Lighting up a V-Strom

This small project was to add some extra lighting to the bike, and specifically to make the appearance quite wide at night time for on coming vehicles to see me better.
I had seen the new Ducati Multistrada and its very impressive LED's on the hand-guards, and the intention was to try and mimic this effect using much cheaper materials.


So lets see how it turned out?..

Strip of waterproof 12V white LED's encased in silicone

Time to mark and drill some holes in the handguard

They seem to fit nice and snug

Slightly protruding on the front face is intentional

Some silicone to fix in place

So far so good

Testing with a 9V battery

And fitting on the bike and run from the 12V supply

Very effective at night!