Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted April 20 Premium Member Share Posted April 20 Cheapo 20 watters each and very bright and range enough I get flashed often, More than enough for 65 mph at night, and double what you need for conspicuity My Nilights have run 40,000 miles without a flicker. One bracket snapped & they sent me a new pair free fast! I can't recommend them enough Not Nilight but more like what I have though much brighter and same size. What do you have to loose for $35. I'm getting a set now as my Nilights probably are not as bright given the hundreds of hours of use. I'll report back. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMGDGXQF/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1?pf_rd_p=0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pf_rd_r=JJQ3KJ690QC7YE8P7X95&pd_rd_wg=uP9zu&pd_rd_w=A8Wf9&content-id=amzn1.sym.0d1092dc-81bb-493f-8769-d5c802257e94&pd_rd_r=5a0e419b-8c14-4fa5-915a-bb1a207c55e5&s=automotive&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9kZXRhaWwy&th=1 These are not them but a little wider but not as tall https://www.amazon.com/Nilight-Auxiliary-Motorbike-Forklift-Warranty/dp/B08W58ZH4W?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1 https://www.amazon.com/Nilight-Motorcycle-Auxiliary-Motorbike-Forklift/dp/B0BS9GFPTZ?ref_=ast_sto_dp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Bike is back together. I finished up the wiring for the Clearwaters, added the PC8, rerouted the power for the Garmin, added in the heated jacket liner plug, added an SAE power plug that will power the top box and double as the Battery Tender plug. I also installed new Metzlers. Could not be bother to dig my tire changer out so I paid to have them mounted. First time I've not mounted my own tires in 12 years. I wasn't sure my homemade tire changer would hold them. I still have to clean the bike up well and lube the chain. I need to also drill a large hole in the top box to install an SAE pass through. I plan to charge phones and whatnot in it. That will be tomorrow. This has been quite the mad dash to get all this done. I leave on a trip next Wednesday. I should have some pics soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Clark Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Installed the JK3D seat leveling kit on my 2015 FJ. WOW, what a difference this simple little mod made. Best $27 I've spent. A lot less than the $225 I had to spend today on a new battery when my old one crapped put on me 1/2 way through my test ride! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member 2and3cylinders Posted April 21 Premium Member Share Posted April 21 2 hours ago, The Cheese said: Bike is back together. I finished up the wiring for the Clearwaters, added the PC8, rerouted the power for the Garmin, added in the heated jacket liner plug, added an SAE power plug that will power the top box and double as the Battery Tender plug. I also installed new Metzlers. Could not be bother to dig my tire changer out so I paid to have them mounted. First time I've not mounted my own tires in 12 years. I wasn't sure my homemade tire changer would hold them. I still have to clean the bike up well and lube the chain. I need to also drill a large hole in the top box to install an SAE pass through. I plan to charge phones and whatnot in it. That will be tomorrow. This has been quite the mad dash to get all this done. I leave on a trip next Wednesday. I should have some pics soon. Consider using Coaxial plugs like used for heated gear. Coaxial transfers power more efficiently, is easier to use and only requires a smaller round hole. Now I have SAE to but actually made and you can buy SAE to Coaxial cables, and extensions. You could also run a high output dual USB A power jack from inside the top box ur with Coaxial lead to the 12v to 5v converter unit. Lots of options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warchild Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Finally finished the 2-month project of prepping the Yamaha MT-10 for serious night work this summer... new 60-degree spot LED lamps from SuperBrightLEDs... And swapped out my blasé monochrome LCD screen for this soothing blue version - very nice! So what has this got to do with this thread? I have a standing rule that one of the two bikes must *always* be road-ready - and never have both bikes down for maintenance concurrently. So now I can begin my 2020 Tracer 900 GT maintenance fun - the 26,600 servicing, including the very first valve check. 🙄 I admit I am praying to the Roads Gods that the cams don't have to come out. We shall see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 13 hours ago, 2and3cylinders said: Consider using Coaxial plugs like used for heated gear. Coaxial transfers power more efficiently, is easier to use and only requires a smaller round hole. Now I have SAE to but actually made and you can buy SAE to Coaxial cables, and extensions. You could also run a high output dual USB A power jack from inside the top box ur with Coaxial lead to the 12v to 5v converter unit. Lots of options I have a coaxial cord to power my jacket liner. SAE only goes to the trunk. Which was powered this morning. I now have the ability to charge phones and headsets in my GIVI Dolomite box. The box has a 3.1 amp dual USB to SAE I got from Amazon. Same thing I've had on my previous bike for years. Oh, when the tires were put on so were new Aluminum 90° valve stems. Much easier to add air now. The front was particularly difficult before. I had a PM about this. I did not wire in the Clearwater's high beam trigger. Only the horn trigger. I do not know how to get that working with the bike's neg high beam signal. Yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim16 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Went ahead and lowered the bike 15mm front and back. Adjusted spring preload and rebound damping a touch to firm things up. The lean of the bike on the side stand is not