My apologies for not saying so sooner, seems my manners temporarily escaped me, but Hello my fellow KDXers, I've gotta say what an excellent site this! Been ridin a KDX since '85 (a 1980 kdx 175). That bike lasted 10 years with me and always gives me warm fuzzy thoughts when I recall our magical moments together. I have to wonder if it still lies on that hill somewhere in Northern NJ, third gear blown, piston fused to its muddy-finned cylinder, left to become one again with the earth from which its elements once sprang... Next was a 1990 200cc, rock solid reliable, which then gave way last summer to a virtually unridden '99 kdx220; still had the nibs on the knobbies. I came up with a home-brewed dual sport setup and did the Vermont reggy thing because NY no longer allows conversions of off road vehicles to street legal status. Got the carb and head RB'd and along with an FMF K-30 pipe and Dunlop D603 rubber and now I got me an extremely versatile 2-stroke I can ride just about anywhere without legal hassles, that is also rock solid reliable--and still absolutely rips!
Now that I got that off my chest, moridin, I too am using an LED stop/taillight
setup. It's lasted over 6 mos so far w/o going POOF and yes, it leaves much more juice to run other stuff. Only prob is that it IS AC current --unless you replace the stock regulator with some sort of rectifier. Had a chance to measure regulated voltage, maximum volts were 11.42, regardless of rpm.
Hope this helps some and all apologies for the long post.
Dave