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Hi, I would like to add fog/running lights but what are the easiest or best options.
Can the indicators be adapted to include a running light or is it better to have them
separate?
Running lights and indicators, you need to replace the two wire harness from the bulb carrier back to under the tank with the US 1157 carriers and 3 wire harness - 67000147 Socket Asy, Frt/Dom x 2
And then find your LED bulb of choice ...there are two good types, and smoke or clear glass on the Chinese sales site, and there are cheap horrible ones. Have a good look around. They get here in a week or so.
Fog lights is probably something separate you want to run, and mount lower down.
Note I didn't get the grommet on the cable where it goes into the bullet housing, but if you are really careful, you can remove the existing ones from the old cable and reuse it, but its a booger to squeeze back in ...but possible.
You also need the crimp pins, and carefully re use the 4 pin shells under the tank.
For what it's worth, thinking outside the box....I have a 19 Heritage. My previous owner decided to remove the bar and passing lights and mounted the turn signals below the drag bars. Since the drag bars HAD to go, and I had apes installed when I purchased the bike, the dealer moved the turn signals to the fork which turned out very well. The previous owner did eventually return the light bar and now I have it. But it was a little too late and the mods had already been done. The only real issue with is that I found that while the turn signals are not loose in any way, they do move, so I need to be careful when cleaning the bike.
My point is, last year I decided to go with LEDs which add a significant amount of light up front. In fact, at night, the high beams do not add much additional light to the road. I am sure I would be blinding anyone coming in the opposite direction if I left them on. So now with the light bar, I suppose I could re-mount that and purchase passing lights and be seen from space. But honestly I like the look and it does make it look different than the stock setup that my wife's 21 Heritage has.
All that said, I am not sure how that might help the OP with a Sport Glide. Just food for thought. LEDs are amazing. As a bonus the rear now runs red like a touring bike rather than just blinking as a turn signal.
Lots of people relocate the turn signals from under the handlebars, that is certainly an option.
Another would be to keep the turn signals on the bars and run a running light wire from the 4 pin turn signal connector under the tank to wherever you want them.
I think @bduds65 look like Harley bulbs maybe? but just in case you were looking on that sales site I mentioned, there are two types, the Harley look alikes and the newer ones. I took some pics to let you see them properly...
The first shows one running light of each. The pic doesn't really do it justice but the older Harley look alike on the right of the pic is whiter and sharp in your eye, whereas the newer style are quite dull in comparison. The newer diffused look vs discrete leds is maybe where that comes from. Now that said, I went for a smoke lens, maybe the clear is brighter, don't know. I might order some up anyway.
The older type will get you see better me thinks.
Turn lights I don't think there is much in it visibility wise.
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