an issue and it’s only slightly heavier to hoist on the center stand. Very satisfied as a shorter rider as both feet are almost flat, left foot down is perfect, and it’s great to be able to walk the bike backwards when parking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZVFR Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 1 hour ago, Tim16 said: Went ahead and lowered the bike 15mm front and back. Adjusted spring preload and rebound damping a touch to firm things up. The lean of the bike on the side stand is not an issue and it’s only slightly heavier to hoist on the center stand. Very satisfied as a shorter rider as both feet are almost flat, left foot down is perfect, and it’s great to be able to walk the bike backwards when parking. I’m also on the vertically challenged camp so also lowered it, but I also upgraded the suspension as I found it very poor. Not sure how hard you ride the bike, but you might want to cut the ridiculously long centre stand stop rubber as the left side might now scrape. I cut it to around 5mm and it raised the stand by about 10-15mm. I also changed to FJR1300 foot pegs with the rubber inserts and much shorter feelers, I still scrape them but only at big leans. Broke the feelers on the stock pegs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim16 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Thanks @OZVFR. I’ll definitely make those modifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 The black plastic honeycombs - cleaned with soapy water and a q-tip - then applied armourall with a q-tip - it took a couple of hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cheese Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 (edited) On 3/24/2024 at 2:33 PM, The Cheese said: Today I added my newly modified Russell. They lowered it some for me. No pics of that though. I forgot. I also finished up adding a Whelen Micron third brake. Stainless plate sandwiched between the tag and the tag bracket. I angled it down a bit to tame the brightness some. I really love these Whelens. Added a silicone tag frame as well. Two reflective tag bolts broke on me when taking them off. So I need to wait for more to show up. Do not copy this design if you have a tail tidy. I went for my first real ride after installing. it did not end up surviving. I think the tire came up and hit it, folding the mount completely backwards. Whelen still works but is all busted up. I'll have to rethink the mount and buy a new light. Maybe something on the side of the tag? Symmetry would be off and bug me terribly tho. Everything else worked well. My trip didn't go quite like planned. What happened though was pretty dang fun. So glad I found and added the heated jacket plug at the last minute. Edited May 3 by The Cheese add 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clegg78 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) So something I did over the last week, as part of a new product development project, but also cause its kinda neat: (for some reason I cant upload anything here right now... shows I have 60kb of total space to upload, so I am linking them off my site... and it auto watermarks them...) I installed a Chigee AIO-5 dashcam setup (https://www.chigee.com/) that also has CarPlay/Android Auto, and TPMS monitoring. Its a new-er device and I was skeptical at first, but ... its pretty damn impressive for what it does. The hardware and software is more solid than I thought they would be. Nice step up from the INNOVV K3 setup I have (INNOVV also has a new K7 and N1 offering coming out). It is reasonably viewable in the sun, I wish it was more antireflective though. This device also seems to have potential OBDII integration coming (already has CAN-bus integration), and other bits. The mount on the wind screen is my own design but inspired in some ways by Steve Downers mount (Him and I have talked a good bit), but with a side mount and the RAM base. Not planning to sell that mount at this point, but it does work reasonably well (the amount of bouncing is a bit frustrating, but is all due to the amount of bounce this whole screen mechanism has.). Edited May 8 by Clegg78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member dazzler24 Posted May 8 Supporting Member Share Posted May 8 11 minutes ago, Clegg78 said: I installed a Chigee AIO-5 dashcam setup (https://www.chigee.com/) that also has CarPlay/Android Auto, and TPMS monitoring. This device also seems to have potential OBDII integration coming (already has CAN-bus integration), and other bits. Hmmmm. Thanks for this info. It does sound interesting with all of the integration that is missing in many solutions. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clegg78 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) 23 minutes ago, dazzler24 said: Hmmmm. Thanks for this info. It does sound interesting with all of the integration that is missing in many solutions. 👍 The whole thing is interesting, and as I said, I was expecting this to be kind of a hot mess of interesting hardware with terrible software (given the Chinese tend to be great at the hardware side). there is a good bit of translation issues on the interface in the settings (ie: "Shut" or something like that being used for "Off") and the overall UI is well refined but limited in what you can tweak. But ... it works pretty dang good. The video codec is solid on the cameras. Here is a test ride I was on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx2OGky_jHM when I encountered a herd of big horn sheep! (there were a LOT of animals out on the sides of the road so I was taking it pretty easy) Edited May 8 by Clegg78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD52 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Oil and filter, set of Dunlop Road Smart IV's mounted. Used the Rabaconda tire tool for the first time, it worked really well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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