of the 16 LED light pods from Hyper Lites, the Hyper Lites are Can-Bus compatible...I'm thinking of mounting the two LED pods under the tour pack, close to the middle, these will flash five times and go solid ( or you can have them flash constantly, this would bother me if I were behind a bike set up like that).
I try and post a Video if and when I get them installed..
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I have a "Back Off" flasher unit in my garage but haven't installed it yet.
I also have two of the 16 LED light pods from Hyper Lites, the Hyper Lites are Can-Bus compatible...I'm thinking of mounting the two LED pods under the tour pack, close to the middle, these will flash five times and go solid ( or you can have them flash constantly, this would bother me if I were behind a bike set up like that).
I try and post a Video if and when I get them installed..
I also have two of the 16 LED light pods from Hyper Lites, the Hyper Lites are Can-Bus compatible...I'm thinking of mounting the two LED pods under the tour pack, close to the middle, these will flash five times and go solid ( or you can have them flash constantly, this would bother me if I were behind a bike set up like that).
I try and post a Video if and when I get them installed..
I would like to see that when you get them all set up.
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