Message sent 12-3-12[glow=red,2,300]Warning [/glow]this is a "no going back" modification because you cut apart your stock signals for the mounting studs.
I wanted to get rid of the long stems of the rear signals...not to mention the plastic units themselves held no appeal to me. So I purchased these signals on ebay I like the small bullet look:
![](http://members.aol.com/seeapierce/miscjunk/am_signal.gif)
Here is the stock signal off the bike:
![](http://members.aol.com/seeapierce/miscjunk/stock.gif)
You can pull the stock signal apart:
![](http://members.aol.com/seeapierce/miscjunk/stock_apart.gif)
It turns out the after-market signal has 9/16-18 threads and that can be tapped perfectly into the stock stem - you only need to tap down through the silver stud:
![](http://members.aol.com/seeapierce/miscjunk/tap.gif)
Then, cut the small silver mounting stud from the rest of the stem:
![](http://members.aol.com/seeapierce/miscjunk/cut.gif)
and screw it onto the aftermarket signal with some threadlocker:
![](http://members.aol.com/seeapierce/miscjunk/done.gif)
This new assembly then mounts to the bike the same way the stock signals do (stock on right, aftermarket on left):
![](http://members.aol.com/seeapierce/miscjunk/top_each.gif)
I changed out the lenses to amber, used my stock signal lamps and like the look sooooo much better!