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Well last night helped Gremlin install some lekky stuff on his Katie. I don't know why I should ... I expect nothing but grief and weirdness.

Anyhow, I txt him and immediately he rings me up. Good grief! He must be keen as!

So he says he will be around shortly. Yep. Heard that before, so I pull out my portable seat, grab some comics and a drink and settle down for him to arrive.

Eventually I hear his pipes roaring up the street and he blinds me with his +90% bulbs ... we only installed a few days ago. Last time, as you all know - I ended up with oil on my shirt.

What would happen this time?

Anyhow, we get down to brass tacks - I see now why his mechanics bitch and moan about working on his KTM. It is a dog's dinner and with wiring leaking out all over the place. This was much preferable to the petrol that leaked out when we were pulling the tank off! Visions of a fireball came to mind as we had a halogen light stand working nearby!

I moved it immediately.

Eventually I settled down into the process of installing the LED strips with Gremlin's help - we ran wires and somehow found space between the spaghetti he had already in his headlight space.

I wired it up, while I got Gremlin to wrap lekky tape around the connections. All the while, we tested the remote switch to ensure that 100% functionality was assured.

Somehow, even with Gremlin around, the strips were installed successfully and everything reattached into the right places!

A few test sightings of the luminosity provided by the LEDs was enlightening!

The photos below show some of the process of this black art of lekky work. I'm just happy it all worked out - and I ignored Gremlin's request to hardwire it into his ignition light sequence.

I just know that with him ... gremlin by name, gremlin by nature! And with lekky gremlins, they be the worse kind!