Delboy's Garage, Bonneville Indicator Relocation.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Great little item from Motone.co.uk, a simple bracket to move the indicators off the head light mounts, and set them lower down the forks.
www.motone.co.uk and check out thier stock, lots of great farkles.
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The turn signal relocation looks much better! I enjoy the way you two joke around during projects. I can tell you both have deep feelings for each other and that is great! I really enjoy your channel but, miss the ride and talks. Take care my great friends.
Hi Scott, it's important to have a laugh eh? I know what you mean about the ride videos, we've kind of stepped away from them this year as it's gotten so busy with everything else the channel does, but I do keep wondering whether investing in another action cam might be a good idea to capture the odd day out... maybe we can find a deal over the Christmas period...! Great to have contact with you again, stay in touch my friends, all the best from us both!
I like your new format. It's been years since I've enjoyed riding so decided to get back in to it. Cheers from the northwest coast of the states.. (Oregon)..
Hi David, thanks and welcome back to biking, its a Borg thing i reckon, once you have been assimilated, you can never leave, you'll only ever be 'on a break'.... ride safe fellah, all the best. Del.
Excellent mod and looks much better, that's another item for the Christmas list.
Haha. Could have used this video last night replacing the front turn signals on my Thruxton. I got there eventually. It was good to see that I in fact did everything right... Thanks for posting.
Thanks buddy, glad you got it sorted in the end , ride safe, Del
Very nice little bracket, will look even better when you've got the smaller blinkers on it. I've got the NewBonneville complete running light kit in black on mine. Really tidies up the back end, but need to wire out the indicator running lights.
Hi Ben, yeah, you're right, those factory indicators are rather rediculous, Motone are currently developing a really cool 'Lucas' style back light thats LED and comes with a tail tidy plate, once we get those, ill match the style with some fitting looking indicators, ive seen some, but as ive said, they are only available in the USA at the moment, but next year im sure they'll have a supplier here...
I love when you work on the triumphs
Thans mate, me too, ponce the Bandit is finished and gone....the first main task is a repaint of Penny's Bonneville...but with a really kewl twist....
Way better down there for sure. Brightened up the usual Sunday night blues, oh to be free of that one day!!
Thanks Pete, frustrated as i meant to do a before and after shot....but you can see it if you flick between 0:15 and 13:00 ...the whole bike looks more sleek and better proportioned....shame the factory cant employ a designer that can see that...! thanks for wathcing mate..
Handy little bracket that Del, and I've gotta admit bro it looks so much better, RSM8.
Nice vid. Indicators look much better mounted lower. Personally I would check everything works before I put it all back together. I've learnt from previous experience how much a pain it is to take everything apart coz I didn't connect a wire properly 😁
Thanks! This vids are a great guide to work on my Thrux.
Amazing how just lowering those gives a much better asthetic..Before and after poles apart Nice mod.....
sure is Springy, take a snap shot at 0:15 and 13:00 and its amazing how different the front of he bike looks... thanks for watching buddy..
Oh my dear Christ that's an awesome transformation, now I'm off to the website for a peruse if there wares
good modification, I have a Scrambler & a Thruxton, the Thruxton bracket is lower & fits with the big headlight. I ended up fitting a Thruxton bracket on the Scrambler to lower the indicators, also have indicators from the US on the Thruxton as well as a lucas style light
Cheers Terry
Thanks Terry, a few people have mentioned the Thruxton bracket, i wonder what it costs from the Stealership compared to the £15 this cost from Motone..!?
I think the Thruxton bracket was $14.50 AU so the pricing was pretty good
looks a lot better, beats me why it doesn't come from the factory like that.
THe Thruxton does and I'm told the bracket is inter-changeable with the Bonneville, but I much prefer the neat little alloy bracket from Motone!
Sunday night garage viewing means another week has vanished :(
Nice little tweak buddy
Cheers Dave.....its like those Sunday nights before school....never a happy time..lol
I still haven't found indicators I liked for my Scrambler, Not in a big hurry because
I had to put her (Triumph) in the shed for the winter. All is good I do have my Honda (1960's C200 to work on and that's sitting in the living room. Might do a go over vlog today with it for something to do.
