Decided to tackle another lighting project. Being pretty happy with the
results of the Bi-Xenon retrofit for the headlight, I wanted to light things
up a bit for the back. The only options that I ran across for the pre-
facelift (not sure if there was a redesign for the facelifted) were the DD
LED board, and those that put an LED bulb. Seeing that there are so many
other nice options out there for other bikes, I decided to do something a
little different.
I liked the option of the 3 quick flashes when hitting the brakelights. I
know it will probably annoy some people, but I rather be seen and every
little bit helps. I know there are modules out there that can be attached
to the stock harness to get the 3 flashes, but I wanted something
different.
Seeing the reviews on the motodynamics products, I decided to give their
LED taillights a try. There was nothing made for our bikes, so I went with
something as close as possible to the lines of the bike. I decided on the
Monster 94-08 Sequential Tail in Smoke V2.
Can be found here for $75 and about $85 shipped to the door:
1994-2008 Ducati Monster 600 695 750 900 1000 S2R S4R LED Tail Light Integrated Motodynamic.com
There are some cheaper alternatives on eBay, but decided against it.
When it finally arrived at the door, I realized it was a bit smaller than
what the original was, but would blend in a bit since it has a darker lens.
It doesn't stick out too much when mounted.
This took me a few hours as it is a bitch to get to everything. Removed
the fairings, dropped the pannier brackets, and a lot of misc other things.
I had to redrill the piece that held the original taillight in place since the
replacement was slightly narrower. Wiring was very straight forward and
I spliced the signal wires with T-Taps to run a signal to the signals on the
new taillight unit.
I think it gives it a nice look, granted there is a gap around the taillight,
but not too bad of a price to pay for better lighting. Let me know what
you think. I know it may be a love or hate ordeal.
Here is a quick video of them in action.
Looking through the videos, I guess someone else had the same idea as well:
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