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I recommend the Skene lights - I have them on all of my bikes.
Do the Skene turn signal models have amber led's? Their website pictures look like amber but nothing is mentioned in the description. What I would like is amber for turn signals and red for the brake lights.
 
Do the Skene turn signal models have amber led's? Their website pictures look like amber but nothing is mentioned in the description. What I would like is amber for turn signals and red for the brake lights.
I bought mine about 3 years ago and they are red only. I have the factory LED turn signals that are amber and the P3 LEDs are red when the turn signals or flashers are activated. And, I agree that it would be better if they flashed amber to better distinguish them from the flashing brake lights. The big advantage is that they are very bright and anyone behind me is not going to miss that I'm applying the brakes.

I'd give Skene a call and just ask them if they are now amber turn signals. If not, I'd be tempted to just get the version that is brake light only and then mount up the brightest, best turn signal replacements you can find. I don't think you can get the BMW LED signals anymore. They put out a recall on them in the US saying that they don't meet the DOT requirement for separation. I told my BMW dealer that if they took them off my bike and replaced them with the OEM signals that they'd own me for them and they happily recorded that I'd signed off on the recall without replacing them.
 
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I Have Both Skene and Weiser

I have had great experiences with both Skene and Weiser. Here's my $.02:
1) Easiest Plug and Play - Weiser Red/Amber Turn Signals - just changing out the stock bulb for an LED board. My photo shows the comparison.
2) Next level - Wieser 2-in-1 Brake/Turn or Skene - both require an extra 12V power lead to energize the lights. You will either tap straight off the battery or go through a fuseblock (I use a PDM-60). If you don't, it'll cause a CANBUS fail as it reduces voltage sensed by the bike on whatever circuit you do tap off. There is also a "trigger" wire that is required to tap off the same signal wire you want your turn signal or brake light to be activated by. This doesn't effect CANBUS - but it's an extra wire you'll tap off (nowadays with a Posi-Tap).
Option 1 above takes about 10-15 minutes. Option 2 is a few hours.
 

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Kind of an old thread but I now agree with enzo5000. Now that I've had both the Skene and the Billie light the Billie light is superior and easier to install.
 
Got my '21 R1250GSA in April this year, standard suspension this time (had a low '17 R1200GSA). I went all out with Clearwater hybrid (Krista/Erica) up front and the Billie Jr. on the rear. Loving the wonder wheel integration and easy install into with the CANopener. Visibility is up...way up!
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I was going to put extra running/brake lights via CanSmart but it doesn't matter when people aren't even looking...
It sounds like there might be a unfortunate story behind this post. I've been riding for over 50 years and have been involved in, or seen just about every kind of mishap you can have on two wheels. It makes sense to me to make yourself as conspicuous as possible but nothing is 100% effective when people can't put their damn phones down while they're driving.
 
After 40 years of riding and many bikes owned, in last 10-15 years on every bike I purchased, used or new, first thing to do was loud horn, aux front DRL's and other pair as NRL's and extra brake light as high as possible.
My new R1250GS is my first BMW bike and I was more then happy when I discovered about EzCan and CanSmart. I purchased EzCan and now I have only one pair of aux LED lights controlled by EzCan, so as soon as it gets dark and light sensor on the bike's dash decides it's dark enough, my DRL's dim to 40% to be used at night, which is controlled by EzCan. If I flash high beam, DRL's would flash 100% too. As for brake light, I installed Denali brake light on the cover of my topbox and programmed on EzCan to stay always on at 10% and 100% when brakes are applied.
After all these years I try to be visible on the road as much as possible.
 
Loud horn, bright accessory lighting, and bright/improved tail light/brake lights - all the first things I do to bike new to my garage.
 
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