vinmansbrew
Junior Member
Wrapped up the switch this weekend. Honestly, the hardest part was figuring out how to mount the speedo and where to put the harness, specifically the relay and 2 connectors. Almost all of the harness is wrapped up in the headlight bucket. The connectors and relay are currently zip tied to the loop for the throttle cables. It is a little messy, not horrible. Only really noticeable up close. I will be tidying those up and finding a rubber bag to put them in for water protection.
The bar end mirrors are a bit close for my fairly large hands. I take up the whole grip pretty much, xxl glove. Take a bit of getting used to, but I think once I have them tweaked for vision, they will work better than the stock mirrors. And they look pretty damn slick.
New grips cause the stockers really stink. Not much grip on them, nor vibration absorption. The new ones will wear faster, but I would rather have good grip and isolation. Grips are cheap anyways.
4 led signals. Only 2 wire up front but I am not worried about that. Not overly bright, but then the stockers weren't either really, not wen compared to my CB lights. Fast flash, but a new flasher will solve that. They are a "shark tooth" style.
Finally, a 7 inch round headlight. Using a glass lens with what looks to be a good cutoff.
So far, overall noise while riding is MUCH less. There is no bastard wind flow smashing me in the upper chest and helmet. Also, without that buffeting, control is so much better. Had a 20 or so mph crosswind, barely knew it was there. With the screen on, I would have been getting pushed everywhere.
The front end is much lighter. I would guess that the fairing with mount and all has to weight close to 20 pounds, if not a little more. That is now gone and so the front is quick to respond and doesn't feel undersprung.
I wish I had done this when I first got the bike.
The bar end mirrors are a bit close for my fairly large hands. I take up the whole grip pretty much, xxl glove. Take a bit of getting used to, but I think once I have them tweaked for vision, they will work better than the stock mirrors. And they look pretty damn slick.
New grips cause the stockers really stink. Not much grip on them, nor vibration absorption. The new ones will wear faster, but I would rather have good grip and isolation. Grips are cheap anyways.
4 led signals. Only 2 wire up front but I am not worried about that. Not overly bright, but then the stockers weren't either really, not wen compared to my CB lights. Fast flash, but a new flasher will solve that. They are a "shark tooth" style.
Finally, a 7 inch round headlight. Using a glass lens with what looks to be a good cutoff.
So far, overall noise while riding is MUCH less. There is no bastard wind flow smashing me in the upper chest and helmet. Also, without that buffeting, control is so much better. Had a 20 or so mph crosswind, barely knew it was there. With the screen on, I would have been getting pushed everywhere.
The front end is much lighter. I would guess that the fairing with mount and all has to weight close to 20 pounds, if not a little more. That is now gone and so the front is quick to respond and doesn't feel undersprung.
I wish I had done this when I first got the bike.