ADDED RED LED's TO THE MIRRORS FOR DIRECTIONALS

[Mooseman]

Twas a beautiful day here in the Poconos. Took a nice long ride in the bright sun and got tired of not being able to see the green arrows on the "dash" of the RT, especially with sun glasses on. Stopped at Radio Shack and got a couple of mounted LED's and installed them tonight. They look good and they are small but bright enough to see. I have a couple of pics and the P/N for the LED's Took about 1.5 hours to install with a total cost of $6.35.:doorag:

 

[Benggolf]

Neat! :thumbup:

 

[ulflyer]

Looks good. Did you have to pull the mirrors apart to install them?

 

[Bob Denman]

Subtle; yet effective... :clap: :firstplace: :thumbup:
I'll need to add some extra lights to my mirrors as well... I like your solution!

 

[Mooseman]

Looks good. Did you have to pull the mirrors apart to install them?

No, other than removing them from the bike. I drilled the hole 21/64" and fished a piece of weed trimmer line up to where the directional wires come out with the plug. It didn't damage anything and is quite flexible. Taped the wires to the trim line and pulled them through. The LED's have 6" leads on them. That was the longest process. Be patient the line does work it's way up if you keep twisting and turning. lol

 

[Bob Denman]

I can attest to that... :shocked:
The first mirror of mine took over an hour and a half to find where the wiring was hiding, as I stuffed it into the mirror housing... :gaah:
The second one: a mere fifteen minutes!

 

[Mooseman]

I can attest to that... :shocked:
The first mirror of mine took over an hour and a half to find where the wiring was hiding, as I stuffed it into the mirror housing... :gaah:
The second one: a mere fifteen minutes!

That's funny Bob:clap:The second one took much longer than the first for me...I did the L/H first since I am left handed. lol It was the R/H mirror that gave me all the trouble..:doorag:

 

[SpydermanCT]

I used the same LED from Radio Shack but mounted it here...

 

[DrewNJ]

What is the purpose of doing this? Just curious.

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[IdahoMtnSpyder]

What is the purpose of doing this? Just curious.

The indicator lights on the cluster are hard to see in bright daylight.

 

[Mooseman]

What is the purpose of doing this? Just curious.

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Like waswinger said and with sunglasses on it's even harder to see them..

 

[Mooseman]

I used the same LED from Radio Shack but mounted it here...


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Yup that is where I got the idea from...your bike! I was going to mount them where you did..then I got thinking to put them on the mirror so when you take off the mirrors it is a single disconnect. Thanks for the idea though!