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The Everything Breakout Thread
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From: Lethbridge, Alberta Canada
I went to Daymakers and LED's for signal lights. These:
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/137-842
work well. You just,,,, put em in.
http://www.jpcycles.com/product/137-842
work well. You just,,,, put em in.
EDIT: Oops! I just noticed you are in Canada, where our twin sidelight rera lamps are illegal, so you have a conventional center rear light plus separate signal lamps. This setup would likely NOT work on our U.S. configuration.
Jim G
Last edited by JimGnitecki; May 8, 2016 at 11:56 AM.
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Yes, that is what I am looking for. I see that they list the breakout as being compatible, but I wonder about that since we have that unique setup where we have running lights, brake lights, and signals all in each side-mounted light housing. But you have actually installed them and they do perform all 3 functions?
EDIT: Oops! I just noticed you are in Canada, where our twin sidelight rera lamps are illegal, so you have a conventional center rear light plus separate signal lamps. This setup would likely NOT work on our U.S. configuration.
Jim G
EDIT: Oops! I just noticed you are in Canada, where our twin sidelight rera lamps are illegal, so you have a conventional center rear light plus separate signal lamps. This setup would likely NOT work on our U.S. configuration.
Jim G
I do have a conventional bulb in the center brake / tail light unit and I did not need to install any sort of "resistor" you hear about as they are integrated into these LED units. Also, the J&P Cycle website, I'm assuming, wouldn't differentiate between Canadian or US delivered BO's. I don't mean to pitch the things but they were a particularly easy solution for me.
OH !! If you do end up going with these, know that you should be careful to seat the LED disc into the housing, after engaging the bayonet connection, with wires coiled in a way so that the disc is not hung up or cockeyed. It is easy to install these and then reinstall the lens cap without realizing the disc is interfering with one of the integrated lens cap retainers. If you do this, everything will go together well and look OK but you'll loose your lens cap later on when it finally pops out,, somewhere,,, on the highway. This is easy to avoid so long as you know about it.
Last edited by HKMark23; May 8, 2016 at 03:19 PM.
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From: Lethbridge, Alberta Canada
I was unaware of that difference sorry.
I do have a conventional bulb in the center brake / tail light unit and I did not need to install any sort of "resistor" you hear about as they are integrated into these LED units. Also, the J&P Cycle website, I'm assuming, wouldn't differentiate between Canadian or US delivered BO's. I don't mean to pitch the things but they were a particularly easy solution for me.
I do have a conventional bulb in the center brake / tail light unit and I did not need to install any sort of "resistor" you hear about as they are integrated into these LED units. Also, the J&P Cycle website, I'm assuming, wouldn't differentiate between Canadian or US delivered BO's. I don't mean to pitch the things but they were a particularly easy solution for me.
Jim G
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From: Kansas
Not sure about 10' feet away but the manual shows how to properly adjust headlight at 25' away from a wall on a level surface. I believe the drop calls for 2.1" of center of beam (brightest spot of light) at 25'.
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From: 90210
then go for a ride at night, preferably a dark flat straight road, turn on high beam and push headlight forward, pull it back until it's right. then after you park tighten the nut and done. BTW I leave mine tight but I can still push it or pull it with a firm hand if needed. I do this on both of my bikes.
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I'll go with your fix LA Dog. The cops here are clueless anyway, so as long as my field of view is better at high beam, that's all that matters.
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From: Lethbridge, Alberta Canada
the "quick and dirty" fix is to loosen the up/down pivot nut so the headlamp housing is snug, won't move on its own at all, but you can still move it with your hand.
then go for a ride at night, preferably a dark flat straight road, turn on high beam and push headlight forward, pull it back until it's right. then after you park tighten the nut and done. BTW I leave mine tight but I can still push it or pull it with a firm hand if needed. I do this on both of my bikes.
then go for a ride at night, preferably a dark flat straight road, turn on high beam and push headlight forward, pull it back until it's right. then after you park tighten the nut and done. BTW I leave mine tight but I can still push it or pull it with a firm hand if needed. I do this on both of my bikes.
Back when we rode Nortons, which weighed under 450 lb, and were significantly affected by a passenger's weight, this is what we did.
Jim G
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From: Houston, TX
I would love to replace the bulbs on my Breakout, in both the twin rear running/brake/signal lights and the front running/signal lights, with LEDs, but I find the Custom Dynamics website incomprehensible.
Is Custom Dynamics the only source?
What do I order and from where?
I would prefer to avoid cutting or tapping into the stock HD wiring harness. Is there a simple plug and play kit that simply uses the existing bulb sockets?
Jim G
Is Custom Dynamics the only source?
What do I order and from where?
I would prefer to avoid cutting or tapping into the stock HD wiring harness. Is there a simple plug and play kit that simply uses the existing bulb sockets?
Jim G
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Joined: Sep 2014
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From: TN
I would love to replace the bulbs on my Breakout, in both the twin rear running/brake/signal lights and the front running/signal lights, with LEDs, but I find the Custom Dynamics website incomprehensible.
Is Custom Dynamics the only source?
What do I order and from where?
I would prefer to avoid cutting or tapping into the stock HD wiring harness. Is there a simple plug and play kit that simply uses the existing bulb sockets?
Jim G
Is Custom Dynamics the only source?
What do I order and from where?
I would prefer to avoid cutting or tapping into the stock HD wiring harness. Is there a simple plug and play kit that simply uses the existing bulb sockets?
Jim G
Plug right in and work great. They are a tight fit in the reflector housing as you push them in because the plastic above the base is just a bit wider than regular bulbs to start but they do fit. Probably not as bright and pretty as the Ringz but they're much brighter than regular bulbs. And you can switch front and rear for under $50.
Michael