aristurtle (Lurker)  |
| Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:13 am |
| Turn signals, done with the front end |
I bought a pair of "DOT Certified" turn signals from K&S. (I don't care that much about DOT compliance per se, as I'm pretty sure that the bike is non-compliant in some other area, but this was the only way to make sure they used an actual halogen bulb and were reasonably close to water-resistant). The original plan was to put them on one of the other holes in the headlight bracket, but when I switched from those garbage sheet metal brackets (seriously, how are so many other bikes in this section using those? did I just get a bad batch or something?) I didn't have any spare holes to mount turn signals to. I looked everywhere for some way to clamp them on to the forks, everything I found online was either hilariously overpriced, of questionable fitment, or both.
Then I realized I could probably attach them to the clamps on the lower triple. I went to Home Depot and got some angle brackets and drilled, filed, and Dremeled them into something that might work.
A little thin on the sides, but it'll do.
Remove the lower clamp bolt, add on the new bracket, put the bolt back in, and there you go.
End result. I'm liking how this is coming out. Next weekend I'll strip and re-paint those rusty exhaust headers, and maybe cut down the fender.
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Took the plunge... — aristurtle, Sat Oct 13, 2012 10:04 pm -
Headlight Type? Size of Mounting Bracket? — Turism0remix, Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:09 am
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Maybe I can help — motorjones, Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:20 am
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Turn signals, done with the front end — aristurtle, Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:13 am
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No solution for mirror? — aristurtle, Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:16 pm
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Custom mirror mounts — darpatnm-IS-MY-username, Fri Nov 16, 2012 7:42 pm
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Ground down the EMGO mount — aristurtle, Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:53 am
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Love the 'clean' look with the replacement speedo. Nice work! (n/t) — halfSpin, Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:28 pm
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Looks pretty good. — TonyKZ1, Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:59 am
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Very nice. Can you make the photos any larger, I can't see all the details. (n/t) — iliveforcurves, Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:51 am