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Title: LED Motorcycle Clock
Post by: Nexus on January 15, 2025, 02:03:00 PM: For a Christmas gift for my son, I made him a clock out of a 1979 CX500 front ferring. He really liked the look of the ferring and was supposed to take it home with him, but he forgot it so I did my thing. Of course, I forgot to take final photos but I did manage to remember to make a small video of it in action.

When it is plugged into a power source, and the room lights become dim, the LED lights kick in automatically via a photo sensor switch.

If the power goes out, then the battery backup system kicks it to make sure he never loses time but when on this circuit, the LED system does not operate

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54268557588_e8a65b67f0_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qFwxu1)20241223_141806 (https://flic.kr/p/2qFwxu1) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54268364071_767ed1c54b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qFvxXv)20241209_112306 (https://flic.kr/p/2qFvxXv) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54268365301_a3f0111f01_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qFvyjH)20241217_120147 (https://flic.kr/p/2qFvyjH) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54268781625_ae651358ef_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qFxG5H)20241217_120056 (https://flic.kr/p/2qFxG5H) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr

Click on the photo to play video

(https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54267434977_d78c080ba1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qFqMLD)20241211_145457 (https://flic.kr/p/2qFqMLD) by Charles Marson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/155880712@N06/), on Flickr

He was very happy with it when he opened it up.

Cheers
Title: Re: LED Motorcycle Clock
Post by: roadking77 on January 19, 2025, 12:40:08 PM: I love it. What a great creative idea you had.
Title: Re: LED Motorcycle Clock
Post by: 5th T/A on January 19, 2025, 03:24:49 PM: I don’t know how I missed this. You have great artistic ability. Your son must’ve been thrilled.
Title: Re: LED Motorcycle Clock
Post by: kentucky yeti on January 19, 2025, 03:45:08 PM: Incredibly awesome!!!
Title: Re: LED Motorcycle Clock
Post by: apfstg on January 20, 2025, 08:36:29 AM: See, we can still make it here in America!
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Post by: 76455sd on January 21, 2025, 02:36:05 AM: That’s pretty slick. Very nice.
Title: Re: LED Motorcycle Clock
Post by: kentucky yeti on January 21, 2025, 06:51:04 AM: Quote from: apfstg on January 20, 2025, 08:36:29 AM
See, we can still make it here in America!

Well, North America. Nexus is in Canada.
Title: Re: LED Motorcycle Clock
Post by: Nexus on January 29, 2025, 09:38:31 AM: Thanks everyone!