High-intensity rear/brake LED?

I just want to share something that happened to me when I first got my R3T.
Tail light burned out. Since there is only one, I went with led. Worked good, but then I installed a subharness so I could power light on a trailer. When I hooked up the trailer, the Brake light stayed on constantly on the trailer. Found out the led did not draw enough running light current, so the bikes computer left a small voltage on the Brake circuit. It was just enough to make the sub harness think the brakes were applied. I had to go back to regular bulb.
 
That is quite a difference on the tail lights.

I suspect I'll wind up doing this type of mod myself eventually after all.
 
This is clearly late reply - just came across this while searching for something else


Don't know what you're talking about there - the computer has zero influence on either the Running Light or Brake Light.
And besides - even if you replaced the actual tail/stop bulb, there are still two other incandescents on the running/park circuit - the front park bulb and the license plate bulb (unless you also replaced those two)
So I'm having hard time seeing the mechanism or the logic - it sounds more like an issue with the trailer to bike interconnect system.
 
Could be something incorporated into the bike to trailer wiring loom that expects a resistive load.
But Earth fault would FAR more likely.
 

Croft,
I've tried a few drop in replacements from the auto parts store without any satisfaction; until that is, I found these, I'm very happy with them and they plug directly in without any modification, I also added a flasher for awareness. I don't have a video or pics but I can confirm the brake light is brighter. Lastly, I also upgraded to the Daymaker headlight/driving lights and found them to be a vast improvement in the front lighting of the bike.

High Power LED Bulb Replacements

Sincerely,
Booya Bob
 
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