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I ordered another lens and gasket for 49 bucks, will put it in, and then I am looking at an HID kit from the company below, have had some good opinions from others who have used on Harleys...support is very swift, I am sending some pics of the back of the headlight bucket and connection so they can ...

Well, I just discovered Airman's thread about his experience, almost identical to mine. Apparently a 7" headlight is not the same as the huge bucket behind our headlight lens, over which a 7" aero flow lens protector fits, lol. Oh well, guess a new lens and a brighter bulb is in order, pos...

I started another thread relating to this, wherein while trying to see if a Trucklite 7" headlight would work (I did not know how the R headlight was built) I dropped the lens and it broke :shock: , so now I am trying to figure out whether to just replace the lens and get a stouter bulb or if I...

Well, a friend had a brand-new Trucklite LED Headlight phase 7 (7") he took off his Harley, less than an hour on it, so I thought I would see if it would fit on my R. Thought a 7" would fit for some reason, and I've never really been inside the headlight so didn't realize how it was built....

Hey Mac! Still inventing, I see :), keep going, I'm in for most of your ideas so far. When my friend showed up for a trip in April wearing new Leatt STX Road Neck Brace I decided to see what one felt like so I got an Alpinestars neck roll, not really that similar to the Leatt, of course. Anyway, it ...

Hey I made it back a little wet from 2 fronts ! but ok all in all ! Had to resign in as i was locked outof this Board. seams I forgot my password! bdspler=bdmemery Nice talking to ya Rider Rick of Yokon OK and I'll see ya soon! CycleRob ! Glad you got back ok, Tony! If you ever come through again g...

Yup, LEDs are incredible, lol. I have some from advmonster.com, and they are about 1500 lumens for the spot (Model 30) on the left and flood (44 I think) on the right (no cutoff). I think I saw a raccoon burst into flame one night when it came into view at the edge of the grass, lol. Best of all is ...

Hya Tek! :) Welcome to R1150R, where responses are not always swift in coming, but when they do arrive, it is also possible they are well-thought-out, lol. I have a 2004 R so I can't comment specifically on the 2003, but I felt the same way as you when I got mine, weighty, solid, feelings of confide...

Good for you! I've been looking for a skidplate for my R, and the only place I"ve seen is on ADV but the gentleman (Rick) wants me to send my whole center stand to him so he can build one, albeit for around 50-75 bucks I'm guessing. I haven't decided to do that, yet, lol, but I did find a long ...

I've put on 54000 miles since May 1, 2011. I've got an 04 R1150R I picked up in 08 and have ridden maybe a dab under 10k miles, so that obviously isn't the one. ' However, on that bike I have Metzeler Z6's and the seem to have done quite well, although haven't gone thru a set of tires from new to w...

My Pilot Roads are a couple years old but they hardly show the 3k I have on them, and I have had them in all-day rain, hot twisties in Texas Hill Country, and cold twisties in Arkansas and they just work without me even wondering about it no matter what I throw at them. It took me a couple of hard r...

Yeah, I've been there, had a sis-in-law who lived there, had her little cart, lol. Also had a friend who lived in Roswell, too. Maybe he will stop by once he recovers from getting back there, lol.

Greetings, all, I happened to stop in at a Starbucks here in my town earlier this morning (Yukon, OK), and saw a black and white BMW parked out front. Struck up a convo with the fellow resting inside and it was BDSPLER (Tony), from Peachtree City, and we figured out he comes here (the website) somet...

Hi guys, I've been doing some hard riding this year, and the other night while putzing around on the bike I saw a couple places between the fins on the heads where it appears some stones or something impacted and the silver finish is gone, replaced by a corroded spot. Not big, but just a shock to se...

You shouldn't have any real problems as long as you grab gas at every opportunity :). I was supposed to take my R to the Circle in 2011 but life intruded. We'd mapped out our trip exhaustively, and also had the latest Mileposts and had called along the route to get reads on fuel availability. One of...

I have found bulbs with one or two of the filaments broken off the post but not burnt out. It causes what seems to be a short in the wire but its really the filament slapping against one of the leads and sticking there when its lighting but falling off when the bulb cools again. It can be a real PI...

Well I went to O'Reillys this morning and got some new bulbs, put the socket back together and now it works perfectly. It is possible plugging in the connectors did something, although I did that a couple of times before, but I suspect the new bulb may have had more connectivity on its new tips, so ...

Does anyone know if another tail light socket would substitute for the oem one?

Aww, screw it, lol, I'm just ordering another one, I have some led strips back there that deploy ok, should be enough brake lightage to keep me ok.

Yeah, me too, Asphalt. Unfortunately I just noticed the short last night. The part is only 8 bucks but no one seems to keep them in stock, I wish in this case I could find an aftermarket to get in there. I have supplemental brake lights in back but wonder if LEO would complain if the main brake ligh...

Great info, thx.