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koehlerrk Junior Member Offline One cylinder to rule them all... Posts: 98 East of Keuka Lake NY Gender:	Turn Signals 02/27/15 at 16:19:30 Anyone here move their front turn signals to the handlebars like the newer Harleys? Seems to me that it would be a great way to get the lights up more in cage drivers' line of sight... thinking about doing it on my bike. What do you all think?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Turn Signals Reply #1 - 02/27/15 at 16:46:43 How many miles have you ridden it? How long till riding season starts? What kinda experience do you have messing with stuff like that?
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Re: Turn Signals
Reply #2 - 02/27/15 at 18:10:46

Turn signals are a fairly easy mod. If you are moving the signals to the handle bars, you'll want to remove the turn signal mounts that are just above the lower triple clamp. This will require that you remove the handle bars, the fork caps and the upper triple clamp so you can slide the mounts off the fork tubes. This is actually a lot more work then extending the wiring and clamping a few lights to the bars.

It's a good two beer job.

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Re: Turn Signals
Reply #3 - 02/27/15 at 18:26:59

Koehlerrk,

After I read your post I went to the HD website and looked at the pictures. I think the bar mounted signals on a lot of the Harleys look really nice. I suspect that Harley puts them there for style rather than safety, but if you like the look I say go for it.

I'm not sure it will make much difference as far as visibility to car drivers though . In the stock location the blinkers on my S40 are already just as high or higher than the blinkers on a lot of cars.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28760 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Turn Signals Reply #4 - 02/27/15 at 19:25:20 I hate to tell you but.... you're invisible and naked... don't forget it. the only way to get those in the line of sight of any cage driver is to mount them to a mini gun. if you think higher is a benefit, loosen the clamps and slide them up. nothing stopping them unless you got a windshield mounted.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Turn Signals Reply #5 - 02/28/15 at 00:30:15 the only way to get those in the line of sight of any cage driver is to mount them to a mini gun. That'd be funny were it not so true.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Online PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 5818 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Turn Signals Reply #6 - 02/28/15 at 11:32:09 brighter headlamp, always on high beam still ride like they're out to kill you
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28375 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Turn Signals Reply #7 - 02/28/15 at 11:39:10 Funny, 'cause I'd like to move the bar mounted signals on my Sporty to the forks... Too much goin' on on the bars, and the wiring is ugly... ...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Turn Signals Reply #8 - 02/28/15 at 12:01:24 thumperclone wrote on 02/28/15 at 11:32:09: brighter headlamp, always on high beam still ride like they're out to kill you And I kept mine on low, so I could toggle the Pass switch and get attention.. And move around in the lane, get attention..
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Re: Turn Signals
Reply #9 - 02/28/15 at 17:35:13

justin - I'm in western NY, Finger Lakes region - riding season here starts mid-April on a good year, but usually May. As for messing with lights, not an issue, I've likely done more with electricity and electronics than most people. Today I swapped out the entire brain box on a hot tub... didn't think that was too bad.

Gary - thinking that with this mod I'll go to an LED headlight then add two more driving lights so the watts used stays the same. Was thinking about mounting the driving lights off the current turn signal brackets on the tree.

oldNslow - I do like the look, just curious if anyone else had done this. Yeah, cage drivers are blind on the best of days, I'm just trying to stack the deck as much to my favor as I can.

verslagen - Now the mini-gun option might get their attention. Grin

But yes, your advice is well founded, I was always told to ride like they're blind, deaf, and stupid. Nowdays, you can add in the "oooohhh, shiny" distractions of cellphones. Gah!

thumperclone - Yup, hence the new light fixture with better aiming, LED bulb upgrade with about 2x the light output, and driving lights. Have I mentioned that my helmet is a G-Max with the LED brake light on the back of the helmet? Being visible is a big, big, BIG concern of mine.

serowbot - That's the great thing about bikes, endless options to change it up and make it truly "yours".

The best thing is none of us live in the same spot, drive the same roads, but none of us hold it against each other for finding different solutions to the different problems we all face.

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Re: Turn Signals
Reply #10 - 03/01/15 at 04:02:23

With all that LED lighting....I doubt anyone will be able to see your turn signals.

I have noticed that on cars/trucks that have switched their non-LED headlight bulbs to LED.....if the turn signal is anywhere near the headlight housing I can't see the yellow bulbs blinking. The LED's just scatter too much light and bleach the turn signal light away.

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