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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Mini Turn Signals 01/12/07 at 02:45:43 Morning everyone! Anyone here tell me if these mini turn signals are a direct swap for stock on both bow and stern of the Savage? Thanks! http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/mini-turn-signals-chrome-yamaha-honda-suzuki-k...
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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: Mini Turn Signals Reply #1 - 01/12/07 at 04:03:03 They will be on the rear but not the front. The front markers/signals have 3 wires.
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Re: Mini Turn Signals
Reply #2 - 01/12/07 at 06:21:05

They are single filament one wire lamps. At the rear you have two wires, positive and ground. The ground wire I would reterminate on a large round washer type connector and clamp under the mounting bolt -- that way yo do not rely on chassis ground for the lamp. On the front we have three wires, turn, run, and ground. Again I would connect the ground to the mounting stud, the turn signal lead will be connected to the lamp, the runnning light lead will be taped off, labeled, and parked. You will lose the amber running lights on the front. If this is legal and acceptable for you, go for it.

I haven't looked at the physical mounting and cannot say if they will physically mount without modifications.

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Re: Mini Turn Signals
Reply #3 - 01/12/07 at 06:57:56

Like they said, your wiring in the front is a bit different, but no big deal. Your main issue (and one I am sorting through right now too) is mounting the front ones. You'll need to fabricate some sort of mount, as the new lights aren't going to just mount up to the fork clamps in the front. I'll post pics up when I figure out what I want to do with the front ones. I'm sure others have already done this, so maybe they can post pics too.

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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: Mini Turn Signals Reply #4 - 01/12/07 at 07:47:12 I'd like some to mount under the handle bars myself. As the others say, you'll sacrifice your running lights if you use these on the front
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28637 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Mini Turn Signals Reply #5 - 01/12/07 at 08:46:21 I have similar on my bike. To mount on the front, try rotating the stock mount 180' degrees so that the mount holes are now in front of the fork tube instead of behind. That allowed me to mount mine very cleanly.
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Five_Points Full Member Offline Posts: 141 Columbus, OH	Re: Mini Turn Signals Reply #6 - 01/12/07 at 08:50:12 got a pic of that?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28637 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Mini Turn Signals Reply #7 - 01/12/07 at 17:39:42 Five_Points, Snapped a shot in the dark, hope it's clear enough. Save the image to your computer if the view is small.
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justin_o_guy Ex Member	Re: Mini Turn Signals Reply #8 - 01/12/07 at 18:46:47 Well, outrageous as it may seem, I wunner if it would be possible to change the internal socket to an 1157 so you get the 2 filament bulb in that little lamp body? The 1156 & 1157 bulbs are the same glass envelope aren't they? same size? I know the base is same diameter, just different posts that ride in grooves in the base.
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Re: Mini Turn Signals
Reply #9 - 01/13/07 at 02:58:24

Thanks for all the replys everyone ... wasn't sure of the wiring configuration of the Savage's directional indicators ... and certainly wasn't aware that the front signals did double duty as running lights! In almost 4 years of ownership, I never noticed that before! Shocked

At any rate, I wouldn't want to loose the extra visibility provided by the front running lights ... love the look of mini directionals, but if I decide to install a set, they gotta be "front running" compatible.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again!

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tbalam Full Member Offline I like my kids, but I love my bike ;) Posts: 172 Fac o' the Sn Gender:	Re: Mini Turn Signals Reply #10 - 01/13/07 at 18:42:28 justin_o_guy wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: Well, outrageous as it may seem, I wunner if it would be possible to change the internal socket to an 1157 so you get the 2 filament bulb in that little lamp body? Ask and you shall recieve http://www.bigcee.com/1157/1157mod.html
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