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Working through the small and ‘easy’ mods on the DR350.
Mechanics have my Acerbis 16L tank, it finally arrived on Friday after a month delivery time from Italy. They fit it in a month’s time. No rush my end, still waiting for license, and they’re booked up 3+ weeks in advance. Happy they do it to save me the faff. In a month or so the MmotoParts welded pannier/rear rack unit should arrive from Ukraine too.
Recently fitted folding mirrors, little screen extender as mini windshield, and fused SAE adapter direct to battery for accessories up front. Gidibi manual chain oiler (filled with chainsaw oil) also routed, awkward to get around the Acerbis heel/frame guards without a kink in the line.
Finally did the wiring on the indicators. Previous owner has cut the original connectors and soldered the indicators directly, so a week or two ago I crimped red bullet connectors wherever necessary, and bought new bullet-suzuki indicator adapters for the front. The front still has the square suzuki connectors on the loom. He must have cut them right off at the back.
Fitted flush mount mini LED indicators running ceramic resistors but the instructor said they weren’t bright or visible enough from front nor rear until banking. So I’ve ordered some regular style with super short stems which are more likely to break off when dropping the bike, but hopefully visible on the road where it counts.
Chinese no-load LED relays never arrived so paid the extra for one from a UK seller, arrived next day. Stupidly bought the one with an idiot-beep so taped up the speaker hole to reduce the volume.
With the no-load relay, without resistors the LED indicators hazard because of the dashboard bulb circuit. Ordered the diode kit from Autostar on ebay, cut and crimped the wires on the dashboard side of the loom. Fitted the diodes to the circuit and now I have fully working bright LED indicators without any resistors. Should be a quick swap to any other indicators now that’s done.
Finally, today the Bay15d dual filament bulb replacement arrived. The original bulb glows from dim to bright when braking, so doesn’t have that snappy instant brightness. Replaced with the LED it’s brighter and I have instant brake light.
Still need to work out where to fit aux lights (and whether I run a second battery for them) without permanently modifying original plastics, and fit some kind of bracket for the Blackview BV6100 when it arrives. I’ll use the BV for gps etc, and see how accurate the speedos line up. Currently have the Oxford Dryphone holder on the bars, so if the BV is naff I can run a spare Iphone 6 or 7 with googlemaps.
Still need to swap the old hand guards for the new braced ones, but they need the metal brace bent to fit properly. Also need to swap the original front mudguard with the spare scrappy looking one off ebay, and drill mounts for fitting a little toolkit/etc up front under the headlamp. Got an extra set of levers on order from China too, for the inevitable.