Yeah me too buddy, ill be changing the lot when the back light assembly changes too, got to wait till i can buy them all in the UK as the set i like is from a US supplier and the shipping and tax is rediculous.....and like you, there,s no rush as its winter now...
A couple of inches lower makes all the difference. Nice vid
As with so much in life...lol
Very well done !!! 100% different look, a lot better than original.
Ride safe......
Thanks Brother.....just like dropping the indicators down to the bottom clamp on a Sportster, looks way better and costs so little... ride safe aye... Del.
Very simple. Very smart.
excellent man,gotta love the triumph's..,mind you im bias maybe seeing as they were mi dads bike'a choice back in the day.
hope you n the penny r uber-cool delboy...phil
Cheers Phil, mine too, i grew up with my dad having Triumphs....just wish i had one of them today.. take care fellah.. Del.
hehe...yeah me too!..nearly went for one of the modern equivilents until I fell head over heels for the striple!! but yeah allways fancied a proper real oldskool Bonneville!
in a bit comrade...be cool.
Looks cool! Nice mod
Cheers Matty.
Thanks I just ordered this bracket, I have also thought about cutting an inch or two off the length of the ugly plastic chrome bit ... when i have it apart I will look to see how the black rubber end part is fitted, glued ?
Not sure buddy..never bothered with them, ill just swap them over once i get some better ones....i would imagine they are screwed together from the inside...like you said.. take them apart and have a look....let me know what you find aye..!!
Moonfleet41 will do, likely best to just scrap em' I will keep an eye out for what you switch out to.... as I have not yet found something I like.
love the farkels....
Everybody loves new farkles no..?
yes....
Loverly job, didnt take long eather :-))
Just need a bigger headlight bowl for pennys now :-)
If i wanted to fit a bigger one, id have to use a WOK....!
Nice simple mod that looks better, win win :)
However is there a connection with this video and Dukes recent bike modification? Penny threatening to flash and Duke fitting an anti old dear device to his bike, strange things happening down on the south coast ;) lol
There are allways strange thing happening here....you never know what will be next.. lol
Nice little adjustment mate. It's the little thing that count LOL.
BTW what have you got the side stand in ?
Ha ha, thats my mini anvil, its just to prop the bike up about an inch to work on...its made from 3/4" stainless steel and weighs about 4lbs, great little tool for hammering on, it was just handy when i was looking for a prop for the stand..
Did you move the regulator back to its original position? If so, why? I thought you relocated it 6 months before this video. Thanks.
sorry must introduce myself , just started viewing your vids which i find most interesting, i think triumph had many problems with the regulator that's why they placed them in the position were max air flow was available, i have triumph sprint gt were the reg is placed left side of petrol tank and gets very hot, thinking of attaching temp controlled fan to assist cooling, have you had any problems with such devices
Position is way better, and if the smaller indicators will be on, it would be looking "real funky".
Thanks Joppie, its kinda just on there in preparation for the small ones.... love these little updates, always subtle, and always improves on the factory .
Moonfleet41 I agree, little updates can give huge improvement, RSMF 😊
Hey Del,
What do you think of the 2015 Indian Scout? 100 HP off the showroom floor!
Hey Scott, how good to hear from you again, Penny and i only mention last night that we haven't heard from you for ages...hope you are both well.
I absolutly LOVE the new Scout, and its clearly aimed at the Harley V-Rod customers, (its like a V-Rod Muscle with style..lol)....but ten times more cool...i think Harley need to be careful here..they're gonna lose a lot of customers to that bike... and yeah, 100hp out of the box...ha ha, whats not to like.. yeehaar.
Am i to gleen from that question that you've been thinking of upgrading the Iron..?
Take care buddy,
All the best
Del.
Thank you so much for all your videos. Your videos are essential. I am replacing a headlamp bracket on 2017 Bonnie T100. I do not access to a lift & do not have a center stand so the bike will be on a side stand. Will the front tire being on the ground affect me removing the nut on the stem? I also will be putting down towels for the bars as I do not have skyhooks. Any tips there? Thanks for the help & your amazing channel.
