ADDITIONAL BRAKING LIGHT
Modification by Luigi Morielli (Monzi)

The modification I'm describing here is an extremely simpler version than  the explication  you can find on the German sites about C1.

Necessary material:

Let's start from the object: a car adjustable additional braking light 36 led (Figure1) that you can find in a Ipermarket (price about 11,5 euros).Stop1picc.JPG
First eliminate the 2 adhesive supports (a screw blocks one of them) Stop2picc.JPG that should be necessary to  stop the additional braking light on the rear of the car (Figure 2). Then you have to make two holes (perpendicular to the surface of the additional braking light), on the cylindrical part previously inserted in the supports, of a diameter that allows the passage of the black wraps. Let's insert the wraps on the holes leaving both the end of the thread and the starting part of the wraps in the higher part. Put the additional braking light in position and let the wraps pass behind the hardwares that support  the rear of C1 (Fig.3 and Fig.4 blue and red arrows). Now let the thread pass behind the rubberized support/spoiler Stop3picc.JPG (Fig.4 green arrow) until you reach the sheet of the motorbike body, go around it from the high and insert the thread between the sheet and the rubberized support ( Fig.4 green arrow). Continue towards the bottom, use a screw-driver to raise the motorbike body sweetly Stop4picc.JPG and use another screw-driver to push softly the thread of the interstice (Fig.5 red arrow). Take apart the back...
When you arrive to the green arrow of Figure 5 you have to unscrew the supporting screw in all its length, raise the anchorage stirrup of the rear, insert the thread behind the splice between the two black plastic parts and insert it  in the space of the back getting it pass behind the fuses; caution because the security belt must not  interfere with the thread; this is to avoid damages to both of them . Screw the parts; the stirrup of the rear has to stay this time under the black  "lip" to leave a bit of additional space for the thread Stop6picc.JPG. Search the hole of communication between the space of the back and the space of the battery and insert the starting point of the  thread taking it from the drawer under the junction of the topcase/luggage rail. Open the cover of the rear light of the motorbike  and look at the colours of the electrical threads. In my rear light the colours were: Brown mass (-) common (Fig.6 yellow arrow) Red/green positive braking light (Fig.6 red arrow) Yellow/black positive position. Extract the lampholder to work with more comfort and make the elecrical connections with rubacorrente. Remember that if the threads of  the additional braking light have a color, they will certainly be positive red and negative black. Instead, if  they are both black remember that the thread Stop7picc.JPG marked with a little white strip is the positive one. After the connection, take the cutter and make a small and long cut  (Fig.6 blue arrow) in the edge of the opening for the rear light; it will be necessary to avoid ruining or even cutting the cable that we are putting. Stop8picc.JPG Close carefully the cover and hold the thread with strength (Fig.7). Et voilą (Fig.8) Put everithing in his place, and you have finished: now everybody will notice your C1 when you are braking! In Figure 8  you can also notice the additional lights... But this is another story... ;-)

 

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