Hammer LEDs

Anything you like about motorbikes
User avatar
KungFooBob
Posts: 14201
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:04 pm
Location: The content of this post is not AI generated.
Has thanked: 539 times
Been thanked: 7528 times

Hammer LEDs

Post by KungFooBob »

https://hammerleds.com/

My first thought was "why haven't these been done before?"

Second thought was "They probably have, I'm just behind the curve"

Third thought was "Wouldn't they bend back and rub against the fairing at 180mph?"
User avatar
Cousin Jack
Posts: 4455
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:36 pm
Location: Down in the Duchy
Has thanked: 2551 times
Been thanked: 2285 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by Cousin Jack »

They look like a very useful thing, at a very expensive price!

16 LEDs @ 10p each
4 plastic housings @ £2 each
4 springs @ £1 each
4 plastic tubes @ 50p each
4 plastic cable glands @ £1 each
5 metres of cable @ £1 per metre
VAT at 20%

and profit, lot of lovely profit!
Cornish Tart #1

Remember An Gof!
User avatar
KungFooBob
Posts: 14201
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:04 pm
Location: The content of this post is not AI generated.
Has thanked: 539 times
Been thanked: 7528 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by KungFooBob »

Cousin Jack wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 8:52 pm 4 plastic housings @ £2 each
I think you'll find...

TOUGH METAL CASING
Hard anodized 6-series aluminum, stainless steel

So nearer £3.
User avatar
Horse
Posts: 11551
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:30 am
Location: Always sunny southern England
Has thanked: 6188 times
Been thanked: 5087 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by Horse »

Just make them semi-circular, so they're visible from 180°? No need to make them bendy.

If the bike hits the ground hard enough to bend an ordinary indicator, replacing one of those would be the least of your costs.
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
User avatar
wheelnut
Posts: 2229
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:36 pm
Has thanked: 907 times
Been thanked: 1001 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by wheelnut »

Cousin Jack wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 8:52 pm They look like a very useful thing, at a very expensive price!

16 LEDs @ 10p each
4 plastic housings @ £2 each
4 springs @ £1 each
4 plastic tubes @ 50p each
4 plastic cable glands @ £1 each
5 metres of cable @ £1 per metre
VAT at 20%

and profit, lot of lovely profit!
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if material costs were the only costs involved in running a business and we didn’t have things like employees, NI, insurances, premises, tax, marketing, infrastructure costs etc etc etc
Mr. Dazzle
Posts: 13938
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
Location: Milton Keynes
Has thanked: 2551 times
Been thanked: 6244 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by Mr. Dazzle »

Saved me saying it :lol:
User avatar
KungFooBob
Posts: 14201
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:04 pm
Location: The content of this post is not AI generated.
Has thanked: 539 times
Been thanked: 7528 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by KungFooBob »

I just looked at Fowlers parts webshite.

An indicator for a 700 Tenere is £35.48, so £141.92 for a full set.

If you do ride off road a lot then £177 for a full set of (almost) indestructible ones doesn't sound that bad.
User avatar
Cousin Jack
Posts: 4455
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:36 pm
Location: Down in the Duchy
Has thanked: 2551 times
Been thanked: 2285 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by Cousin Jack »

KungFooBob wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 9:33 pm I just looked at Fowlers parts webshite.

An indicator for a 700 Tenere is £35.48, so £141.92 for a full set.

If you do ride off road a lot then £177 for a full set of (almost) indestructible ones doesn't sound that bad.
Bike spares are a rip off. As is this.
Cornish Tart #1

Remember An Gof!
User avatar
Cousin Jack
Posts: 4455
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:36 pm
Location: Down in the Duchy
Has thanked: 2551 times
Been thanked: 2285 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by Cousin Jack »

wheelnut wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 8:58 pm
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if material costs were the only costs involved in running a business and we didn’t have things like employees, NI, insurances, premises, tax, marketing, infrastructure costs etc etc etc
Of course they are not the only costs, but take material and treble or quadruple it. Still lots of profit left.
Cornish Tart #1

Remember An Gof!
1913
Posts: 83
Joined: Fri Mar 20, 2020 1:00 pm
Has thanked: 20 times
Been thanked: 42 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by 1913 »

Anyone remember Deely Boppers?
The Spin Doctor
Posts: 4096
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:17 pm
Has thanked: 2635 times
Been thanked: 1523 times

Re: Hammer LEDs

Post by The Spin Doctor »

If you prefer, you can now get 'sequential' indicators from Oxford...

Image

https://www.motorcycletrader.net/Motorc ... 897472.cms



What I really want is a pair of pop-up wavy hands for my CB250RS...
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." Henry David Thoreau
www.ko-fi.com/survivalskills www.survivalskillsridertraining.co.uk www.facebook.com/survivalskills