Right after I got my bike I immediatly ordered some satety mods to add on to my bike to improve visibility and functionality. First up was a Kissan PathBlazer which is a headlight modulator, which is a fairly simple plug and play installation, it took a little bit of finnessing to get it to sit right with the rubber boot that is on the bach of the headlight housing. I did not remove any of the plastics, just reached up under the front cowl to get to the back of the headlight where the harness connects.
Next instal was the Kissan SignalMinder, again this was mostly a plug&play installation, the stock turn-signal relay is in the front cowling to the rider's left side of the headlight. Its a small black plastic box with a wire harness plug and held in place with a rubber mount. The stock wire harness plugged in to the wire harness and then I ziptied and velcro'd the signal minder unit to the stock mount. This give me self, cancelling turn signals and emergency, and escort flashers, and its fully compatible with LED bulbs which I replaced all 4 signals with bulbs from Http://www.superbrightleds.com (kept amber bulbs in front and switched to red in back). The signal minder unit also has a brake light signal input wire that just taps into the positive brake light wire and then gives you a slowdown warning by flashing all 4 signals 4 times then keeps them at full intensity while you hold the brakes on.
I then installed the P3 programmable tail lights. The lights come with mounts that fit right on to the lisence plate bolts, the there is a control unit that can be installed under the rear seat, and taps right into the stock brake light wires. I'll post a seperate post to shocase these lights, but I can tell you they are fantastic, and really keep cars off your back.
Just for fun, and since I like there to be a bit of contrast with my headlight, i installed two green colored LED bulbs in the two marker lights on either side of the headlight. I don't know if they are completly legal, but I havn't even been questioned about them yet, but I figured, either red or blue would have given the local cops a reason to stop me. (again got these from http://www.superbrightleds.com
Lastly I installed a WoLo BadBoy Airhorn, which worked great until I hit a bump with the front wheel, compressed the front shocks, and had the front wheel cover try to merge with the airhorn physically. Apparently there really is just not enough clearence. It cracked the back of the wheel cover, and sent the horn flying into a few dozen peices. Took a look at the clearences and pulled the plug on the airhorn, and installed a single low-tone wolo horn, which fits, and while not quite as loud as the airhorn, its better than the stock mep-mep horn.
(green led marker lights)
P3 lights installed on eitherside of the tag.
Here a link to a video showing the lighting mods (P3, SignalMinder, and PathBlazer) http://instagram.com/p/l3LcQkO-b4/
-Pete
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