Idiot lights

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 10:32 pm

Talking about the idiot light consoles on 73 onward Triples.

I have a couple of these things missing the coloured lens.
You know the ones Blue for Hi Beam Orange for Indicaters , and Green for neutral .

anyone got an idea where to source some replacement lenses ??

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:31 am

By which. I mean , anyone found an alternative/ substitute lens,
From an electronics source,
Or from a kid's toy from pound land ??!!

Rubbadub · Post by **Rubbadub** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:34 am

Jelly tots with the sugar sucked off

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 10:58 am

Rubbadub wrote:Jelly tots with the sugar sucked off

It may come to that !!
I have found LED lamps of correct colour and size. But seems a bit of a waste to buy them ,just to cut the tops off them !! I suspect using them complete , they may be too bright, the additional wiring is a hassle, and of course, it`s not original enough !!!

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:44 pm

Neil my spares include an orange and green.

gotz · Post by **gotz** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:47 pm

These could work :

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/250vac-10a-ip ... reen-n86jz

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 5:47 pm

Thanks Sam ,
Hang on to them !! I`m going to need a few of each, so decided to start looking for a regualr supply solution.

Gotz, thanks for that. I`ve been in to Maplins before looking for something That`s in the right direction, There are LED lights for 99p on E Bay that I could destroy for the lens.

I`ll keep looking. !! Anyone else got any ideas ??

H M · Post by **H M** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:16 am

Watching this thread with interest as my high beam blue lens vib'd off during a ride a few months ago...
Would love to find a replacement.

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:14 am

Right, nobody else has come up with any better pointers
, So I've gone ahead and ordered up some led lights. To dismantle and see if the lens caps will pass muster .

Barrie · Post by **Barrie** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 10:16 am

On an LED is it not the light source that produces the color ,not the lens

666rog · Post by **666rog** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:05 pm

Google colour photographic gel sheet. You can get all colours and lots of different thicknesses. Get some thin clear Perspex. Use a round punch the correct size for the lens. Super glue gel over the top. Never tried it. Just a thought. Tons of gel sheet on eBay. Most good photo shops stock it.

El Presidente · Post by **El Presidente** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:35 pm

Ive got a bazillion of those back in Nottingham . . .. well, O.K. not a bazillion but at least a MILLION!
.
I should be back in 3 weeks time . . . . If I can get a temporary Green card . . . . As an aside, I am now nearly £2,000 into replacing my lost Green card, I had all my fingerprints and retina tests done again 3 weeks ago - I called to see how far along were were with the replacement? To be told . . . we are working on last Januarys applications at the moment . . . .

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:33 pm

El Presidente wrote:Ive got a bazillion of those back in Nottingham . . .. well, O.K. not a bazillion but at least a MILLION!
.
I should be back in 3 weeks time . . . . If I can get a temporary Green card . . . . As an aside, I am now nearly £2,000 into replacing my lost Green card, I had all my fingerprints and retina tests done again 3 weeks ago - I called to see how far along were were with the replacement? To be told . . . we are working on last Januarys applications at the moment . . . .

ah ok Rick. We can probably work in a deal with all those clutch plates then !!!

I'm not looking to retire on these , just make sure we can all have a decent. Set of idiot lights !!!

Good luck with the green card. See you before and after Stafford ( cos we both know it'll be impossible to talk at the show. you'll be surrounded with Cronies in " Free Rick " T shirts protecting you from Customs Officials ; And ! Well, I'll be in the bar with the Classic Bike ad girls........I've got them pink Triples workshop t Shirts to wear this year , Mmmmmmm)

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:48 pm

Barrie wrote:On an LED is it not the light source that produces the color ,not the lens

Barrie ,
I've ordered led idiot lights that have coloured plastic caps .

I' m no expert on LED stuff, but. There seems to be "clear" and coloured LED's. , and even cheaper ( perhaps) tigons where clear LEDs are stuffed into coloured plastic cases.

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:52 pm

666rog wrote:Google colour photographic gel sheet. You can get all colours and lots of different thicknesses. Get some thin clear Perspex. Use a round punch the correct size for the lens. Super glue gel over the top. Never tried it. Just a thought. Tons of gel sheet on eBay. Most good photo shops stock it.

Thanks Rog, a few years, err well decades ago I'd have gone down that route.

Fortunately Mr Brett has just told me he has a " million". n.o.s. Lenses I can buy

. So looks like I can keep the entire Triples world in Idiot Light consoles for ever and ever !!!! yay !!

H M · Post by **H M** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:29 pm

Rubbadub wrote:Jelly tots with the sugar sucked off

Discovered they don't do blue jelly tots, gutted. Will have to wait for Rick to return now..

Neil the Don · Post by **Neil the Don** » Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:42 pm

H M wrote:
Rubbadub wrote:Jelly tots with the sugar sucked off
Discovered they don't do blue jelly tots, gutted. Will have to wait for Rick to return now..

Err, yeah. Rick doesn't have any blue jelly tots either .

Rubbadub · Post by **Rubbadub** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:09 am

get a yellow and a green jelly tot, err no, that wont work either, how about a unrinal cake?

Vin · Post by **Vin** » Fri May 26, 2017 10:51 pm

Found these on Ebay ;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/kawasaki-kh25 ... SwSlBYsEd4

Per K · Post by **Per K** » Sat May 27, 2017 11:07 pm

I'm switching to 10mm LEDs.

Mark B · Post by **Mark B** » Mon May 29, 2017 11:46 am

Per K wrote:I'm switching to 10mm LEDs.

I love that set up

Vin · Post by **Vin** » Tue May 30, 2017 6:37 pm

Per K wrote:I'm switching to 10mm LEDs.

Where did you source your 10mm LED's from ?

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