Neons

[SiGPiGomer]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how they would recommend hooking neons up with a toggle switch on our bikes. Just just purchased some neons last night and not sure how I want to wire them. All the help would help.

[stroke]

i put the toggle switch under my seat coz i didnt feel like drilling any holes in the front plastic...(will probably do that later but...) for the time now under the seat is great no drilling or nothin, just zip tyed it underneath the bar that the rear seat rests on...

[SiGPiGomer]

How are you wiring the neons for power? Thats what I am not sure on.

[SiGPiGomer]

So I installed a few neons on my bike last night. I figured out a good way to install them for power. It actually was very simple, but just thought I would post how I installed them incase anyone was not sure.

1.) I started out by running a wire from the positive and negative off my battery. (2 seperate wires)

2.) Then connect the positive wire to one off the wires off the toggle switch.

3.) From their, you want to take the postive wires from the neon and connect it to the second wire off the toggle switch. (This will be how you are able to turn on and off the neons, if you didnt figure that out)

4.) After your done with that, you can connect the negative wire from the neons to the negative wire from the battery.

5.) Once you have all of your wires connected, you can mount the toggle switch anywhere. (I mounted my to the right of the Tach) Make sure you check where you are drilling at to make sure you dont drill into anything else.

Tip= You can connect as many neons to the positive annd negative wire from the battery. For the positve wire, make sure you connect after the toggle switch. When I connected the wires, I just twisted them together and wrapped it in electrical tape. Then to make sure the tape sealed around the wires good, I heated the tape up with a lighter. I used zip ties to help hold the wires so they wouldnt show. Make sure the wires dont touch the engine so they dont melt. For mounting the neons, I just used the screws that came with the kit. Just make sure that they dont screw into anything important.

If you have any questions, feel free to post here and I will try to answer them.

[99vengeur]

I was wondering what it would look like with light glowing from inside the ram-air vents. Very cool, indeed!

[Funkmaxtor]

Originally Posted by SiGPiGomer

So I installed a few neons on my bike last night. I figured out a good way to install them for power. It actually was very simple, but just thought I would post how I installed them incase anyone was not sure.

1.) I started out by running a wire from the positive and negative off my battery. (2 seperate wires)

2.) Then connect the positive wire to one off the wires off the toggle switch.

3.) From their, you want to take the postive wires from the neon and connect it to the second wire off the toggle switch. (This will be how you are able to turn on and off the neons, if you didnt figure that out)

4.) After your done with that, you can connect the negative wire from the neons to the negative wire from the battery.

5.) Once you have all of your wires connected, you can mount the toggle switch anywhere. (I mounted my to the right of the Tach) Make sure you check where you are drilling at to make sure you dont drill into anything else.

Tip= You can connect as many neons to the positive annd negative wire from the battery. For the positve wire, make sure you connect after the toggle switch. When I connected the wires, I just twisted them together and wrapped it in electrical tape. Then to make sure the tape sealed around the wires good, I heated the tape up with a lighter. I used zip ties to help hold the wires so they wouldnt show. Make sure the wires dont touch the engine so they dont melt. For mounting the neons, I just used the screws that came with the kit. Just make sure that they dont screw into anything important.

If you have any questions, feel free to post here and I will try to answer them.

Step 1.5 - Make sure you put a fusible link on the positive wire before the toggle switch. This will protect the bikes electrical system if a wire gets cut or shorted.

[Root Down]

Originally Posted by 99vengeur

I was wondering what it would look like with light glowing from inside the ram-air vents. Very cool, indeed!

Are the ram-air vents functional and could this cause a problem? This looks great and if they aren't functional vents I'm tempted to do it myself!

[99vengeur]

Originally Posted by Root Down

Are the ram-air vents functional and could this cause a problem? This looks great and if they aren't functional vents I'm tempted to do it myself!

Nope, they are not functional. They are just dead-end tunnels that look nice.

[Root Down]

Would LEDs have the same effect? Ohio is kind of funny about neons, if you can see the bulb they are illegal (it's considered a driver distraction). I figure I could hide LEDs a little better, is it feasible and would it give the same glow as neons?

[99vengeur]

I think it would have the same effect. It may even be brighter than actual neons.