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From: OOB, Maine
Got some good busy work done last night. Here is the stock rear blinker bar.
Got the guts into the used later model bar and tested the lights before I installed
Had to open up the mounting holes in the fender from 1/4" to accept the newer style bar's 5/16" bolts. Mounted right up and made a ground wire for the new blinkers, which I grounded to the 5/16" mounting bolt. Wired them up and tucked the wires up behind it as best I could. Changed a couple bulbs, cleaned a few sockets, and applied some dielectric grease. All lights on the bike now work and light up nice and bright. Blinkers and hazards flash...
This the chain tensioner position when I got the bike. Chain was still slack.
So I loosened the axle and slide the tire fully forward in the axle slots to see what I had and how much I could take off
I ended up taking off one link and then tensioned the chain properly. The axle now sits just forward of center in its slot.
Next up I tore into the nacelle and swapped out the worn rubber bushings for some polyurethane ones...
Changed out the speedo mounting rubbers and called it a night. Ignition will be here today, so tonight I will be installing it and the coil along with a new battery in its cover and hopefully firing up the bike.
Adam
Got the guts into the used later model bar and tested the lights before I installed
Had to open up the mounting holes in the fender from 1/4" to accept the newer style bar's 5/16" bolts. Mounted right up and made a ground wire for the new blinkers, which I grounded to the 5/16" mounting bolt. Wired them up and tucked the wires up behind it as best I could. Changed a couple bulbs, cleaned a few sockets, and applied some dielectric grease. All lights on the bike now work and light up nice and bright. Blinkers and hazards flash...
This the chain tensioner position when I got the bike. Chain was still slack.
So I loosened the axle and slide the tire fully forward in the axle slots to see what I had and how much I could take off
I ended up taking off one link and then tensioned the chain properly. The axle now sits just forward of center in its slot.
Next up I tore into the nacelle and swapped out the worn rubber bushings for some polyurethane ones...
Changed out the speedo mounting rubbers and called it a night. Ignition will be here today, so tonight I will be installing it and the coil along with a new battery in its cover and hopefully firing up the bike.
Adam
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From: Along the shoreline in SW FL
MOze.....the rear sigs look good. I had the mongo wide alumy one on mine...found a 2" shorter chrome one at a swap meet. Was also from later model, so narrower mounting...had to "move" the holes in the rear fender a bit. Didn't like the lens of the newer model, so took lens off of sigs to put on new. Holy cow did I curse for the whole 30 minutes it too to remount each lens with that top allen screw. Wasn't meant for replacing..LOL.
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