Ok here is where you guys come in handy........

I need to add a new Flag Whip on my quad, and I was interested in putting one on with a light....My question is do I need to beef up my battery, or is there some other electrical work that I need to do, to make this work? :roll:

BTW...It is a 2002 Yamaha Warrior....be nice now!!!

Any advice is greatly appreciated!! :bounce:

You dont need to get a new battery or anything. The little light wont take up hardly anything. Do you plan on just splicing into your tail light? You could get one that runs off the 9volt battery. But if your really worried about it draining your battery get a LED type cuz it'll suck less juice from the battery than a 1156 bulb type.

just hook it into the wires for the tail light, an 1156 bulb doesnt draw much amperage, so you'll be fine.

The above advice is correct, plus... I would assume any whip with a light will come with wiring instructions. It's pretty simple.

I got a whip from motoworld with a led light, can i just hook it up to the oil wires? I mex the oil in my blaster so i dont have an oil tank, just wires sittin there.

[quote]I got a whip from motoworld with a led light, can i just hook it up to the oil wires? I mex the oil in my blaster so i dont have an oil tank, just wires sittin there.

It doesnt matter which kinda wires you use as long as its got power....

I'll do it for you if you want, mxchick........

lemme know before one of our trips so I can bring the stuff to do it with

You'll probably want to use some sort of a plug so you can remove it easily.

I found an LED bulb that fits into a standard 1156 socket. I found mine in the "Rice boys" section of Pep boys...

"Rice boys" section = the section with all the neon crap they make for those phoney import cars.

is that next to the "Bean Boy" section??

You got it!!!

You got it!!!

[quote][quote]I got a whip from motoworld with a led light, can i just hook it up to the oil wires? I mex the oil in my blaster so i dont have an oil tank, just wires sittin there.

It doesnt matter which kinda wires you use as long as its got power....[/quote]

Cool thx

[quote]jsyi wrote:
SHOCKER wrote:
I got a whip from motoworld with a led light, can i just hook it up to the oil wires? I mex the oil in my blaster so i dont have an oil tank, just wires sittin there.


It doesnt matter which kinda wires you use as long as its got power...[/quote]


It does matter I belive that thoose wires are to stopyour moter when oil is low and if you conect to one of them you might not start the bike just tap into the tail light and don't worry about it

U cant tap into the taillight, if the whip brakes or if u take it off u will have to take off the tailight also sence there connected together Thc though

In the electrical system there 2 plugs that connect for the oil and i disconnected those so it wont reconize the low oil. I tried connecting the whip befor into the oil wires and it work i just didnt have the sonnectors on it so it was low.

[quote]You'll probably want to use some sort of a plug so you can remove it easily.

I found an LED bulb that fits into a standard 1156 socket. I found mine in the "Rice boys" section of Pep boys...

"Rice boys" section = the section with all the neon crap they make for those phoney import cars.[/quote]

The "rice boys" section huh : :shock: : ....Im a rice boy, but I dont go there Interesting that we have sections named now:) So where would I find the cracker section? ...You can get cooler ones online. They have some that have the rotating LED's that look pretty cool. You can find em with blue, red, clear, purple, and green LEDs. They draw very little current

[quote][quote]jsyi wrote:
SHOCKER wrote:
I got a whip from motoworld with a led light, can i just hook it up to the oil wires? I mex the oil in my blaster so i dont have an oil tank, just wires sittin there.


It doesnt matter which kinda wires you use ...[/quote]


It does matter I belive that thoose wires are to stopyour moter when oil is low and if you conect to one of them you might not start the bike just tap into the tail light and don't worry about it[/quote]

Notice I mentioned as long as its got power I wasnt trying to say to use those wires in particular. Just saying that if its got power it'll work.

[quote]is that next to the "Bean Boy" section??[/quote]

Where exactly is the "Bean Boy" section?

Is there a redneck section

[quote]U cant tap into the taillight, if the whip brakes or if u take it off u will have to take off the tailight also sence there connected together Thc though

tap into the tailight but do it with connectors, so you can just plug and unplug your whip. That's what I did. I just mount the whip, then plug it in and I'm ready to go... If you want I could help you out with yours, too out at G-Town... just lemme know...

what ever you do dont get a fiberglass lighted one... from my experience they suck cuz they are hollow and snap easy. any normal riding will cause them the break i spent more time tryin to help my bro with his fiberglass one and it sucked. i have had a metal whip with a light on it and i love it. but yeah make sure you have connectors to it so you can quick disconnect if you need to.

Thanks for the advice you guys!! :wink: I really do appreciate it!! :bounce:

[quote]what ever you do dont get a fiberglass lighted one... from my experience they suck cuz they are hollow and snap easy. any normal riding will cause them the break i spent more time tryin to help my bro with his fiberglass one and it sucked. i have had a metal whip with a light on it and i love it. but yeah make sure you have connectors to it so you can quick disconnect if you need to.[/quote]

I got my whip from motoworld, but it breaks if i bump it and it hasnt broken from normal riding so im good Im going to get a quick release whip holder at the super show.

[quote][quote]U cant tap into the taillight, if the whip brakes or if u take it off u will have to take off the tailight also sence there connected together Thc though

tap into the tailight but do it with connectors, so you can just plug and unplug your whip. That's what I did. I just mount the whip, then plug it in and I'm ready to go... If you want I could help you out with yours, too out at G-Town... just lemme know...[/quote]

Im not sure what your saying about taping the connectors :? Do u mean crimping the whip and taillight into one and one connector :?

If i cant figure it out I would love the help whenever U and I are in Glamis

I'll help you out the October 10 weekend. When you see how easy it is you're gonna smack yourself... They sell these cool connectors that you just snap on to the wires and when you do that they pinch through the wire's insulation. Then you just hook up female or male connectors to your whip wires, depending on whether the connectors you put onto the tailight wires are male or female, and then plug the whip into the tailight wires. We just have to make sure that you're hooking the whip up to the wire on your bike that gives power to the "running light" and not your brake light. That way, right when you turn on your headlights it gives power to the whip light, if not, it'll come on only when you hit the brakes... not that we ever use brakes in Glamis hahaha. It's easy, bro, I'll help you out if you don't get it done by then...

those metal rod whips are nice.i have one and my bike has rolled on it and it still didnt break.it also doesnt whip you in the head on the whoops like the slimsy ones.i ve seen them around for $30 lighted.that way she doesnt have to recut and mount a cheap one after every time it breaks.

How about one of these low power users.....

[img]http://members.cox.net/rs.lowe/glamis/ugetlit2.jpg[/img]

Light from From UGetLit....

Picture from me....

Those whips are cool but once u break them can u reuse them :?

MxChick, try this out. Fallow your wires from the taillight to the wiring harness. At the harness there should be a second set of wires that are taped off, if they are there then unwrap them. They should be for your wipe light. You should have one green and a unknowen colored wire. The green one is the ground wire the other is the power wire that goes to the light bulb. Hope this works...