I'm a little amazed that there's no thread about relays when I search... but now there will be.

I'm upgrading the bike lighting for Rally West Virginia. The stock headlamp (all of 35 watts! In a 2" high reflector!) goes away. A new 7" lamp running an H4 bulb replaces it. The one I've chosen is a compromise... it actually has high and low beams. It will see more use on the street than the rally stage.

Anyway, need to slap a couple relays in there to run everything. I'd like to find some of those that have those totally enclosed rubber boots covering them.

So, jump in and post with your favorite sources for relays!

Anders

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

I have this complete kit in my car:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRF-70217/?rtype=10

I suppose I'm looking for something like this, but $47 each? Wow.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRF-30130/?rtype=10

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

File under "shoulda looked there first anyway"... RallyLights.com

http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=956

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

End result will be a big Hella lamp on my bike like so:

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Grassroots rally. It's what I think about.

You should turn it around. Now that would be challenging!

Back in 1979 I was contracted to captain the Husqvarna France 125 team on the 2nd Internationale 24heurs de Bol d'Herbe---a 24 hours "enduro" which really was 24 hours of flat out as hard as you could do and not die LONG motocross (9 point sumpin km circuit both woods and grassy hills)

We used 2 rectangular rally lights at 55w each (lighting coils re-wound) so that in the eventual loss of 1 bulb, we could contine...

Those Frenchies were smrat---a number of bikes lost their one light and hard the joy of hanging on the fender of others to make it back to service.

Loads of laughs in pitch black summer nights.

*82 teams in the main class---we were second in 125 (you don't understand how slow a 125 husky was against the super lightweight, FACTORY Fantic 125s with, betwen the 2 bikes (4 man crews) like 5 current or former European Champions, 2-3 Italian Champions, a pile of vice-champions ) and 13th or so overall---like a clock, but the Fantic crews
were like a clock at 7th and 8th---and like a clock there was this huge pile of spares grown progressively large as the hous went.)
24 hours, we ate (and drank!!!) like royalty. Crazy good organisation, crazy atmosphere. I could do no wrong the rest of the season (cause 125 is what all the kids dream of--so we 4 on the team being "French" were like heroes...

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

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We get a boatload of relays and harness' (harni ??) when we remove the old aftermarket alarms that no longer work. 2 or 3 times a year someone asks to have one removed. Generally 2 relays and plugs. Must be a bazillion in the junk yards.

I also have competed in a 24 hour off road race on my 125. I did 2 35w HID's, only one on at a time, and I have a 35w helmet mounted HID.

In tight woods, the light set up worked well, very easy to override on fast open stuff. For a rally bike, I would want something that reaches far.

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phlat65
I also have competed in a 24 hour off road race on my 125. I did 2 35w HID's, only one on at a time, and I have a 35w helmet mounted HID.

In tight woods, the light set up worked well, very easy to override on fast open stuff. For a rally bike, I would want something that reaches far.

No shit! Front straight at the 24 hour thing was over 1 km long---we'd hit 100 mph and hold it.
We had a wide spread light and a "not really spot" and aimed 'em so we could see...

The scariest thing was we were doing magneto lighting, no battery so at the end of that 100 mph straight before we popped into the woods there was some serious ass braking. Now i set things so they idle and TEND tohave a couple of fingers on the clutch with slammed shot throttle and pulling on the brake hard...
There, that combo meant (blink) instant darkness which was like YIKES!!!!!!
Had to finger out a way to always have at least 2-3000 rpm....

And don't slide sideways too much cause the lights would be pointing obver there---> whie we were sliding ^ thataways.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Here ya go:

http://order.waytekwire.com/productdetail2/M50/75280/STANDARD%20RELAY%20CONNECTOR/

http://order.waytekwire.com/productdetail2/M50/31073/TERMINAL%20FOR%20RELAY%20CONNECTOR/

http://order.waytekwire.com/productdetail2/M50/75402/RELAY%20STANDARD%2012V%20SPST%2040%20AMP/

The relay socket terminals come in 12-10 g, 14-16, and 18-20.

BTW, that lamp is sooo big you're gonna lose 20 mph unless you get one of those old HD fairings...

Sort of on topic, I've always been looking to find a good panel-mount relay box (think screws down to a flush surface, wires out the back, relays plug in the front) that takes standard automotive relays.

I've hacked together my own, but I'm less than entuiastic about it.



Anyone ever found anything that actually mounts flush?

Gee, I wish I could hack things that well......

Mark - the issue is that the relays just stick out a about 3" when you count the tabs. Would love to have a proper box that was flush.

Meh.