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owrstrich

the purpose of this post is to measure interest in a group buy for catz amber xlo fog lamp kits... i have all the lamps i need for the rest of my useful life and will not being ordering anymore for personal use... however... since i know the catz guy... i can be the point man for brokering a group buy deal...

at this point all i can say is he has the catz amber xlo fog lamp kits listed on his ebay site for $85... i dont know if we can do better than that... but if i approach him with a quantity deal... then we will know our best deal...

a little catz history...

i gotts these these catz amber xlo fog lamp kits on the bugeye motorbick and the midwest motobrick...

i had not heard of catz lights until i read about some dude named ted verrill write about some ironbutter dude named karl rosenbaum who used catz lights on a 94k1100lt...

i was intrigued so the search was on... i quickly figured out that catz are the number tuner car aftermarket lights in japan... why not piaa... well... piaa was a small outfit who got toyota money to go mainstream... they got their product dot approved and set out to drive catz out of business... they almost succeeded... but to this day catz is still number one with the tuner crowd because catz are simply the best aftermarket tuner car lights...

when catz decided to forego dot approval for its line of tuner car lights... catz usa went out of business as the official importer... however i tracked down the guy who was catz usa and found that he was still selling catz to the turner car crowd... he has quite the following in tuner car circles... he also has an ebay presence...

he was very helpful... he sent me all kinds of photos and sizes and data about reflectors and bulbs and lenses and stuff... i was hooked on the stuff but i was not in need because i had the giant piaas... then when the bugeye motobrick got buglered... i was in need and restarted dialogue with the catz dude...

we decided the amber xlo lamps would give me good coverage in the fog and the acid orange color would catch the eye of the distracted cell phone minivan drivers... which would make me appear unique and highly conspicuous on the road... and furthermore the cut off style beam pattern would not get into the eyes of oncoming traffic or leading traffic... by both day and by night...

i run the amber xlo lamps 24/7... what i hear from other riders is that they can see me in their mirrors from long distances... that my conspicuousness is the best they have seen because of the brightness and the color...

i gotts the bugs on the rbr bar... the midwest motobrick needed some xlo amber lapms... i figured out a simple mount... i got them on... and thought some of you folks may want to try the clean install and the unique conspicuity... not because you want to be like me... but because its easy and inexpensive...

here is the bug with the catz xlo ambers...

here is the clean install on the midwest motobrick...

shows mounting and condensate drain hole...

shows mounting... and you have to take out these screws and turn lens upside down so the condensation hole is at the bottom and the cut off reflector is at the top...

i swapped the fender bolt with a .25 x 3.5 bolt and tightened it down to the fork with a nylock...

i screwed another nylock onto the bolt for the light to be tightened against it...

i slid a lock washer next to the nylock and slid the lamp onto the bolt...

i slid a lock washer onto the bolt and screwed a nubbin nut onto the bolt...

i tightened the nubbin bolt which tightened the lamp against the nylock...

these lamps are vented... the vents throw color on the ground... the vents keep the heat down to extend the life of the bulb...

proper machine bolts... washers... nuts... would be better... but i got what they had... its rural iowa you know...

i run these lights day and night... at night the beam stays low to the ground... they do not shine in the eyes of the cagers... they are bright but do not offend anyone...

these are not deer locators... it is my opinion that these are the perfect economy motobrick conspicuity lights... and the fender bolt mounting is so clean its the biggest no brainer in the history of motobricks...

so...

if you are interested in a group buy... please reply to this thread with your thoughts...

j o
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Jim · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:56 am Post subject:

I'm interested - if the price is right. Since I already have the Motolights low, I'll work on figuring out a mount below the headlight. I don't like the mirror mounts on the LT.
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Sonu · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:04 am Post subject:

Flying Duck · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:18 am Post subject:

I'm in for a pair and a spare bulb or two.
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slash2nut · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject:

I'm in
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owrstrich · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

rodger that...

it is my understanding the rs front fender mount and the lt fender mount are not the same...

anybody know if this is a rs only fitment... or is it the sane for the lt...

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Flying Duck · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:02 am Post subject:

owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:30 am Post subject:

cut off is february 1st...

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Off the grid · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject:

Got a set already thx.
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bmwtf · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:11 pm Post subject:

May depending on cost. Havn't been riding that long so laugh if you want, I found the stock headlight more adequite once I changed from tinted to a clear face shield at night...'tis a gift to be simple.

Off the grid · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject:

Not gonna find much cheaper than these lights mate.

My motolites used were 150 and bulbs 10 each.
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Flying Duck · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:11 pm Post subject:

owrstrich · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:24 am Post subject:

riding the goat 2 up at night... just did 28 miles of this... ran out of light 10 miles into it... crazy aint it...

those ambers throw some light... but not like the blues...

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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:41 am Post subject:

Sign me up for 2 sets and spare bulbs as well.
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owrstrich · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:09 am Post subject:

rodger that...

just a side note...

the wiring harness is for a car... so one set of wires is much longer that the other set... and the harness insulation is white....

what i did was cut off some of the harness insulation until i got a good length on both lamps... then i pulled the extra wire uo through the harness insulation making the harness tight and uniform against the top of the fender...

i ran the harness up the brake line and coiled the spare wire i pulled through the harness insulation and secured it with wire ties... it was just too cold to try to cut and solder the wires... but the coil is only about a foot of wire so its not like a spaghetti bowl and its hidden under the tank and faring...

the wiring is straight forward from there... the switch is technically not waterproof but i have not had any problems with the 2 switches on the bugeye motobrick... i figured you geezers would want your own fancy switch anyway...

i ended up getting some black spray paint made for flexible plastic... i painted the harness black... i never understood why auxiliary light harnesses are always white...

just wanted you to know...

j o
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Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

I buy 3 foot setions of black heat shrink tubing and run wires through that. I don't bother to heat shirnk it thuogh. It provides some addtional protection tpo like the factory tubing on wiring.
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91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
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owrstrich · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:54 am Post subject:

last bump for the catz xlo amber fogs...

gonna call for price and delivery on monday... it maybe a buy from his ebay site if he wont get down and dirty...

jim... 1 kit depending on price...
sonu... 1 kit depending on price...
flying nounderscore duck... 1 kit depending on price.. plus 2 extra bulbs depending on price...
slash2nut... 1 kit depending on price...
bmwtf... 1 kit depending on price...
scott underscore anderson... 2 kits depending on price... plus 2 extra bulbs depending on price...

anybody else...

j o
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RAL88 · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:36 pm Post subject:

I would like a set depending on price.

Rich
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owrstrich · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject:

jim... 1 kit depending on price...
sonu... 1 kit depending on price...
flying nounderscore duck... 1 kit depending on price.. plus 2 extra bulbs depending on price...
slash2nut... 1 kit depending on price...
bmwtf... 1 kit depending on price...
scott underscore anderson... 2 kits depending on price... plus 2 extra bulbs depending on price...
ral88... 1 kit depending on price...
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owrstrich · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:27 am Post subject:

next to last bump...

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