Wireless directionals
Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:10 pm
I have found a way that I can quickly put wireless directionals on my 22 touring.
Recently I posted how I've added brake and running lights to my car for safety, as I use locally often for shopping, drives to the beach and for friends who come by.
I am trying to keep the car the way I got it. I've cleaned it up then worked on the upholstery. Tom Pilz and I have refurbished the front end so it no longer wobbles, done a valve job, refurbished the carb and potato, and generally got it running sweet! I've replaced the radiator with the last Berg he made and I've got four new tires and tubes from bloxley ready for the spring. I also have AC brakes that I'm waiting to install when we attack the rear end this spring.
I am trying to make sure the car is as safe as possible when I'm using it. With that in mind and the fact that I drive around on very busy Long Island I've been researching how to put signals on the car, (and my TT when I'm using it), without wiring them into the kerosine running lights or drilling holes to attach lights somewhere.
I have figured out a way to add brake lights and running lights that I can attach in about five minutes to drive safely. I put up an earlier post with that project.
After some research and thinking through the problem I believe I've found a fairly inexpensive way of adding turn signals.
I went on Amazon, put in wireless turn signals and found [Goldfox Bike Tail Light USB Rechargeable, Bike Turn Signals] for less than sixty dollars. For another 12$ I bought some square 1.25" X 1/8" Neodymium magnets.
I used my dremel to take off the small square used to attach these units to handlebars etc. When the back was flattened I hot glued the magnets to the signals and to the controller. I had tried round magnets first but needed the square ones to abut the crease in the fender and not move. I've tried to shake them loose on some backwoods trails and on a few trips recently and they stay put. I also put a magnet on the small controller and simply attach it to the dash in front of the wheel. All of the magnets have heavy duty duct tape covering the magnets so they don't scratch the paint. That seems to work well.
The units themselves are rechargeable, in fact the package comes with a four line usb charging cables so all four signals can be charged at once. The signals are bright, turn off in 30 seconds easy to work with the small controller. Additionally the units can be set to blink red leds for parking or all four signals to blink red then signal orange for an emergency situation.
I made a roll up sleeve to keep the units in and it takes about a minute to put them on the fenders and place the controller.
This update sure beats hand signals and I feel much safer when in traffic in my T.
Recently I posted how I've added brake and running lights to my car for safety, as I use locally often for shopping, drives to the beach and for friends who come by.
I am trying to keep the car the way I got it. I've cleaned it up then worked on the upholstery. Tom Pilz and I have refurbished the front end so it no longer wobbles, done a valve job, refurbished the carb and potato, and generally got it running sweet! I've replaced the radiator with the last Berg he made and I've got four new tires and tubes from bloxley ready for the spring. I also have AC brakes that I'm waiting to install when we attack the rear end this spring.
I am trying to make sure the car is as safe as possible when I'm using it. With that in mind and the fact that I drive around on very busy Long Island I've been researching how to put signals on the car, (and my TT when I'm using it), without wiring them into the kerosine running lights or drilling holes to attach lights somewhere.
I have figured out a way to add brake lights and running lights that I can attach in about five minutes to drive safely. I put up an earlier post with that project.
After some research and thinking through the problem I believe I've found a fairly inexpensive way of adding turn signals.
I went on Amazon, put in wireless turn signals and found [Goldfox Bike Tail Light USB Rechargeable, Bike Turn Signals] for less than sixty dollars. For another 12$ I bought some square 1.25" X 1/8" Neodymium magnets.
I used my dremel to take off the small square used to attach these units to handlebars etc. When the back was flattened I hot glued the magnets to the signals and to the controller. I had tried round magnets first but needed the square ones to abut the crease in the fender and not move. I've tried to shake them loose on some backwoods trails and on a few trips recently and they stay put. I also put a magnet on the small controller and simply attach it to the dash in front of the wheel. All of the magnets have heavy duty duct tape covering the magnets so they don't scratch the paint. That seems to work well.
The units themselves are rechargeable, in fact the package comes with a four line usb charging cables so all four signals can be charged at once. The signals are bright, turn off in 30 seconds easy to work with the small controller. Additionally the units can be set to blink red leds for parking or all four signals to blink red then signal orange for an emergency situation.
I made a roll up sleeve to keep the units in and it takes about a minute to put them on the fenders and place the controller.
This update sure beats hand signals and I feel much safer when in traffic in my T.
