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Northern NJ | Even my wife likes it. It's a safety feature! lol |
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Spirit Lake IA "Birthplace of Victory Motorcycles" | Wouldn't be hard to tap into the brake wires to get it to light us with brakes. Can someone post a pic with lights off? How's it look? Many of us have been saying we wanted this for quite some time. Looks like Papa Polaris does lurk on these sites! |
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North Coast | I also posted this over at the VMC, so apologies if you've had to read my BS twice!!
For those that haven't seen it, the new trim is about 1/2" deeper at the middle point to make room for the LED circuit board, so the angles are a bit steeper to return into the trunk lid bodywork. Quite different from the stock trim.
All said, I am very happy with this item . . . your mileage may vary!!
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Fort Walton Beach, FL | I have taken all the badges off every bike that I have ever owned... especially tacky ones like this one. |
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Cruiser
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Parkersburg WV | No it's not LED it seems to have a red light strip across the top that reflects into the clear letters.
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Cruiser
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Cedar, Michigan | Well I ordered mine, sweet look and the piece it replaces is a bit scratched up any way. |
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Iron Butt
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Tri Cities, WA | I like it and like I said at the VMC forum lets hope someone does a youtube video of the install. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | someone asked if it could be used as a brake light. i dont see why it couldnt.. just like the 99led light mod for the trunk. |
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Cruiser
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Parkersburg WV | It was easy to install. The instructions say 45 min but it took me longer. Now that I have done it once, I could do it in 45 min. Something to ponder.....you are to drill a 1/2" hole. I instead thought I would just enlarge the pilot hole already there, but it didnt work out so I had to drill another hole after all.
Another member told me after removing his mirror he put it back together with hinges on the bottom and a plate on top that had a screw in it so mext time the mirror wont have to come completly off. I went today and got some hinges and think I will velcro the top.
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Iron Butt
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Perry Hall, MD | Posted on e-bay for $10 less. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | Man314 - 2011-08-06 8:13 AM
Wouldn't be hard to tap into the brake wires to get it to light us with brakes. Can someone post a pic with lights off? How's it look? Many of us have been saying we wanted this for quite some time. Looks like Papa Polaris does lurk on these sites!
Someone already posted photos of it with the lights off...???? It's actually in this thread..... |
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Cruiser
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NE Florida Jacksonville | I'm waiting for mine to arrive, I'll see if it is LED or incandescent lights. |
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Cruiser
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Cedar, Michigan | ingle51 - 2011-08-08 3:49 PM
I'm waiting for mine to arrive, I'll see if it is LED or incandescent lights.
Well, one guy say it is and one says it isn't. Guess I'll know when it gets here. Nice if it were LED, even better if it were in blue like the dash. |
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Tourer
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Spirit Lake IA "Birthplace of Victory Motorcycles" | I'm SOoooooo going to do this with blue LEDs! No if I can figure if it is legal or not . . . Hmm mm? |
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Cruiser
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Lindale, TX | How hard is it to install (wiring)? |
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Cedar, Michigan | Man314 - 2011-08-08 8:57 PM
I'm SOoooooo going to do this with blue LEDs! No if I can figure if it is legal or not . . . Hmm mm?
It is just a decoration light, I can't see why it couldn't be blue. It has no function other than decoration. I need to do mine in blue also, that I feel is a must. |
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Visionary
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Ruskin, Fl | Blue would be a bad idea in Florida.
316.2397 Certain lights prohibited; exceptions.?
(2) It is expressly prohibited for any vehicle or equipment, except police vehicles, to show or display blue lights. However, vehicles owned, operated, or leased by the Department of Corrections or any county correctional agency may show or display blue lights when responding to emergencies.
They really have no sense of humor about that down here. The "tuner" cars with the blue LED washer fluid nozzles on the hood used to get stopped all the time. I got pulled over for "displaying red or blue lights" in the rear deck of my car. I have a permit for red lights. My strobes were not even on.
i put them on the Vision to escort Ground Zero steel from Daytona to Bradenton last year.
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Pittsburgh, PA | many states do NOT allowthe blue light in the rear.. years ago they had those blue dots you can put in your brake light and in pa they started cracking down on them! |
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Cedar, Michigan | Now which one of you guys hasn't seen a GoldWing going down the road with 1000 lights on it and many have blue LEDs all over them. A blue dot in the tail light is different as it is in the actual turn signal and/or brake light itself. |
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Tourer
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New Orleans, La, | Fellas, you continue to amaze me with these wonderful toys. How, where can I get this one? Link please? |
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Cruiser
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Cedar, Michigan | V92SC - 2011-08-09 8:01 AM
Fellas, you continue to amaze me with these wonderful toys. How, where can I get this one? Link please?
Here you go, I doubt if you will find it at a better price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=27079... |
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Cruiser
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Houston, Tx | Mattchristiani - 2011-08-09 7:07 AM V92SC - 2011-08-09 8:01 AM Fellas, you continue to amaze me with these wonderful toys. How, where can I get this one? Link please? Here you go, I doubt if you will find it at a better price. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270795716525[/QUOTE] The base price is probably the best you'll see anywhere, then add shipping (to me was $10-$13 depending on method)... this puts it right back at retail. I get 10% off at my dealer due to chapter affiliation and don't pay shipping (just local sales tax)... so all in all, it's a wash and I might as well order from dealer and get store credit on top of it all (percentage of all my purchases add up that I can use towards future goodies and/or labor costs... much like a rewards card). |
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Tourer
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Spirit Lake IA "Birthplace of Victory Motorcycles" | Mystery solved concerning LED pr not! The lighting source is indeed a 7.75" x .25" 17 custom LED strip mounted at the top of the letter lens. What's interesting is that the LEDs are custom spaced so that they are positioned precisely at the tops of the letters to get proper light piping effect (for example 1 LED each at the tops of each branch of the Y). The light unit is comprise of three parts: 1) aluminized reflective housing 2) clear "Letter" lens and 3) the LED board. This whole assembly is screwed and siliconed/glued into the outer chromed bezel. Taking apart was not too difficult. I used to work for a major automotive lighting manufacturer, so taking this apart didn't scare me too much . . . plus if I destroyed it, what's another $100???Can't tell yet if the lens and housing were sonic welded or epoxied together . . . either way would be tough to separate. There are no snap tabs / screws or fasteners to be able to easily get these apart. Maybe my Dremmel will work? 
Why did I do it? I'd really like to see it with Blue LED's or with the multicolor changing ones I use in my engine compartment. I know it may be illegal for on road use, but anything that helps me to be seen (and looks cool to boot) is worth the risk of a minor fine. Now if I can just a blue LED strip this small.
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Simi Valley, CA | Oh joy.... Something else I need  |
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Cruiser
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Houston, Tx | So.... the wiring looks like it might be plug-n-play? Is this correct.... where does it tie in to???
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New Vision Accessory!!!
