To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

Well admittedly I was one of the first to get rid of the stock blinkers, I mean I wanted that "cool" look to the bike, but everytime I rode I felt like people were just not seeing me. And yes I realize that unless our bikes were on fire, we pretty much go unnoticed by Joe Blow in a cage.

After work today I decided to spend some time with the bike and get some cleaning (big surprise there huh?:D) done on the KLX. I started with a light pressure wash and ended up pulling the chain, detailing the bike and reinstalling all 4 of the stock blinkers. I think it looks good and will continue to grow on me. I left the other blinkers on, after all I figure if 4 are good, then 8 must be better right?[8D]

After using this:
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My bike looks like this again:
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Chain taking a bath:
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Ok here is where it gets interesting, I set the camera on the setting that allows me to take, without a flash, 3 pictures per second. As you can see from this first one that the Acerbis turn signal is not very bright, and probably 1/5 that bright in the daylight.

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Now take a look at the stock turn signal.

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Here is a shot from the back.

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A little shrink tube and we are back in business.

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Last shot.

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Well that's it, I guess I just got one of those bugs and had to do something about it. And the bike is clean again so I can sleep tonight.;)

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

I do not like the stock blinkers either yet they are on my bike because as far as being seen goes, you will not find anything better. If I just used it to connect trails that would be one thing but I just do too much street.

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

The one thing I don't like about the stock blinkers is how far they stick out especially in the rear. I'm going to see if I can shorten the rubber mounting stem by about 1.5 to 2 inches. I'll let you know what happens.

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

good luck shortening the stems, I looked at it but decided against it as #1-the threaded sleeve is molded to the foot of the stem, and #2-the sleeve is not threaded entirely, just at the end where it needs to be...soI just ordered other signal lites. But please let us know if you succeed.

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

You missed a spot.

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

Hey Deej where did you get that taillight assembly ?

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

My thoughts too, I think you have to re-adher the mountng hardware after the mod, but I'm thinking the same.....

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What? Where? LIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

Hey I almost forgot about you, how's the weather up there? Our snow is finally starting to disappear and that's cool with me, I hate snow. Here is a link to where I bought my tail light. Later man.;)

Acerbis Tail Light

YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maverick just taught this old dog a new trick. I never learned to make the long links for URL addresses a short link named whatever you want it to be. Isn't this a great deal, a guy that I never met, teaching me all the way from the land down under. How awesome is that. OK I guess I'm just excited to actually learn something after being here for 2+ years. Or maybe its just the codeine talking, either way its AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alllllllllllllllllllllllrighty then! as you were.:D

RE: To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question
 

Hey Mark, yea I agree, in fact I even thought of some sort of bracket that could be made with holes in it to allow a person to install them closer together, if you come up with something please share, oh and what happened to my rattle? I guess I shouldn't have complained about the broken part. My bad, sorry. Keep me in mind if you come across another one, it would be cool to have one. ;)