Brighter winkers :) (Rieju RS3, Yamaha YZF-R125, etc).

[Riejufixing]

Rieju RS3 125 has 10W indicator bulbs. Flasher unit/generator is the same as the Yamaha YZF-R125, which seems to use the same bulbs, and is rated at 2x10W bulbs for indicators or 4x10W bulbs for hazard warning lights. The indicators' performance is somewhat anaemic.

I see that I can get 21W bulbs, but these would overload the flasher unit.

Is replacing the flasher unit/bulbs with higher wattage one/s a reasonable way to improve brightness, or are there likely to be electrical or legal pitfalls?

Are LED bulbs an alternative, or are they (as I suspect) not wonderfully bright either?

[Easy-X]

LED lights can be as bright as filament bulbs but for a lot less power consumption. But they could also be brighter for a similar power...

The problem is that the electrical properties of LEDs and bulbs are very different. It doesn't make much odds to head lamp and rears which are just via on/off switches but some older flasher units aren't "expecting" LEDs and so malfunction (speed is out of wack.)

However, LED specific flasher units aren't particularly expensive so if you want to go LED be prepared to swap the flasher too.

<edit> or you can get the resistor packs that make the LEDs more "bulb-like"
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[WD Forte]

Its all about.... powah!
Incandescent blubs give roughly 14 lumens per watt
while LEDS give around 75 Lumens per watt

Roughly, some crude figures here.

Let's say a stock 12V-21W blub gives 294 lumens and uses
1.75 amps each albiet breifly.
You'd need around 4Watts of led powah to get the equivalent
while only using use 0.3 A

A 5W led should be bright enough and a 10W LED really feckin bright while still only using 0.6A

Y'see? just cos it's LED doesn't mean it going to be brighter unless it uses enough powah
The snag is, some sellers list the equivalent power not the actual LED power so best do some research before buying.
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