Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - Page 2

HUGE difference with the stock lights gone!!! Can't wait to see the new pipe and integrated lights up front.

Are you gonna get an OEM seat cowl, stay stock, or something else?

Oh yeah, and any luck figuring out a way to hook up farther underneath? My eliminator kit sits where yours does and I have hit my tire on it a couple of times with big holes and bumps on the street. Hoping to get way under like with Custom's. Just can't see where to bracket

yea, the plate and light looks cool, I could do without the big blue wire showing on the one side.... I think thats why the pictues of others that I have seen with lights they put there's farther back so as to run the wire more under the seat....

P.S. looks like she/he needs a bath.... lol

Yes... it does need a bath. It's a bad time of the year to ride around here.

The blue wire doesn't look bad... it's the blue braded covering you see on car engines. I looked for black, but it only came in red, blue or chrome. So blue it is.

I will end up mounting this to the band that comes with the RS5. I'd love to get an OEM seat cowl... it's not worth $130 or $180 to me just yet. I'd have to find a one on sale for half price with a 50% off coupon to peak my interest.

I looked at manufacturing a kit like CW, but there really isn't that much room. With their design, I don't see how the plate would do anything but rub the hugger the entire time I'm on it.

But if anything... my stock exhaust looks much better now.... so if someone wanted to change the tail just for looks, this might be an option for them.

Don,

Take off those warning sticker on the left side of your swing arm. Oh yea also the one on the top front of your gas tank cover. Trust me you won't miss them.

The one on the tank is gone... my buddy removed it with chemicals when he did the blue outline. We/I meant to do the swing arm as well. But I always forget to when I have any goo remover handy... You know what... the hell with that. When I get home from work, I'll peel them off and worry about the adhesive later. That way I'll stop procrastinating and do it. Any other tips? I'm just about to the point I'd like to be with the looks. I have on order yellow reflective DUNLOP decals for the front fender. What do you guys think of that? I removed the cheap plastic reflectors so if I put the reflective yellow Dunlop up front, I'm back to code on that. I'm considering replacing the CBR 600RR with all red reflective to cover my rear. Any thoughts?

doncollins,
I will tell you what I think of it when you get pics online. If it looks anything like your pin stripping. I am sure it will be the bomb...

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ORIGINAL: no1biscuit

doncollins,
I will tell you what I think of it when you get pics online. If it looks anything like your pin stripping. I am sure it will be the bomb...

Can you not see the pics in the thread? I know I'm still working on it, so I'm not sure if you mean you're waiting for the finished process or you haven't seen any of the pics in this thread. I will update my gallery when I'm finished, but I kinda hate the gallery. We don't have enough storage space to post good pictures. That's why I went back to using free online picture hosts and link the pics to my threads.

I see you removed the reflectors but I don't see the dunlop stuff. Is that what you are talking about? I removed all my reflectors already. I know it is probably breaking the law but I am rebel.

Ok... warning stickers are off the swing arm. I used WD40 and they came off clean.

The Dunlop reflective decal is on order... should be here in a couple days. I was asking what you guys thought of it.

Anything would be better than the stock huffy reflector...

Hey on your integrated light is it a stock light that has been modified (taken apart and differen't lights added) or did they actually fabricate a new light?

Thanks
Thom

It looks like they had them made.... it's not hand modded if that's what you're asking. If you hold it up beside the stock light... the only difference was the extra yellow wires. That and it's a lot brighter. The stock has ten LEDs in it. The CA is filled with them. Best choice I ever made... I hare buying things like this on chance. They usually end up being cheaply made and not bright. This product is great....

Cool. I was wondering because I can handle electronic modification but making stuff like, hmm...I don't know ..., fender eliminators I am going to have trouble with. But the way it sounds I need to pop for the $75 bucks.


Thanks
Thom

I'm sure we can get a fender eliminator kit going.... I have the clamp and I'll be remaking mine in a couple of days. Are you going to stay stock on the exhaust? I will make two of the plates so I can send one your way. By the way, I can grab my plate and shake the bike with out it moving the bracket. It's solid.

So, you like the taillight? Nice. I do have one other question for you. Is it more visible during the daytime than stock? I've had 2 seperate people following me tell me my stock taillight is barely visible during the day with the sun out. That's the reason I orderd a new taillight. I've got one sitting in my closet right now, i just havn't had two seconds to go outside to install it. I've got the Clear Alternatives LED Integrated taillight for the CBR F2. I'll post the pics when i finally get around to installing it.

Tylor

Doncollins,
Is the integrated tail light led or regular bulbs? Just placing my order for load resistors for the front led lights.


Thanks
Thom

Those look like LED's with the integrated signal.

Tylor

I guess if I were to read more I could have figured that out. Damn, I am not used to having a message board (forum) that actually has answers. Shame on me. Doncollins I have never seen a flasher relay. Does it have a coil and two triggers that take voltage to provide switching to the turn signals?


Thanks
Thom

The CA light is brighter than the stock one. I never had anyone tell me the stock was hard to see in day light, but you can test them side by side. When I started the install, I tore everything down and laid the new CA light on top of the stock one. Then I switched the wiring back and forth to see if it was bright enough to see. It was noticeable that the CA has more LEDs than the stock, thus being brighter.

Guess that answers the LED or regular bulb question. LEDs and a lot of them.


Installing the light is easy and fast... comes with everything you need. I didn't use the huge ceramic resistors in the kit because they will heat up just like a bulb. CA offers a electronic relay flasher as an upgrade. I looked at the relay and it's just a signal flasher, like the ones used in autos. So... I'll pick up two of those if my flash rate increases when I install the hotbodies LED front signals this week-end. I'm not saying it's a good idea... but since they cost about $18 each and you need two of them... me and a buddy might take a stroll through a local salvage yard. We have a "You Wrench It" only a few miles away. You pay $1 and walk around to see if you can find your own parts... A few thousand cars and all those free flasher relays waiting to be crushed. You do the math.

I haven't tested this yet, but my theory is if I use two of them running to the tail light, it'll put enough load back on the flash rate to slow it down. But if not... I'm sure more than two relays will find their way into my pocket as I walk around. I like the faster rate now. It's fast but I have completely off and all the way on. If it speeds up to the point they look like they stay on, I'll have to use the relays. The relays have three prongs... 1 in and 2 out (I think). Like I said, this is all still theory to me. I'll find out this week end and see what I have to do and post the results and yes... more large pics. I went back and made the pics on this thread smaller. It took a second or two to load for me and I have a fast connection. If someone was using dial up... I killed them.