vifferman
26th March 2007, 11:43
After munce of research, fretting (and not on my guitar), conniving and planning, I finally removed my front confirminators. Yes, the huge and dangerously protruding DumboEars / Madonna ConeBras / Orange Boobies have been consigned to the depths of my tool cupboard (about 10cm, coz it's pretty shallow).
My criteria for the operation were as follows:
They had to be less protrusive
They had to be cheap
The mod had to be reversible
The had to not cost too much
I needed at least partial (grudging) approval from the WifeAccountantPorcupinePillionist.
Preferably, they needed to be clear.
I had several possible candidates, viz:
Vespa ET4 / ET8 confirminators
Toyota Echo/Yaris side blinker-thingies
TGB 303 scooter front confirminators
Some "LED indicators made by Oxford that are just right, and only NZ$35 each".
These were all ruled out, one-by-one. The Vespinators were a good fit and look, but the price was misquoted: they were NZ$42 each, not $22.
The Toymotor blinker-thingies were too small, too expensive ($59 each!) and had "Toymotor" deeply embossed on them.
The TGB indicators were beautiful, but mounting them was problematic, and they were $55 each - a gross rip-off, given they were made in China and the scooter only costs marginally more than that.
The "perfect LED indicators" from Oxford looked like putting irons, and were totally unsuitable.
Then I found some on TardMe (http://www.tardme.co.nz) that were OK, and only NZ$42. So, I fabricated some blanking plates from some bits of car bumper I retrieved from a dumpster, did a whole bunch of other fidly stuff, and Viola! (A small musical implement).
Wotchoothinkonit? The WifeAccountantPorcupinePillionist hates them, and thinks they're dangerously small (probably right), but at least the bike looks better/slimmer from front on, and they are less likely to trash the fairing if the bike decides to lie down for a wee snooze.
Before:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=55025&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1172695255
After:
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~cam4/nc_front.jpg
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~cam4/nc_34ths.jpg
My criteria for the operation were as follows:
They had to be less protrusive
They had to be cheap
The mod had to be reversible
The had to not cost too much
I needed at least partial (grudging) approval from the WifeAccountantPorcupinePillionist.
Preferably, they needed to be clear.
I had several possible candidates, viz:
Vespa ET4 / ET8 confirminators
Toyota Echo/Yaris side blinker-thingies
TGB 303 scooter front confirminators
Some "LED indicators made by Oxford that are just right, and only NZ$35 each".
These were all ruled out, one-by-one. The Vespinators were a good fit and look, but the price was misquoted: they were NZ$42 each, not $22.
The Toymotor blinker-thingies were too small, too expensive ($59 each!) and had "Toymotor" deeply embossed on them.
The TGB indicators were beautiful, but mounting them was problematic, and they were $55 each - a gross rip-off, given they were made in China and the scooter only costs marginally more than that.
The "perfect LED indicators" from Oxford looked like putting irons, and were totally unsuitable.
Then I found some on TardMe (http://www.tardme.co.nz) that were OK, and only NZ$42. So, I fabricated some blanking plates from some bits of car bumper I retrieved from a dumpster, did a whole bunch of other fidly stuff, and Viola! (A small musical implement).
Wotchoothinkonit? The WifeAccountantPorcupinePillionist hates them, and thinks they're dangerously small (probably right), but at least the bike looks better/slimmer from front on, and they are less likely to trash the fairing if the bike decides to lie down for a wee snooze.
Before:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=55025&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1172695255
After:
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~cam4/nc_front.jpg
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~cam4/nc_34ths.jpg