| Posted: 18 May 2009 21:48 | [?] |
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I just purchased the 1125CR headlight and Flyscreen to put on my XB9S. I haven't seen it done except on an older Buell (not sure of the model). I'm pretty sure it's not going to bolt right up but I don't care, I love that front headlight assembly.
I'll post pictures of the process when the parts come in. |
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| Posted: 18 May 2009 22:07 | [?] |
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Updates, updates, updates!!!!
Make sure you take plenty of picutes during the process. |
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| Posted: 18 May 2009 22:32 | [?] |
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I definitely will. This is the the other bike I've seen1125CR Headlight on a Buell
And I also have part numbers if anyone is interested. Y0721.ATA - HEADLIGHT M1601.1ATMW - WINDSCREEN |
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| Posted: 19 May 2009 04:32 | [?] |
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Flaya, I'm thinking this is going to look Awesome! Very interested to see this mod through. Way to take the initiative. 
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| Posted: 19 May 2009 04:35 | [?] |
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I had the same idea a while back but the cost of getting all the parts put me off
Going a different route and will post as well when i get sorted |
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| Posted: 19 May 2009 04:48 Last Edited By: flaya564 | [?] |
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I'd like to see what you're thinking Hoverjocki.
I figured I'd do this in stead of waiting for another set of plastics. I couldn't find any good deals. this is gonna cost me 208. |
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| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 03:26 | [?] |
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Here it is!!!! Well Sort of. It's a slightly rushed job but it's on for now. I need to work out some kinks.
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| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 04:26 | [?] |
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Looks like it's coming along nicely. You going to paint it yellow to match the bike or what else did you have in mind?
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| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 08:30 | [?] |
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| Looks awesome man. how did drilling the holes for the nipples go? | |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 16:06 | [?] |
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Just thought I'd fix this little issue
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| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 16:15 | [?] |
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| That looks awesome! Great work. | |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 17:12 | [?] |
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Thanks. Drilling the nipples were a bit of a pain cause I smoked my good drill that could hold the bigger bits so I had use a smaller bit to widen the holes. Another issue was trying to keep the ignition in the same spot to be able to lock it. It's hidden behind the light pointing down and to the left because the gauges had to be on top.
Unfortunately I had my eager brother helping me, he was dying to go for a ride on the twisties around here. I told him to notch a half moon shape to be able to get the key in and out of the side. He took a hole cutting bit and drilled straight into the side of the plastic, not even where the key needs to go. I know it's a little thing but I did my damnedest to keep it a clean look. |
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| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 17:19 | [?] |
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Just curious what the whole unit cost you??
Wouldn't happen to know what the guage cluster would have cost as well?? |
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| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 17:44 | [?] |
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| looks sick nicely done | |
| Posted: 28 Jun 2009 18:31 | [?] |
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I think the headlight and flyscreen cost me roughly 200. I had scrap aluminum around the garage to create the mounts. I'll put up more pictures later to show the work.
I used my original gauges just mounted alittle higher than stock. |
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| Posted: 29 Jun 2009 06:00 | [?] |
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| Now you need to do a black plastic swap to lose the yellow and match the flyscreen. Now people really won't know what the hell your bike is. | |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2009 15:33 | [?] |
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| Was the light connection just plug and play or did you have to re-wire | |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2009 00:50 | [?] |
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xtremelow: I know but who in their right mind wants to trade black for yellow, cause I ain't paying for them.
The wiring was tricky for me to understand but a breeze for my father. Our plugs have the four points and the cr has five. Either the high beam or the low beam has a different color ground running to it. I thought you'd have to figure out which one was the ground before splicing it into to black ground wire. My father talked some electronic engineer mumbo jumbo but then showed me that it didn't matter to the bulb which side was the positive or negative. So we spliced one of the two into the black ground, replaced the connectors to fit into our stock adapter, plugged it in and it worked. |
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:21 | [?] |
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Look cool man!
Is it just me or is your brake lever super curved? |
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2009 01:57 | [?] |
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Broken housing from the pipe to the face. 
Took one screw out and it fell housing fell off 
Two layers of 8th inch thick aluminum 
Ignition pointing down to the right 
The whole my brother cut out. 
Simple tabs to hold the guages 
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2009 22:59 | [?] |
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| Awesome, now if you could take some full shots of the bike from the side and front the dash that will be great! good job,that headlight looks really awesome on the lightning. It will definitely be on my list of mods for later! | |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2009 19:15 | [?] |
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Damn I had the same idea after demo riding the CR.
That looks really good, no one will even know what bike it is now. Is the throw of the light that good mounted on a lightning compared to how it mounts on the CR? |
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2009 20:14 | [?] |
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| I was a little worried about the lights angle but the light shoots straight out. Honestly, I wanted this headlight so bad, I didn't care if it pointed at the tire. I love the look. | |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2009 20:27 | [?] |
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| Now you have to make a kit and sell it. You could make some cash moneys for sure! | |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2009 21:49 | [?] |
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| Man, that looks great. | |
| Posted: 03 Jul 2009 01:54 | [?] |
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I thought about a kit but, when I buy a kit and it has a couple of pieces aluminum that anyone could get at lowes or something, it ticks me off. I mean if I could machine a nicer set up, that would be something else. If anyone really wants to do this I can talk anyone through the issues they might face.
Really, the biggest issue was drilling the nipple holes in the triple tree. I didn't try to remove it so the drill was at an odd angle. |
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| Posted: 05 Jul 2009 02:28 | [?] |
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| Posted: 15 Dec 2009 06:58 | [?] |
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I just bought the CR headlight, harness, and bracket assembly to put on my XB9SX.
I'll be making some nice brackets and drilling and tapping the triples to mount it. I also may machine some mounts for the cluster. |
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| Posted: 15 Dec 2009 07:04 | [?] |
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| Curious to how bad your lighting is at night with the lights angled down like that????? | |
| Posted: 15 Dec 2009 07:28 Last Edited By: bdmridgeback | [?] |
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Actually, the CR headlight doesn't point down, it appears to, but actually the bulbs point straight forward and so do the reflectors. The lens angles down, the sides of the lens angles up and the fly screen covers them slightly in the center to give it a downward angled look. The light actually reflects straight out like a standard light.
This shows pretty good: 
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