Hi James, great to hear from you and great choice of bike! I'm afraid you will need to take the weight off the front wheel, if you're going to remove the top yoke, that supports the forks, so you won't even be able to lift it off if the weight of the forks is on it... so no, you can't do this with the wheel on the ground... however, what about as an option, with the bike on the side stand, do you have a jack of any kind? Trolley jack? Car Scissor Jack? Hell, even some bricks, or blocks of wood with a rag over them to protect the frame paint...and place that support underneath the right hand frame rail at the front next to the exhaust pipe... if you lift at that point, you'll push the bike over on to it's side stand, and as it's towards the front of the frame, it will lift the front wheel...
Now be careful, maybe get someone to stand to the left of the bike and steady it, but at least that way you will lift the weight off the front wheel... the wheel doesn't even need to come off the ground, just lift enough weight off it so you can turn it with your hand and it scrapes against the ground... then you can take the top yoke off and fit your headlight brackets... hope that helps, good luck with it, let us know how you get on!
Moonfleet41 Thanks for the reply. Ill give it a go with a jack. Cheers from New Orleans
Nice modification. Subtle but really helps the looks of the bike.
In a previous video you relocated the rectifier. Did you wind up putting it back in it's original location for any reason in particular?
Hi Ryan, yes, we did previously fit a relocator plate, but Penny didn't like the look of it and it's more traditional to have them under the light anyway... so we took it off and put it back to standard!
Ahh, makes sense. Thanks for the reply!
Very useful for a tecnophobe like me. Thanks for all your assistance on here (y) .
I'm just about to get a Bonnie after having my Speedy written off (Cat D). Want to do lots to the Bonnie, and one of the jobs I think I will want to do is to fit a PAIR of smaller (Thruxton sized?) headlights to the Bonnie, ala the Speedy.
Is this something you've done, or have any idea's about?
+Rob Chisholm Hi Rob, never fitted two lights on a Bonnie, but with regular type forks its dead easy...all you need is the braketry to hold them and piggy back wire one to the other... should be an easy project and you could make a nice install with some attention to detail..
Hi, I have a 2001 CBR 600. The indicators have recently started playing up - I hit the switch and the bulb flashes once, then nothing for 5 seconds or so and then they flash normally (both sides do this). Any suggestion on what I should look at? Thanks, Pete
Hi Pete, sounds like your flasher relay is toast, just pop a new one in mate... it's supposed to sense current and cut the power within 1 second and start flashing, but yours is obviously cutting the current and not building up again... easy fix mate!
Thanks. Just got a bit of WD40 into the switch (hadn't realised how sticky it had become over the months) and it seems to be working fine right now but it is a mild day today. Will see how it works on the next cold morning and then look at the relay as my next step - looked it up in the manual and evidently have to remove the fairing to get to it - is this why people buy naked bikes? :) Thanks for the advice.
Hey Del-a few months ago I ordered aftermarket lights. I changed out the rear brake and turn signals without a problem, as well as the new front turn signals. At that time I installed the front signals in the original location besides the headlamp. When I later installed the front turn signal relocation bracket behind the regulator, the turn signals wouldn't work. It drove me crazy for hours, as I assumed I had crimped a wire or something until I realized that the turn signals worked when not mounted on the bracket behind the regulator. The regular must have carried a charge to the mount, then to the turn signal, as all of the parts are metallic (unlike the stock turn signals that have a plastic covering that touches the new mount). Do you have any suggestions as to how I can mount the new turn signals on the behind regulator mount without affecting the electrical charge? Should I use rubber O-rings between the washers to interfere with the current passing through to the signals? Or should I use a regular relocation bracket, move it above the horn, then install the turn signals on the bracket? Any suggestions would be appreciated-thanks!
+Myles Berg Hi Myles, I would never put electrical components near a reg/rec whether you insulate it or not... naturally as you know it's job is to vent huge amounts of excess current and it's never gonna be a realiable location... this is why they mount it up front in the fresh air to keep it cool... have a look ta the cool brackets from Motone that clamp their new small indicators around the fork leg, above the bottom yoke, un-obstrusive and really slick looking, you'll find them on their ebay shop...!
