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To me, it seems he replaced the upper turn signal housing with driving lights and then installed a lowered turn signal kit to keep legal.
This seems a very clean/ nice installation.
The lower fork tube Led Lights seem functional for lighting the road, yet as for the installation, I wonder how you hide the wires.
LOL, I could agree with the statement, "looks like a Chirstmas tree" LOL.
Lastly, I recall HD sells a driving light install kit for XLs, which has 4" lens.
That kit may also give a clean install.
And a Led headlight makes a noticeable improvement, with non HD Daymaker choices around $40.
Good luck with your project.
Thanks for your reply,
I ran the wiring for the lower driving lights up inside the rubber fork gaiters (boots), it looked like a very clean installation with very little wiring showing.
Yes I did relocate the stock style LED turn signals lower down as UK law states that the wraparound turn signals are too close together to be legal ON THEIR OWN.
I have had my Sportster for 8 years and have done a little over 43,000 miles.
I converted the Sportster to a trike for my partner around 7 years ago and she has done 38,000 miles.
You really need to get out more RRR! LOL.
Your friend should be well pleased and could well double its mileage by the end of the season. They do need to be ridden and not just admired, IMO.
It is difficult for me to get out much these days as I have been caring for my elderly mother for many years, I cannot leave her on her own for long incase she has another fall. My life has been on hold for years because she refuses to go into a care home. Being a full time carer isn't what I had planned for my retirement, but we only get one mother and she needs looking after.
There used to be a member here (cant recall who at this time) who had a pair of those Electra Glide spotlights mounted down low on his engine guard. It looked cool and really lit up the front end of the bike.
I think he even switched them out to a set of yellow fog/driving lights at one point.
Well I wasn't going to respond, since I have removed these lights/mount, but here's what I did
when the Iron had a Mustache engine guard. I added "flush mount" led lights to the outer
edges. They seemed to be effective. Here's a few pictures.
Well I wasn't going to respond, since I have removed these lights/mount, but here's what I did
when the Iron had a Mustache engine guard. I added "flush mount" led lights to the outer
edges. They seemed to be effective. Here's a few pictures.
From: Eastern foothills of Shenandoah Mountains, Virginia
Sportster 2005 with traditional HD triple headlights
I call them triple headlights or "Freight Train Headlights". These are factory HD on a 2005 xl883c Custom ("Custom" is HD's model name, it's not a custom build).
They make the bike far more visible to oncoming and side traffic than any single headlight no matter how bright it is. For others to see you, you want more square inches of light. And I love their look.
They go off with high beam, so I hardly ever used high beam. I never got around to re-wiring to keep them always on, high or low beam, day and night. I sold this bike, now regret selling.
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I call them triple headlights or "Freight Train Headlights". These are factory HD on a 2005 xl883c Custom ("Custom" is HD's model name, it's not a custom build).
They make the bike far more visible to oncoming and side traffic than any single headlight no matter how bright it is. For others to see you, you want more square inches of light. And I love their look.
They go off with high beam, so I hardly ever used high beam. I never got around to re-wiring to keep them always on, high or low beam, day and night. I sold this bike, now regret selling.
I have that same set of lights on a 2007 1200 Custom. They are really noticeable, and I think they look cool as Hell too.
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