Just a small head's up. In case you did not notice it in my Acerbis taillight thread, I had a little issue yesterday that resulted in me finding a wire disconnected from my front brake sensor. To be honest, I had never even noticed that the connection was there, much less that one of the wires was disconnected. The result was that my brake light was not getting brighter when I applied the front brake, so cars behind me did not know that I was braking. Not good.

Anyway, in case you haven't noticed them, there are two small connections on the bottom of your front master cylinder - basically just below and in front of the kill switch. They look like they can come undone fairly easily if knocked, which is what I assume happened with mine. It would not be a bad idea to take a second to check those connections the next time you get on your bike.

My new favorite graphic. I'll be using the crap out of this for a little while. Sorry.

 

I'll check that out. But something that I do every time I get on the bike is to check all the turn signals, and that both brake levers actuate the brake light. I even catch my self waiting in traffic for a light to change looking behind me to see if the brake light is being actuated. I have been through 5 bulbs since installing the Acerbis DS tail light. I don't trust it. So do a safety check before you ride.....EVERY TIME!!!

 

Oh and my friends and I use "The More You Know" all the time. And "Lowered Expectations" Its all good. [8D]

 

The original taillight was rubber mounted for less vibration. The arcerbis mounts pretty solid. Probably hard on the bulbs. When I was mounting mine I was wondering about that but noone had ever mentioned any problems. I'll keep a closer eye on it now.

 

Same thing happened to me

 

I think Eric has had similar issues with going through bulbs on his Acerbis taillight. It sounds like this is good advice Deej.

 

Just looking out for ya, us old dudes need to stick together.

 

Checking fluid levels, stops lights (front & back), turn signals, hi/lo beam, mirros, and horn is my standard procedure during warm up. (I'm not **** about it, but they're easy checks to do while waiting ... )

Rubber mounting is good for filiment bulbs, but I'd still like to see if I can get the LED unit installed ... "Dam the vibration, Full speed with a LED!!!"

 

I also would like to get the LED pleaaaaaaaaaaaase some one try it so we can see.

 

you guys do know that they make bulbs that will fit in that socket right......



http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html

They have them at parts stores too. just never got around to get one....