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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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I'm looking for a clean way to route my turn signals on my sporty. I moved to Germany and now have to have the damn things on. Anyone have any ideas or pics to show how you routed yours? I've seen them on the forks but they just look funky to me.
 
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get a turn sigbal relocation kit and mount them to the forks. you will need the 39mm ones. got mine on ebay for 15 bucks.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:08 PM
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Did you not read my post?
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Gnight
I'm looking for a clean way to route my turn signals on my sporty. I moved to Germany and now have to have the damn things on. Anyone have any ideas or pics to show how you routed yours? I've seen them on the forks but they just look funky to me.
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Turn signals get mounted, wires get routed. What happened to the original wires? If you cut them, where? If not the forks, where do you intend to mount the signals? Why can't you reinstall them in the original location?
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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I've only seen a couple basic options either on the bars, on the forks or in a faring. If you don't like em on the forks, have you seen a different location that you need help with how to mount it?? Need more info
 
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Sorry for my ignorance, I meant mount. I was actually thinking maybe the downtube or somethin off my front end, like i said before it just looks goofy up there.
 
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This thread really reads like so much BS
 
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How about Mirrors with the signals built in?
 
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Personally I like to put them on the lower triple tree using a short mounting bracket such as the one sold by Custom Chrome. I don't care for the HD mounts, I think they stick out too far. I know you're not looking to fork-mount your signals, but I really don't know where else you can put them.

I've seen some rectangular signals that were part of an integrated "cover" that went over the face of (or below) the lower triple tree...
 
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Gpsjr10, had a good idea on the turn signal mirrors. They are pricey, but meet your criteria of not in the stock location and not on the fork tubes.
 
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