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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 02:23 PM
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Hey guys! My next project on my 883R is to transition the sport and tac to the visor mount for a more streamline looked. This poses a problem where the headlight mount is concerned.

I'm looking for some inspiration, pictures, kits, or custom part ideas for how to side or bottom mount a headlight to my sporty (without serious alterations).

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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 04:36 PM
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Here is mine. I fabed it up myself. I know DK has a relocation kit. I have one new in the bag if you are interested.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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I have the DK mount, it comes with two different sized brackets and it gives you tons of options. I love it, good looking and solid too.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 09:10 PM
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i wsh i could find it, but i saw someone mount their bucket down low, near the axle nuts. looked crazy.

best thing if you want to keep the bucket is get the DK kit, and mount it that way.
 
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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Check DK customs. They have an awesome headlight kit
 
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Old Jul 1, 2014 | 11:04 PM
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i wsh i could find it, but i saw someone mount their bucket down low, near the axle nuts. looked crazy.

best thing if you want to keep the bucket is get the DK kit, and mount it that way.
I know the bike you're talking about, mounted down off the axle....just spent 10 minutes looking for it...no luck. Def, a radical look.

Here's a vid of some of the different looks you can get with the DK kit-

 
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Old Jul 2, 2014 | 06:36 PM
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seriously,

how does this work? is it like a beetle juice thing? say "a/c", "i need", or "DK" three times and we get DK?

i'm gonna try it in the mirror.

DK is good stuff don't get me wrong. i had some guy randomly walked up to me at a gas station and asked me if i had heard of them and their parts. that was a testiment to them. the guy looked at me like he caught me raping his 2 year-old son when i said i want to keep my bike as close to stock as possible. anger, confusion, disgust... it was a scary look. ... i turn back to the pump.... it was awkward.




...some type of keyword search/trigger or forum crawler? vendor alert?


one things for sure though, if you use firefox with the lightbeam add-on you'll see an absurd amount of 3rd party sites. i disabled adblock and ghostry and grabbed a screenshot.... way more than you'd see if you visited a "naughty" site or even facebook. 1 site; 95 3rd party connections. footlocker?

big business here. much respect.
 
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