Brake light on LD150 1957

[GianfraCh]

Would like to get opinions and some advice if I should install a brake light on my Ld150 1957, if its easy and if so, where can I get a brake light?

Thanks in advance!

[jbcollier]

Does your LD have a battery?

What type of tail light does it have now?

[GianfraCh]

Does your LD have a battery?


What type of tail light does it have now?

Hi JB,

yes my one has a 6V battery, still the original to be honest, the little brown one that is held by a belt. and my taillight is the square one, rectangular.

[Steve J]

Since the mid 1980s, it's been a legal requirement to have a brake light on all vehicles used on public roads in the UK. Not an option, unfortunately!

[GianfraCh]

Since the mid 1980s, it's been a legal requirement to have a brake light on all vehicles used on public roads in the UK. Not an option, unfortunately!

Thanks for the info Steve, what would you recommend is the easiest to install?

[jbcollier]

You will need to change to a rear light with a dual bulb holder like this:

https://www.riminilambrettacentre.com/e ... pleto.html

All you actually need is the dual bulb holder but I can't find it for sale separately.

You could buy a round light (much cheaper) and scavenge the dual bulb holder from there;

https://www.riminilambrettacentre.com/e ... pleto.html

And a brake light switch:

http://my-ld150.blogspot.com/2013/06/br ... witch.html

http://billy192.blogspot.com/2012/02/rear-brake.html

My D is away for the winter and I can't remember what I did but probably similar to the above.

Wiring is simple. Wire from rectifier side of the fuse to brake light switch - brake light switch to light - light to ground.

(wired this way the brake light will work with the bike off)

[GianfraCh]

You will need to change to a rear light with a dual bulb holder like this:

https://www.riminilambrettacentre.com/e ... pleto.html

All you actually need is the dual bulb holder but I can't find it for sale separately.

You could buy a round light (much cheaper) and scavenge the dual bulb holder from there;

https://www.riminilambrettacentre.com/e ... pleto.html

And a brake light switch:

http://my-ld150.blogspot.com/2013/06/br ... witch.html

http://billy192.blogspot.com/2012/02/rear-brake.html

My D is away for the winter and I can't remember what I did but probably similar to the above.

Wiring is simple. Wire from rectifier side of the fuse to brake light switch - brake light switch to light - light to ground.

(wired this way the brake light will work with the bike off)

Thank you JB,

I see. Would you know where I can get that brake switch? if you got a link to that switch would be great! and when you mean the fuse side of rectifier, you mean from where the grey/white cable is hooked inside the rectifier? or the black?

I will try to find a duel bulb holder and swap it inside. definitely cheaper than buying the whole lamp again. Thanks for the info!

[jbcollier]

Specific wire colours are hard to say as I do not have your specific wiring diagram in front of me. There is a fuse that shields the battery from too much draw. You want to hook up to that fuse but not to the side that goes to the battery. In the diagram I am looking at, it's a grey wire. That may not be the same for your scoot. Trace the wires from the fuse and figure it out.

[GianfraCh]

Specific wire colours are hard to say as I do not have your specific wiring diagram in front of me. There is a fuse that shields the battery from too much draw. You want to hook up to that fuse but not to the side that goes to the battery. In the diagram I am looking at, it's a grey wire. That may not be the same for your scoot. Trace the wires from the fuse and figure it out.

I see. Yes where my fuse is inside the rectifier is a grey cable. I then have to connect the switch together with the grey?

Thanks JB

[jbcollier]

Run a wire from your switch to the grey.

[GianfraCh]

Run a wire from your switch to the grey.

Perfect, thanks!!