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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	TailLights 01/28/07 at 17:44:24 Removed the stock taillight. Replaced the license plate light with a stop/tail/license light: A rather large .mov file of the lights in action:
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sparkett Full Member Offline never ride faster than your guardian angel flys! Posts: 168 central florida Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #1 - 01/28/07 at 18:23:10 looks bright! And nice bags!!
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TVR_FSO Serious Thumper Offline I'm Ya Huckleberry.... Posts: 870 Frisco, Texas Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #2 - 01/28/07 at 19:01:59 Can't seem to make it play.....? What are you going to do with the newfound real estate?
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Reply #3 - 01/28/07 at 19:54:41

Corrected the link -- it was case sensitive -- .MOV, not .mov. Be patient, it's a BIG file. Shows the taillights/brakelights and turn signal operation with the $50 LEDs in the turn signal housings.

I'm planning a 3500 mile trip in September. Will be packing stuff in the saddlebags and in a duffle that will sit cross the pillion. Behind the sissybar is reserved for a bedroll/tarp-or-tent. I prefer motels, but I like the option of being able to pull off out of sight of the road and taking a nap.

On the other hand, a 2.25 gallon Tour Tank will mount to the rear of the sissy bar.

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TVR_FSO Serious Thumper Offline I'm Ya Huckleberry.... Posts: 870 Frisco, Texas Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #4 - 01/28/07 at 19:59:49 Thats an impressive journey!
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #5 - 01/28/07 at 20:41:48 Nice... so are you going to tell us how you did it? names and numbers please.
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Reply #6 - 01/28/07 at 22:06:23

The catseye taillight was a Christmas Gift, might have come from Accessory International.

Remove saddlebags and seats. License light is held on with a pair of 3/8" nuts, pulled, disconnect the two bullet connectors under the pillion and pull out the wires. The new taillight bolted right in the existing holes, with the addition of a couple of flat washers. Also added a ground wire under one of the nuts, using a ring connector, altho' it is not actually necessary. Taillight is held with three 10mm bolts, pulled, cut the wires near the bulb. Put bullet receptacles on the ends of the wires, matching bullet connectors on the wires from the new taillight. Plug together, dress up the wires. Replace seat & bags. Done. Just have a few holes in the fender that need a little bondo and paint.

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Reply #7 - 01/28/07 at 22:16:16

TVR_FSO wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:

Thats an impressive journey!

If I make it. I reserve the option to change plans at any point -- such as quitting around Kingman and canceling reservations -- hence the need for the sleepingbag/tent. But I don't think that'll be the case. I did 350 miles last May, from 8pm Friday after work to 7am Saturday morning, and was neither tired nor sore. Suprised myself.

When I travel my attitude is that "If you don't care where you are you can never be lost."

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sparkett Full Member Offline never ride faster than your guardian angel flys! Posts: 168 central florida Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #8 - 01/29/07 at 04:43:18 Those are awsome! If they are that bright in the light i can just bet they are great at night.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #9 - 01/29/07 at 06:15:32 Actually, the pictures were taken at or slightly after dusk. Camera has good low-light capability. The new taillight takes the same bulb as the old, and thus has the same brightness.
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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #10 - 01/29/07 at 19:21:01 D@mn fine looking lights there brother.
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EntropyofMe Junior Member Offline Deuces neva loses! Posts: 99 On the road soon, I hope. Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #11 - 01/30/07 at 14:16:13 Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: ...such as quitting around Kingman... would this be Kingman, AZ?? if so, my wife and i spent our first night as a married couple there. a nice little boutique hotel on rt. 66. went to the grand canyon the next day.
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Reply #12 - 01/30/07 at 14:53:30

That's the place, about five hours out from L.A.. Which is about the time I'm going to be feeling somewhat amazed that I'm not dead and will continue the trek -- or when I'll be ready to push the bike into a ditch and hitch home. Last long bike trip I took was about 25 years ago.

p.s. "Dueces neva looses" ?? We were saying that in Detroit in the early '60's.

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grabber_blue YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 36 Surrey, BC Gender:	Re: TailLights Reply #13 - 07/07/07 at 19:04:26 Well, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! I used a MID-USA p/n 11201 that I picked up from Hi-Way Choppers here in town. The box says it doesn't meet current DOT specs though and isn't to be used on bikes manufactured after 1972 unless for show or off-road use. Anyone know why that would be?
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Reply #14 - 07/07/07 at 21:44:47

Doesn't matter. The DOT requirement is only for what is imported/manufactured/sold. As a seller they cannot sell you a replacement lamp a vehicle that does not meet the specs for the year vehicle.

As far as required lighting goes only two things matter -- your State Vehicle Code; and Safety. For safety you might consider turning the turn signals into stop/run lights to give you redundency.

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