Underglow kit on my 1985 atc 250r

[k00leo]

Well, I wanted to do something unique to my bike. So i got a pretty cheap ATV underglow kit and put it on my 1985 atc 250r. Its kind of dorky, but its neat.

Here is a pic of the bike.




Here is a walkaround of what has been done to my bike and some of the different color combos.




If the imbeded link does not work, here is the direct link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XzK1DTgELE


I put a battery that powers the underglow kit in the airbox. The battery is so small that it doesn't even touch the air filter.

I then drilled a small hole on the underside of the airbox that allows the positive and negative wires to route to the underglow control box.

Next i mounted the underglow control box to the airbox by drilling two small holes and bolting it onto the airbox.

Finally, i mounted the six light strips all around the bike and routed the wires to the control box. I will admit that the routing of the wires could be better, but its fine for now.




I think the kit is pretty neat. I believe there is around 30 different color combos and i can control the changing of the colors with a wireless remote.

[atc350xer]

The light kit is cool... would be awesome for night trail riding. BTW, I think your grab bar is mounted upside down...

[oldtoys72]

Ive been thinking about doing that for awhile, Looks good man. Where did you get the kit from, I like that your able to change the color if you want! You should go out and do some more video when its a little darker so we can see the full effect of the neon!

[HONDA_ATC_FREAK]

you can hang that baby on the christmas tree now.

[Chazz of Blades]

Hang?

You sit it up on it's tail and decorate the trike.

[HONDA_ATC_FREAK]

hehe that'd work too.

[Rustytinhorn]

Looks cool. Would be lots of fun on a night ride.

[BiGDawG]

i got a bunch of green led strips i was thinking about doing this with but my trike don't have a battery, so if you don't mind sharing your info what type of battery did u use?

[k00leo]

Ive been thinking about doing that for awhile, Looks good man. Where did you get the kit from, I like that your able to change the color if you want! You should go out and do some more video when its a little darker so we can see the full effect of the neon!

This is where i got the kit

http://www.ledunderbody.com/atv-quad-led-light-kit.aspx

The light kit is cool... would be awesome for night trail riding. BTW, I think your grab bar is mounted upside down...

You know, i've been thinking that it is mounted upside down too. I will have to switch it around.

Yea its pretty cool riding at night. Its so bright that ii don't need to use my headlight at night.

i got a bunch of green led strips i was thinking about doing this with but my trike don't have a battery, so if you don't mind sharing your info what type of battery did u use?

I measured the space available in the airbox and went to autozone thinking that they might have a motorcycle//jetskii/ATV battery small enough to fix in there. What do you know, they did. I will get the battery P/N tonight and take a picture of the set up.

[JayBone]

I think thats pretty cool. Now you just need a sireeen or a mega phone. Then you can say Just walk away! Just walk away.. (mad max)

[atc350xer]

Do you have to run it off the battery, or could it be hooked up to your headlights? LED's draw almost nothing... This would be sweet on my 3fiddy!

[k00leo]

I'm not sure wither it can be ran off the bike itself. I have also heard that LEDs do not take up a lot of juice.. I didn't want to tap into the harness and mess anything up so i choose to just run it off a battery.


I tried to splice a new backup light onto my suzuki LT-160 wiring harness, and i kept blowing fuses... maybe the same thing would happen if i tried to splice the LEDs into the 250r harness. I'm no electrician, so i have no idea.

[younganreckless]

Thank god u talked in tht walk around! I haaaate quiet walk arounds! And how much weight does tht add to the r? And wat colors can I get?

[k00leo]

Weight..hmm.. less then 10 pounds? Including the battery. The kit is really pretty light.

Here is the battery that i used.

[WIkid500]

With some small voltage regulators form Radio shack, and a few diodes to convert AC current into DC you could run a system without the battery and just use power from the stator.