LED rear light insert for 100GS PD

[Roger Chatterton]

Now i know that NN does a rear light LED insert, (for about £45 +) that fits into the existing, rather feeble GS PD rear enclosure, but does anybody on the GS site make anything similar ?

Now Winter is here, I get a bit nervous that my rear light, and stop light are not very bright compared to more modern brake lights etc. I would also feel more re-assured that an LED set up is not going to pack up and blow, like a regular tungsten bulb.

So, anyone know of an alternative that will fit right in place of the existing bulb. I do not want to modify the look of the bike in any way, so want to retain the original enclosure.

My bike is 1993 100GS PD, so it has a small square housing, with a clear bit for the number plate illumination, and of course the single bulb for rear and brakes.

Any help appreciated.

 

[brassmonkey001]

There was some talk of someone making up a batch but they were going to cost in the region of £40 IIRC and I don't know if anything came of it.
Another lad whose name I forget had made his own, I PM'd him asking for more details but never heard back and I'm not sure he's around anymore.
I ended up putting a LED replacement bulb in mine.
I'd be interested in a LED insert if the price was right.

 

[John Armstrong]

You could pm Techno to see how he's getting on with them

 

[brassmonkey001]

Found the thread here.

 

[Roger Chatterton]

Thanks fellas, and I wondered if Techno was still around and if he'd made anything "Airhead". I'll drop him a PM
Cheers

 

[JPR]

Dont think LEDs arnt going to pack up.
I fitted a NN LED rear light panel to the rear of my 07 1200,half of the LEDs have packed up,the way the rest are flickering I wouldnt think theyre going to last much longer.
If I choose to replace it with the same Ill have paid £150 for two rear light bulbs in less than 2 yrs.!
Not a really good deal.IMO.

 

[England-Kev]

what about trying Paul Goff?

 

[Roger Chatterton]

Dont think LEDs arnt going to pack up.
I fitted a NN LED rear light panel to the rear of my 07 1200,half of the LEDs have packed up,the way the rest are flickering I wouldnt think theyre going to last much longer.
If I choose to replace it with the same Ill have paid £150 for two rear light bulbs in less than 2 yrs.!
Not a really good deal.IMO.

I think, from other users of the NN LED insert, that it is not well made -probably cheapo LEDs, or poor soldering or something. That's partly why I've not rushed to buy a NN unit
I had about half a dozen blue LEDS form Ultralight, and they all blew , some within a few minutes of use - I reverted to the good old tungsten bulbs ( these were for the speedo and rev counter on 1150). So, yes, I agree-not ALL LEDs are good -there's good ones and bad ones on the market. But, nearly all my Studio gear nowadays has LEDs and they very very rarely blow -on for hours at a time, get hot, flash on and off ( as intended that is !!), and they seem to last forever, so it can be done That's why decent LED lights seem, at first, expensive.

Now if Techno gets back to me, I have much faith in the quality of his design and manufacture, nudge nudge ...

 

[Roger Chatterton]

what about trying Paul Goff?

Who he ???

 

[England-Kev]

Who he ???

The wonder of google....

http://www.norbsa02.freeuk.com/goffyleds.htm

 

[Bill-H]

I see you can get red or white LEDs
do the red ones send as much light through a red lens? or does the red lens reduce the output?

 

[brassmonkey001]

I see you can get red or white LEDs
do the red ones send as much light through a red lens? or does the red lens reduce the output?

I'm sure I read somwhere that red LEDs are more effective than white when shining through a red lens.

 

[Roger Chatterton]

The wonder of google....

http://www.norbsa02.freeuk.com/goffyleds.htm

Thanks England Kev- I've had a look, and yes he does have direct replacement bulbs that would do the job. I had similar type bulbs on my 1150 rear, and even with two of them ( i had the special TT rear light which had 2 bulbs), they weren't very bright -in daylight the stop lights were pretty dim, especially off-axis, but Paul Goff's might well be better.

I'll wait and see what Techno comes up with, as I'm sure his will have more LEDs, as they'll be on a large pcb, and probably higher intensity ones too. What I was looking for was a better and more reliable version of the NN rear, and hopefully Techno wil, at some point not too far off, come up with the goods.

 

[Roger Chatterton]

I see you can get red or white LEDs
do the red ones send as much light through a red lens? or does the red lens reduce the output?

You'll be needing white ones if you have the same rear enclosure as I have on my GS PD , 'cos legally you need a white light for the number plate. Don't know if you'd get pulled over for this ( maybe in N Wales !!!), but might be a problem come MOT time.

 

[brassmonkey001]

You'll be needing white ones if you have the same rear enclosure as I have on my GS PD , 'cos legally you need a white light for the number plate. Don't know if you'd get pulled over for this ( maybe in N Wales !!!), but might be a problem come MOT time.

Yes, you'd need some white ones pointing down for the plate.
But another advantage of red LEDs is if your lens gets broken, you are still showing a red light to the rear instead of white.

 

[Bill-H]

Yes, you'd need some white ones pointing down for the plate.

norbsa02 (link posted above) do one with 18 red leds for stop/tail and 6 white ones around the outside edge - to light the numberplate, best of both worlds?