LED strip inlay in Tube

[E.T.]

Hey all, first post.
Im working on a motorcycle project and I ran into a cool part online that I want to fab up myself.
Its a small recess for an LED strip in the sub-frame hoop of a motorcycle.
It looks really clean as a finished project, but I'm having a hard time coming up with an efficient process for it.
Heres a few pictures of it, let me know if you can think of an easy way!

Best I've thought to create the recess is to mill a slot in some heavy gauge sheet, run it through the roller to the appropriate curve and then weld it in place.
What do you all think?

 

[OcalaWill]

I think that is pretty much how that part pictured is made. The trick is to going to be getting the light slot centered up on the bend.

 

[Artiesto]

As OcalaWill mentions, I think you're pretty much spot on. As long as you can get the lighting band spot on, you should be laughing. Measure twice, cut once, right? ;P

 

[E.T.]

Thanks guys!
Very cool, Im pretty new to all of this so I wanted some reassurance before I got into it.

for keeping the slot on point: I was thinking I would vise the tube and use the mill to run the Slot in a perfect line. The question is do I need to do that after I bend the tube?
Out of curiosity, I may run a slot in a scrap piece of tube then pull it through the bender to see if it holds its shape.