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Blasterd
| | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 09:09 am: | 
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Mike, let me know what you want for it.
Ken |
Xbob
| | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 11:01 am: |
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what else is available through 'Buell Racing' besides the belly pan? |
Blasterd
| | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 11:16 am: |
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Skully, do you have a couple more shots of the bellypan?
Ken |
Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 12:59 am: |
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Skully,
What exhaust are you running underneath the belly pan?
I really like the look of it. What was the price? |
Blasterd
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 05:49 pm: |
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Pipefittermike, I PM'd ya.
Ken |
Skully
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 10:12 pm: |
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Hey guys,
Sorry - I just saw this post. I'll have to send you another belly pan photo tomorrow.
The exhaust is a D&D. I honestly don't know what they are selling for these days. That one is about three years old.
Let me know if you have any questions. |
Skully
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 08:20 am: |
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Here is a photo of the belly pan off of the bike:
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Blasterd
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 10:45 am: |
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Skully,
Is it plastic?
Looks nice, I'm going to pick one up real soon.
Pipefittermike,
I pm'd you about the taillight, I was going to order a new one but I'll take yours if you want to sell it.
Let me know,
Ken |
Skully
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 01:49 pm: |
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The belly pan from Buell (pictured above) is constructed from epoxy/fiberglass and is very well made. It does take a bit of work to make it fit. Let me know if you have any questions. |
Al_lighton
| | Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 03:10 pm: |
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I guarantee there is a brightness difference, especially off axis. The quality of the LEDs used in the two are quite a bit different. The old style 5mm two lead LEDs used in the clear alternatives boards have a narrow view angle, brightness falls off rapidly as you go off axis. The Heavycycles board uses high quality automotive grade 4 lead LEDs that are both brighter and have a much wider angle brightness cone.
But there are other quality issues. I haven't dissected a clear alternatives board, so I won't swear to it, they don't appear to have plated through holes. And the actual LEDs in the Clear Alternatives boards have two lead mounting with tall aspect ratio bodies, as opposed to the short squat 4 lead style mounting used by the Heavy cycle boards. Both of these things have substantial impact on vibration and shock ruggedization of the circuit card assembly (my previous life was electronics packaging).
Quality costs. I can certainly understand why one would buy the Clear alternative boards, the Heavy cycles board is not cheap. I'm a clear alternatives dealer, primarily for the clear lenses. But I choose to market the HeavyCycles circuit cards because the quality and performance is there. I haven't had a return on a single one.
The heavycycle board also has downfiring Clear LEDs for License plate illumination. Those are the 5mm style and do that job well.
Some pictures are below. It is about impossible to take pictures of these things well, the lights overload the CCD imager and they saturate, skewing the colors from Red to Yellow and losing the brightness differences. In real life, the brightness differences are even more dramatic than I can capture in these pictures. I'm still seeing spots. The angles are approximate.
Tail light, straight on
Tail Light, 20 degree up
Tail Light, 30 degree up
Tail Light, 15 degree side
Tail Light, 25 degree side
Brake Light, Straight on
Brake Light, 20 degree up
Brake Light, 30 degree up
Brake Light, 20 degree side
Brake Light, 30 degree side
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No_rice
| | Posted on Sunday, October 15, 2006 - 06:34 pm: |
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wow rachett, you and your tie are popping up everywhere. atleast your dinner was free |
Al_lighton
| | Posted on Friday, May 04, 2007 - 10:58 am: |
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A couple changes have been made ont he Heavycycles board since this post. The turn signal LEDs went from 7 of the same type that were for the brake/tail light, to 5 EXTREMELY bright larger LEDs. The 5 LEDs are brighter than the 7 old ones, which were pretty darned bright to begin with.
The down firing LP illumination LEDs also changed from the 5mm type used on the Clear alternatives board to a low profile flat type that is brighter.
Also, the power regulation has been moved to a daughterboard mounted on the back side with a big heat sink. The design should increase reliability, not that there was any reliability problem to begin with. We've never had a return on one.
Al |
Ccryder
| | Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 07:35 am: |
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Al:
Thanks for clearing up this question. When I get my 12r I'll be placing an order.
Thx
Neil S.
BTW: Slid off any mountains lately, well almost? How about mud slides? One hell of a few days! |
Al_lighton
| | Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 07:51 pm: |
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Some more cool info:
I'd mentioned earlier that the turn signal LEDs had been revised. The old ones looked like this:
The new ones look like:
Disregard the colors. The brake lights are VERY red and VERY bright in person, but they are so bright that they saturate the camera CCD imager and skew the hue very yellow. The new turn Signal LEDs are even brighter.
One customer had us put red LEDs where the turn signals are, and hooked those turn signal LEDs only up to a brake light modulator. The effect is very cool, and can be seen here:
ftp://ftp.americansportbike.com/outgoing/9038.AVI
Neil,
That eventful day in hail on Mount Evans and the I-70 mudslide that I was caught up in afterwards is the only motorcycle wreck I've had since 1979. I hope to not have a repeat of it any time soon. I like adventure, but that one was a bit much.
We did, however, hit hail on the way to the American Sport Bike BBQ last year, and one of our guys went down FAST. It is my rule from now on, when there is hail on the road, I pull over and wait it out. It is better to be on the side of the road getting pelted by hail with a perfectly good bike than to be on the side of the road getting pelted by hail while picking up the broken pieces of your motorscooter.
Al
(Message edited by al_lighton on August 09, 2007) |
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