SupaNova HSi integrated tail light

[CairnsDuc]

Email Sent! 

[ducati culture]

Pm & email sent!

[He Man]

Email sent!

Main reason behind additional lens is the what if....such as...what if someone threw a rock at me and hit my lens? or What if someone puts a cigarette out on my lens...or what if i crash and the lens breaks? etc...

Im excitied!

[Ohmic]

Main reason behind additional lens is the what if....such as...what if someone threw a rock at me and hit my lens? or What if someone puts a cigarette out on my lens...or what if i crash and the lens breaks? etc...

...or what if the ex gf/wife drags a key across it...?

I totally understand where you're coming from 

[Slide Panda]

Main reason behind additional lens is the what if....such as...what if someone threw a rock at me and hit my lens? or What if someone puts a cigarette out on my lens...or what if i crash and the lens breaks? etc...

These things water resistant... or should I say Restaurant waste fat/grease resistant? These are important items to know for He Man

[CairnsDuc]

Hello Bernard
So the non Integrated version (I have to have separate indicators in Australia) will that be available with Smoke or Clear lens covers? or red only?
I just want to make sure I read your post above correctly

Thanks

[Ohmic]

These things water resistant... or should I say Restaurant waste fat/grease resistant? These are important items to know for He Man

I wouldn't want to be riding in fat/grease etc... but hey. Each for their own    Yes. There is a gasket around the heatsink that seals off the inside LED chamber to the outside ambient atmosphere. This will help to keep lens(inside) nice clean and dry 
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=28446.15   <--- this post will have some pics of the insides showing the gasket/heatsink. Middle of page 2.

Hello Bernard
So the non Integrated version (I have to have separate indicators in Australia) will that be available with Smoke or Clear lens covers? or red only?
I just want to make sure I read your post above correctly

Non-integrated(i.e No amber/yellow LEDs) version comes in all colors. This version will also be cheaper.
Integrated version(i.e WITH amber/yellow LEDs) will not be offered in red.

I should also add. <been getting loads of emails> If you get the non-integrated version or no license plate white LEDs, your unit will be shipped with ~16" pigtails for you to hookup your stock/third party blinkers/lic. plate light.
Pigtails 3 pairs of wires:  (+12V/Ground) , (Left Signal/Ground) & (Right/Ground).   

[He Man]

These things water resistant... or should I say Restaurant waste fat/grease resistant? These are important items to know for He Man

VERY important.

[Smitty]

Have you given any thought of a bright led turn signal board to fit in the stock housing? That might satisfy some local objections to the intigrated signals.


Tim

[Ohmic]

Have you given any thought of a bright led turn signal board to fit in the stock housing? That might satisfy some local objections to the intigrated signals.

This idea has crossed my mind. Reasons being why I didn't move forward was reliability. Meaning I would have had to ship my PCA unprotected. Not something I'm keen about. There would be no guarantee how the field work would be performed. It would have been more of a headache for me. Even with the best of installation instructions there would be screw-ups/damaged boards/returns and not to mention the endless questions I would be bombarded with weekly.

However, one idea that have always crossed my mind was plugging the end holes of the classic Monster with 2 of the brightest LEDs on the market. Last year I designed a compact LED driver for friend of mine in Calgary. He makes some really cool barends turn signals/LED. I'll try to find a pic and update this post later.

Anyway. I have these dime size LED drivers that i've always wanted to integrated on the rear of the Classic Monsters. I know some of you have done this mod on here before using multiple less powerful standard narrow dispersion LEDs. But I was thinking of using just one large/powerful/wide angle LED in-cased inside some nice billet machined AL. The extra metal will act as a heat sink and given it is used on a 50% duty cycle. So no chance of it over heating. Proper voltage step down regulator(so no need for big ass external resistors). All in a nice little package. The intensity would be that of the SupaNovaHSi if not brighter!

When you activate your turn signals with these bad boyz... The cage behind you will know what your intentions are
Check it out. Did some rendering of it last month. I have the design done. The problem was cost for the metal bits. So project came to a stop.

Small compact LED board with step down switching current source. (I have an updated version of these that is more powerful)

<Preliminary> Shown - Rubber boot to expand inside frame for secure fit.

[Smitty]

Nice and clean design. I sure you could sell the.
I saw a lowboy heavy equipment hauler with the brightest led lamp i have ever seen. It was noticeable on the highway in the daytime over a mile away.  When I got home I tied to figure out what they were. The closest thing I could see was a Lwxon star ( this was about a year and a half ago). 

Tim

[Slide Panda]

Ohmic said they are "just days away" - sweet! My Aged CA unit was already getting a bit dim... Then one of the LEDs fell off last week killing two whole rows when the circuit path was cut. Can't wait for my lasers

[Slide Panda]

Got my email last night and Bernard expects my unit to ship later this week - sweet. And in a little nod to his customer service, he reminded me that I'd asked about additional pigtails - which had slipped my mind. 

Let the laser light show commence

[alexisonfire]

ordered mine.  waiting impatiently. 

[NorDog]

Dr. Evil ordered a dozen, with the optional "Shark Mounting Kit".