• There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.

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    OEM windscreen mount, differently

    Done. .
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Looks good! None of what I've done has been for people to see me, it's all for me to see them (although if I hit high beams it's definitely an attention grabber). I'm planning the back of the bike now, and that's going to all be about seeing me.
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    No worries, I welcome all ways of doing stuff. As I said, I've had lasik twice and my eyes are crap, so I try not to ride at night at all. However, guaranteed that if I get caught out it'll be in bad weather on a back road with poor markings and no moon. So I figure I'll stack the deck in my...
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    OEM windscreen mount, differently

    I have the OEM windscreen (don't recall which one, it's the shorter one and I cut another 3" off of that) and I also have the low cowl cover. I want to be able to switch between them easily, and I find the windscreen very fussy to install. There's a bar that goes through the front mount that...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Found it. These are the projector housings I used: https://www.ebay.com/itm/312257243903
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    Sticking "frunk" lid

    And remember the peg doesn't just adjust short/long, it also adjusts front to back. I found that mine was adjusted wrong front-back and adjusting it made it a lot better.
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Thanks! It was only a lot of work because I wanted it to be. I could recreate it in pretty short order if I had to. I'm just fussy, and bored, and have a lot of tools available to play with. I honestly don't understand why the usual suspects don't offer this as a kit. It's manufacturing...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    So finished was too strong a word. I ordered the DDM tuning 55w LEDs. I'll put those in my bike and move my 40w versions to the wife's Ryker.
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Now the high beams. Same deal, ryker with aux lights, spyder with LED, and spyder with LED and HID. My wife helped take the pics and gently hinted that I needed to fix her headlights because she could barely tell any difference between high and low beam on her bike and mine looked like a plane...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Ok, it finally got dark enough to do direct comparisons. Conditions: Dark. Ipad set on autofocus/autoexposure lock. Stock Ryker with dual H4 headlights equivalent to stock spyder. Spyder with upgraded LED headlight bulbs, spyder with upgraded LED headlight bulbs and HIDs both low and high...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Ok, so in order: The stock aux light circuit is powered by the load shedding circuit, so it doesn't get power until the bike is running. So even if I leave the switch on, it still waits till the bike is on before it gets power. Thanks, I'm aware of how to make the light come on when the light...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Finished! The last few bits I was waiting on arrived so I got everything buttoned up. First pics show the t-harnesses in place, with the connections sealed up with self vulcanizing rubber tape. Forgot to mention, the Lexel adhesive is awesome. Messy to work with but it seemed to have no...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Gluing the lenses in was a total failure. The glue I used let go of the housing with very small pressure. I peeled all of it off, tested two different types of plastic epoxy (which both failed) and switched to Lexel, which if you believe the label will glue anything from wood to jello. We'll...
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    F3 base model can I add rear luggage rack

    I could be (and probably am) wrong, but that looks like Baker is reselling Sid’s rack. You should ask him directly. http://www.sidsmotorcycleworld.com/product/f3-trunk-kit/
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    GPS mount, revisited

    I put the mounts out in the sun and let them bake all day, really tightened up the wrinkles and hardened the paint. Untitled by Uncle Grr!, on Flickr Then I made, painted, and installed the upper mounts. Didn't drill them yet because I don't know what I'm doing with them. If I sell them...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    The pins that this connector use require a special crimper that I thought I had. Turns out mine is way too big, so I had to improvise. I used my crimper to do the majority of the work, then did a little massaging with small pliers to get the crimp down to the right size to fit in the housing...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    The connector for the stock switch is not available separately from can-am that I'm aware of, and costs about $9 on the ebays. The manufacturer is printed right on the connector, and a bit of confuser gargling managed to get me the part numbers for all the connectors. I was able to make 5...
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    Headlight/aux light upgrade, differently.

    Completed: Below this is a comparison of the different light sources I'm working with. This upgrade will be both a headlight upgrade and an aux light upgrade, and as usual for me will cost a third of commercially available products and be demonstrably better. Follow the thread to the end for...
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    GPS mount, revisited

    Those are cool but only work for a few versions of the GPS which I don't have. I could make something for this if it became a problem. Next two mounts welded up ready for finish work. You can see the weld discoloration on one of them around the mount post, I didn't like the one i made...
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    Passenger backrest/rack, differently

    Another point. The side bags came with a spare lock cylinder so I took apart the trunk latch to see if I could install it. Nope, entirely different kind of key and cylinder. I emailed shad to see if they had some workaround so I don't have to carry one key for the trunk and another for the...
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