Anti-ninja deer-buster two-wheeled sunrise – Phase 1 completed!

[MCL1981]

I finally have phase one of my anti-ninja deer-buster two-wheeled sunrise completed. My goal with this was to use my existing knowledge and skills with automotive and emergency vehicle equipment and control on my bike to provide:
– Super bright headlights
– Super bright flashing lights for the road
– Dim flashing lights for the trails
– All on one control panel
– All on one rechargable battery pack
– All for less money than buying actual bicycle lights that do the same thing

What I wanted to avoid at all costs
– Multiple different batteries to change or charge
– Buttons on every device all over the bike

This weekend with the help of one of my friends that is equally as crazy as me, everything except the dim trail lights is complete! I took it for a ride on the CCT and back roads of Bethesda tonight in the dark and it was INCREDIBLE! The headlight is a 12 watt LED flood light for off-road trucks. The flashing LED’s are all emergency vehicle LED’s. I wish I had a video camera that worked well at night.

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opyhoQaDuhk

MAIN DEFLECTOR ARRAY
The switch panel, headlight, and the amber flashing light are mounted to a “precision customized mounting system”.

Tactical Controller (Mr Worf is off camera…)
Top left switch: Headlight On/Off/Flash
Top right switch: Front flasher Bright/Off/Dim
Bottom right switch: Rear flasher Bright/Off/Dim
Bottom left switch: Spare for future use (possibly for core eject?)

Aft phaser bank
This is the rear flasher. If you can’t see me in front of you, then you’re probably asleep at the wheel. This is Way too bright for trail use but definitely gets the point across on the roads.

Lithium battery-in-a-bottle
Provides 12 volt power to everything!

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[MCL1981]

There is a bell already. I did think about making that electronic with a piezo buzzer but decided not to.

@DaveK 11844 wrote:

Reflectors

DING DING DING. There’s enough light to illuminate a battlefield. There are reflective strips on the wheels so I’m bright as the moon from the side. But there are no front and aft reflectors. Oops. Duh.

[culimerc]

Maybe instead of a bell. one of these

[MCL1981]

I got lots of feedback in Rock Creek Park yesterday. Everytime I stopped, people were commenting on “that crazy lighting system”.

@culimerc 11866 wrote:

Maybe instead of a bell. one of these

Eh, I was thinking more along the lines of towing a compressed air tank in a baby trailer and mounting a set of train horns to the front of the bike.

[culimerc]

@MCL1981 11868 wrote:

I got lots of feedback in Rock Creek Park yesterday. Everytime I stopped, people were commenting on “that crazy lighting system”.

Eh, I was thinking more along the lines of towing a compressed air tank in a baby trailer and mounting a set of train horns to the front of the bike.

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[ronwalf]

Once you blind a buck, you need a way to take him down:

[MCL1981]

I added the low intensity LED flashers for the trail front and back. They work great. They are LED truck clearance lights.

Added low beams! The 4th switch is now the high/low switch. High beam obviously is the death ray on the handlebar.

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