| Author | Message | ||
     Sci |
A buddy and I decided to tackle it ourselves (there wasnt one on the market when we did it)$10 for the metal and $110 for the tail/turn signal led. Took about 4 hours (between the two of us we are the pickiest people alive)  I have a little cleaning up to do on it.   (Message edited by sci on June 20, 2008) | ||
| Adoogie3 |
That looks nice were are you mounting your lights? | ||
| Krassh |
He is using an integrated LED tail light, turn signal unit. | ||
| Sci |
^yup. looks great at night. and its pretty damn bright. The license plate light I am still working on. I have some led license plate bolts I need to put on for now. If I dont like that I will put a hole in the udertail and instal a light so that it shines down. I havent taken any shots of it myself but this is the light. (I got the smoked lense) http://www.1125-r.com/lighting.html  | ||
| Sci |
I am making my own exhaust next week. All the aftermarket ones are damn ugly or too expencive. I will be using a tubular magnaflow car muffler and it will sit under the bike with dual exits (kinda like the D&D on my XB12R) I will pst that progres as it happens | ||
| Boudrx79 |
Do I sense another seller in the making :-) Just double the price and mass produce @ least for 1125r buyers. Looks good. | ||
| Sci |
^Haha! this takes entirely too long to make any kind of money at it. But who knows....I might | ||
| Boudrx79 |
Show&Tell about that exhaust during or after. Don't get too fustrated about the exhaust, if so just PM BaggerMike, he is pretty talented and patient. Good luck | ||
| Sci |
Well do. Thanks | ||
| Tq_freak |
That is about the cleanest one I have seen yet! Nice work, Might need to bug you for a pattern when I get my 25R | ||
| Sci |
^Yeah cutting it out took the longest. I might have to get a template of mine and make a stamp. I do have access to a press then it would be easy. | ||
| Sci |
Here is the pic I took. Easy to install as well.  And of course I find this one after I baought and installed mine. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BUELL-1125R-CLEAR-T AILLIGHT-LED-BRAKE-TURN-SIGNALS_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ categoryZ35575QQihZ017QQitemZ270247371397QQrdZ1QQs spagenameZWDVW | ||
| No_rice |
or you could get one here........... http://www.xblights.net/ as seen in your sponsors section | ||
| Zac4mac |
The ones Robert sell/builds at XBLights are the highest quality and SEALED so they should last a lifetime. Mine has 8k miles on it with NO moisture inside or any trouble ... plug-n-play. If you're using aluminum for your bracket, keep an eye on it as the vibration may cause it to develop stress cracks. That's why I used 14 ga stainless for mine.    I cleaned up the fit on the sides in the last 2 pics after I shot these, it's all clean now but they're the best shots I have of it. Z | ||
| Sci |
^Looks good. Here are the finished pics...    and a few night pics (havent figured out how to use my slr yet so bare with me)   | ||
| Rainman1ne |
Hey Sci,I see you're in Denton county, I'm in Flower Mound. Hit me up sometime. We'll go ride (Message edited by rainman1ne on June 21, 2008) | ||
| Sci |
^we will have to do that! | ||
| Rotchcrocket51 |
Denton, Texas.....home of one of my favorite bands....Slobberbone! AND home to the Von Erich wrestling family! Probably famous for some other things too. That's just the ones that come to my mind. | ||
| Rah7777777 |
check out www.mchooligans.com we are a local riding group for Dallas/Fort Worth area. Love to see your bike at the next ride! by the way, good job on the tail chop! -Robert xblights@yahoo.com www.xblights.com | ||
| Sruzhyo |
So would either of you guys be willing to make up another set for me? I would be more than willing to make it worth your while. I am up in CO for the summer and don't have any of the tools I need to fab the metalwork!! Drop me a line  | ||
| Sci |
^I will see what I can do. Are you wanting to use the factory turn signals? I cant imagine it being that difficult to add. | ||
| Boudrx79 |
As I thought would happen, a seller in the making. But how bout Zac4Mac. Double the work progress.  The brackets are looking good, Zac is right about the SS instead of Aluminum for long life. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Sorry, I don't have access to the materials or the shop equipment anymore. I have a decent shop in my garage, but no shear, roller, bead-blaster or english wheel. I spent about 8-10 hours making my set-up... cost prohibitive to duplicate. The "Tidy Tale" that Matt is selling at Trojan Horse is a good deal at a hundred bucks. Z | ||
| Vincent |
I wished i would have checked this earlier. I just got back from a wedding in Lewisville texas. | ||
| Sci |
^Ha, you were 10 miles down the road. | ||
| Sruzhyo |
Sci how much fab did you have to do to get your license plate bracket on? I would be looking at the integrated tail light like yours, I think that's the ticket. It just looks so much smoother than having stock signals sticking out. Let me know | ||
| Sci |
^That was easy. I used aluminum L bracket and cut it down to size and two holes where it bolts to the undertail, and two for the plate. that was it. Someone on here has said aluminum isnt the best choice because of stress. | ||
| Sruzhyo |
Hmm, so could I talk you into doing the same with SS? |
