Brighten Up Your Turn Signals

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Modifications to your bike occur for many reasons, safety, looks, and performance to name a few.  The Turn Signal Mod is primarily a appearance modification, with a possible enhancement to safety.  We used the Aurora turn signals, other brands should also work in a similar manner.  If you are uncomfortable doing this work yourself, get help, a new fairing is expensive.


Parts needed:
                    New turn signals

                    Turn Signal Mounts

                    Washers

Tools Needed:

                    Metric Ratchet

                    Soldering iron and electrical solder

                    Wire cutters

                    Hex wrenches

Prepare a method of supporting the fairing
Prepare a flat surface to hold up the fairing.  We use 2 sawhorses, a piece of plywood, and a pillow or towel to cushion the fairing from scratching.



 



Remove the Fairing
Remove the back of the fairing by removing the wings on both sides.  The screws have a grommet set in the plastic, that can free spin sometimes, if this happens, gently pry out while turning the screw.  The grommet will come out.  Use pliers to hold the grommet while unscrewing the screw.  Glue the grommet back in the fairing with epoxy.

Remove the chrome piece over the windshield, and remove the windshield.

Undo the two brass color screws under the windshield.

Undo top two screws on the face holding the Instrument cluster.

Reach behind the fairing and undo the 10mm bolt on each side holding the fairing to the support frame.

The fairing will now be free, gently swing forward to rest on the support you built.

Removing the existing Turn Signal
Inside the fairing you'll see three wires leading to each turn signal stalk.  unplug each at the connector.  unscrew the nut holding the turn signal in place, and remove the signal.

 This is what you now see

Preparing the new turn signal
Since the turn signal may not have a good ground, we chose to add a ground.  Run an additional wire into the signal, and secure to one of the screws holding the lamp fixture in place (2nd picture).  Attach the turn signal mount to the signal.  We used the Custom Chrome mount.

 The Aurora turn signal

 Wiring the ground

Mounting the new turn signal
The fairing has a large opening, so a washer is needed.  The washer shown must cover the entire opening.  ACE Hardware has a washer similar to the one shown in chrome.  This makes the turn signal look professionally mounted.  If you prefer, a regular washer can be spray painted black.

 Washer for the fairing

 The mount we chose, available from Custom Chrome

Wiring
Run insulator over the turn signal wires.  Drill a small hole in the fairing to run wires through.  Connect wires to the existing connectors (I cut off the bullets with about 2 inches of wire on each, soldered these to the turn signal wires, and plugged them back in as before).  Repeat on the other side.

Final Results
Reinstall the fairing, adjust the position of the signals, and your done.  Congratulations!