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I just finished installing my LED lighted license plate frame on my laydown plate, easily tapped into the wires in the tail light, here's how I did it (I lost illumination when I went from colored lenses to clear lenses):
I bought a Radiantz chrome LED lighted frame for $26 plus shipping from powersportsuperstore.com part number 8201-52. I detached the tail light assembly by unscrewing the 4 bolts under the fender, flipped the tail light upside down to access the wires (not much slack in the wires that go under the fender, but if you just pull a little you'll get enough slack to flip the assembly upside down). I used the smallest Posi-Tap connectors that I bought at www.posi-lock.com to insert the ground wire (black with white stripe) and running light wire (gray wire, brown on some other C50/Vols) into, screwed the cap with black wire from the plate frame into the ground wire posi-tap, white wire from plate frame into running light wire tap. Tight connection, no splicing no crimping no soldering needed with Posi-Taps.
As most of you know there isn't much room in the back of the tail light, so I rotated the Posi-Taps sideways to lie almost flat and the tail light screwed back onto the fender with room to spare underneath. This was my first time doing anything electrical on my bike or anything else for that matter, very happy it worked the first time around!
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I bought a Radiantz chrome LED lighted frame for $26 plus shipping from powersportsuperstore.com part number 8201-52. I detached the tail light assembly by unscrewing the 4 bolts under the fender, flipped the tail light upside down to access the wires (not much slack in the wires that go under the fender, but if you just pull a little you'll get enough slack to flip the assembly upside down). I used the smallest Posi-Tap connectors that I bought at www.posi-lock.com to insert the ground wire (black with white stripe) and running light wire (gray wire, brown on some other C50/Vols) into, screwed the cap with black wire from the plate frame into the ground wire posi-tap, white wire from plate frame into running light wire tap. Tight connection, no splicing no crimping no soldering needed with Posi-Taps.
As most of you know there isn't much room in the back of the tail light, so I rotated the Posi-Taps sideways to lie almost flat and the tail light screwed back onto the fender with room to spare underneath. This was my first time doing anything electrical on my bike or anything else for that matter, very happy it worked the first time around!
