First step was to remove the rear mudguard which was attached to the bracket that holds the orginal Indicators. The original Indicators unfortunantly were damaged in a fall at some pont and the rubber was so brittle it fell apart just from touching it.
"i removed a couple of bolts that i didn't need too but it all worked out int he end"
Not only were the indicators broken but one side of the bracket had snaped off, so before anything else that needed to be fixed. A suitable piece of scrap metal was scavanged from the shed and then held in place with a magnet ready for welding. As I can't weld Dad did it for me and it turned out brilliant.
"no short course this time, an expert was brought in... well someone who knows more then most"
"and its fixed, YAY"
The bracket was then quickly bent back into shape since it was askew. As I mentioned above I'm pretty sure this bike has been dropped at some point because a few things dont line up right, Mind you Red is in exactly the same condition. Anyway the bracket was bent into shape and the new LED indicators installed. I have not wired them up to the main wiring loom yet, that will happen once painting has been completed.
"perfect"
The bracket with the new LED indicators was then re attached to the frame. I decided not to reatach the rear mudguard purly for aesthetic reasons. I like how the rear just ends, I have kept it though in case, for whatever reason, if it needs to be re attached.
"once again probably not to everyones tastes but i'm slowly making this bike my own"
With the rear done it was time to focus on the front. A good hour or so was spent playing around with position of front indicators. Eventually a final spot was decided that suited the front fairing and would be reletivly easy to mount. To mount them I decied to use the plastic brackets that came with the froint fairing, they could be easily attached and simply drilling an extra hole is no issue. Plus if one of them breaks the other side can be used as a template to make them out of metal.
"much easier to simply modify then make from scratch -nods-"
The holes were drilled and then the LED indicators attached, it was then a matter of installing brackets. Like the rear LED indicators I am going to wait until the bike is painted before I wire them in. The new LED's have been tested though as well as the LED lights on the front fairing.
"the finished face"
Next step cover up the exposed front fairing sides!
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