I had a pair of Shock Racing Short signals >>>LINK<<< and i was VERY confident people behind me could see which way i was going. Now, if i were to put something up front, it would have to be able to be seen from at least a 120* angle for me to feel safe and be super super bright. Proton makes a pretty nice one >>>LINK<<<. It has a running lamp feature which is better than no light at all, especially if i ride anytime at night. I haven't seen how bright they are though...
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I had flush mounted signals on my bike in the front before I wrecked it, and I really didn't think it was safe. Several times I noticed that people viewing my motorcycle from the opposite side of where the signaling was could not see the signal. For this reason, I'm going to put short stalk signals on or perhaps relocate the flush mounts.
Here's a pic of where my flush mounts were located when I bought the bike. As you can see, if you were looking head on or even slightly to the opposite side of where the signal was blinking, you would not be able to see it because of the shape of the front fairing.
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Here's a pic of where my flush mounts were located when I bought the bike. As you can see, if you were looking head on or even slightly to the opposite side of where the signal was blinking, you would not be able to see it because of the shape of the front fairing.
I leave the stock signals on all of my bikes for the visibility issues mentioned. Plus, it's unique! 8) 
lol yeah very uniquedad said:I leave the stock signals on all of my bikes for the visibility issues mentioned. Plus, it's unique! 8)
only 30,000 other bikes have them i have flushmounts, and im not too concerned about it. they are pretty bright. plus HAND SIGNALS.
im much more concerned about someone turning in front of me when im going straight than i am someone going straight before i make a turn.
The LEDs install the same as regular signals, the pictures on that page just don't show the wiring. As for which is front/rear, direct replacements for the rear will only have two wires, they are only used when the signal is on. You can use three wire, you'll just have a leftover wire that won't hurt anything. The front signals, in stock wiring, will have three wires so that the dimmer filament lights when the marker lights are powered, and the brighter filament lights when the signal is activated. You can use a two wire in the front, but you'll lose your marker/parking lights up front, which some people recommend against. People recommend against a lot of things I do, though, so I'll not demand anything .
The only change with LEDs is the load on your system, and therefore the load on the blinker relay. If you change nothing but the bulbs/signals they'll blink faster. You can swap a relay to fix it, but I haven't yet found the part number that was once mentioned on the old forum.
As for the fender elim., I think Competition Works is the one that keeps coming up. Quite a few riders, myself included, just cut the old one down ourselves.
.The only change with LEDs is the load on your system, and therefore the load on the blinker relay. If you change nothing but the bulbs/signals they'll blink faster. You can swap a relay to fix it, but I haven't yet found the part number that was once mentioned on the old forum.
As for the fender elim., I think Competition Works is the one that keeps coming up. Quite a few riders, myself included, just cut the old one down ourselves.
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