Thanks for the suggestion Del. I saw your video when you changed out the front and rear lights, unfortunately, after I changed my lights out already. I'll have to check if the Motone brackets would fit my existing aftermarket front turn signals. This would be a really good alternative if it worked.
new subscriber :D I have huge chunky square indicators on my bike that im going to replace along with the big chunky mirrors, my question tho... would u suggest replacing the indicators with after market ones and change the wing mirrors or buy mirrors with led indicators installed on them?
Hi mate.....i think those integral items are pretty expensive.....maybe check the cost, first... i guess it just depends on the look you want. !
Moonfleet41 thanks for your reply :D your videos are amazing man well done to u and penny, which type of mirrors (tall/small or bar end) would u recommend for wide angle view? my bike style would be similar to penny's bonneville
Sr Rider
I use a bar end mirror that has a great field of view being convex....here's a link;- www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOTORCYCLE-BAR-END-MIRRORS-BLACK-BIKE-MOTORBIKE-REARVIEW-7-8-UNIVERSAL-PAIR-2-/351051050720?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item51bc45eee0
I use the cheapest ones i can get, as the moment you hit them on anything, of the bike falls over the get destroyed....and i only use the right one as well because it keep the bike looking clean, and you can see right across behind as they are so curved... hope that helps... Del.
thanks very much for your advice ill buy those I quite like the low profile look u give the Bonneville I think ill go for that type of look on my sr but with a bit of a personal touch. keep doing what your doing it helps a lot :D ride safe
Much better, will the scrambler headlamp brackets fit this bike? (this question is prob out of date now lol)
+Ariel GB Sorry mate, will the Scrambler headlight brackets fit which bike??
+Moonfleet41 Will the Scrambler headlight brackets fit on the Bonneville SE
+Ariel GB Dunno mate, never tried to fit them... they are both pressed out tin garbage, just buy some cool aftermarket ones!
+Moonfleet41 No,no that's where my OCD kicks in I'm a bit of a purest, but not so much that I won't mix and match across the same makes and models
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penny do you or del miss the Harleys working or riding them and be truthful please
Damn right mate, Penny not so much as she's so impressed with the light and nimble handling of the Bonniville...but for myself...i miss my Dyna every day...wish i had the money to buy one again...but this is real life and its out of reach..i love the light handling of the Scrambler, i never want to sell it, i can chuck it about like a toy...but there is nothing like ploughing a straight road in the sunshine on a Big Twin Harley...
If the day ever comes that i get back into Harley ownership, then it'll be an older bike too, maybe even a Shovelhead Electra Glide....now thats true nirvana..
did you move the reg and then put it back?, looking at your vids there seems to be continuity errors with the reg and switch relocation
michael robinson Yeah, i put it back as Penny prefered it on the frame..
Nice! .. I did the same with mine. .. Are you going to move the voltage regulator as well?
No Jeff...its in the best polace where it is, the only other location for it is in the front of the frame in place of the horn, and it looks even more cluttered there.!
Moonfleet41
Sorry Del, I've had some medical problems. Haven't been able to ride much this season. Had surgery on my back. Love the new Scout, but my riding days may be coming to an end. :( Scott & Debbie
rockbay79 Sorry to hear that, Scott, let's hope you recover enough to get a ride on that lovely Iron of yours again... wishing you all the best with your recovery, love to Debbie Del & Pennyx
Moonfleet41
Thank you Del and Penny, that is very, very kind to say! I too, hope to recover and ride again. Also, if, I make it to that point. I would say yes, you will see me with a new Scout. Should you ever make it to the States, it would be my honor for both of you to ride it. However, I have a ways to go.
much nicer position..
Much better look. I hate the stock turn signals -- look like Starship Enterprise. Still looking for a similar option to replace the rear assembly. Quite expensive, for some reason. (By the way, I put up a blog last week that you might enjoy about two chaps in the US that had a hugely popular radio show about car repair. definingmoments.me/car-talk/
Hi Paul, the best solution for the rear is actually to remove them from the cluster all together and put them forward on the shock mounts, there are some great, dedicated brackets available for this from various companies, including Motone... and they wires reach, so they just plug in!
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