hi guys, I was thinking of this problem and wondered if a `Mercury switch 'would be useful. On searching for Mercury switches I found this..... looks like it`s been done what do others think,cheers
My motorcycle, has a lot of engine braking, so I'm often slowing down just on throttle without touching the brakes. That means I'm open to getting rear ended by an in-attentive driver. Conventional wisdom is to touch the brake pedal when doing this, but it's easy to forget to do that.
I installed this with one wire to the battery +ve, and the other tapped into the normal brake light power wire, near the brake light. I stuck the sensor on the top of my rear mudguard, under the pillion seat, at a rough 25 degree angle.
Now my brake light comes on whenever I slow am slowing down, whether or not am using the brakes.