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So I had scored a set of these Trail Tech ($$$) motorcycle offroad lights from ebay for $35 with anti-vibration mount etc and found some LED 3W MR16 replacements for the 35W halogen, makes it practical to use for bike lighting, 240 lumens lots of light. LED version is on the left laying on its side, halogen still mounted.

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Also had a repop tank for my 98 cruiser, but they have a hollow sound so I taped 'em up and shot the inside with some undercoating.

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Found some 2 1/2" pipe clamps at h-depot that actually had the same keyed slot as the original mount, a quick trip to the vise and a little bending and it's a light mount

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Had another cheap halogen light fixture to use for the rear light, rear LED only 99 cents

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Got a rechargeable 12v battery system and some trail tech wiring and found a rocker switch at Radio Shack that fits the fake horn button hole exactly. Lots of light should run about 10+ hurs , front 3W , rear 2W can see both in the daylight, easily exceed Cali requirements


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Night Shot. This is an order of magnitude better than my other cruiser lights even the ones I converted to 1+ watt LEDs

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where did you find thoses mr16 led?
 
Thanks for the comments guys, the battery is pretty big and just laying in the tank, I've got some AA NiMHs with tabs coming gonna make a smaller circular 12v pack with about half the capacity ~5hrs but I'll be able to use the horn screw holes for mounting. I'll take some pics of that side then, pretty ungainly right now. Also be able to use a round pack in a battery tube setup

tartosuc, the mr16 leds seem to be getting all over, I just did a search on Google, then went to ebay and the same place ledwholasalers.com had them started lower in price actually so I got them cheaper on ebay. Shipping was steep for some reason.
 
Finished the final battery pack that is mountable inside the tank, 12V 2.2Ah made from 10 AA NiMH batteries.

Arranged the batteries around a pen in a pentagon shape with the help of some PVC shrink wrap, then soldered the tabs together

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Taped up the ends with some electrical tape, then a final PVC shrink over the whole thing

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Another layer of regular black shink wrap( more flexible than PVC wrap) so it's not visible in the tank

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Mounting inside tank with switch and power cords, Weapon of Mass Lighting or Improvised Electrical Device

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