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Flying Duck

After seeing these with JO riding behind me I just had to get a pair eventually.

I went riding today and I know it's a dangerous way to think but I KNOW I was that much more visible to brain dead car drivers. I'm really a fan of these and glad I bought them.

My WallyMart fog lights only cost $15.99 a pair and another $8 on eBay to upgrade them to Xenon and they worked pretty well but it really was worth changing over to these. And the fork mounting was incredibly easy. Even OTG could do it. Razz

The bum in front of Safeway who wanted to talk bikes with me was also quite impressed. Rolling Eyes

And they're not DOT approved so it makes me feel like a rugged outlaw biker guy. Laughing

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94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
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jpberens1994K1100RS · Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject: CATZ Ambers

Ok, I was OTL, comin back & had the classic SUV from the right pull out in front of ya thing AGAIN!!!
I saw it coming, the truck first in line scooted, this second one looked RIGHT AT ME !!!!

Brakes well covered, I flew right at him, stopped 6' short, full horns on.
He kinda keeps going & thows his hands up half heartedly. Like sorry imadumbass.

I thumb the heat seeker, decide against it, too fricken close & I'll have skull chips imbedded in my jacket. Flip off the safety on the mini-gun, chit! Never installed that on the bike yet neither, dream over. Get back safe & alive again.

Go to Ebay, ordered the amber 70W CATZ from Jonny Catz or some dude like that. Will install these using Drakes tips.
That don't work I'm going to harrass GE Medical near by here for a mini Yag laser, boot it up to serious retna severing level and aim high.
Like we say in WI, uck em Bucky!
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2014 Moto Guzzi Norge

owrstrich · Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject:

jpberens1994K1100RS...

you left out a vital detail... what did you have for lunch...

j o
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jpberens1994K1100RS · Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:32 pm Post subject: OTL

OMFG!!!

Sorry, I forgot.

OTL is my excuse to go riding, food consumption was not incorporated and the ride was the food for my soul/mind. The body will need to cope till dinner.

Maybe a famous Milwaukee Fish Fry!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm walleye please!
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1993 K1100RS that I'd rather be riding FAST!
2014 Moto Guzzi Norge

Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject:

Went for a joy ride this afternoon and finally got a pic of the Johnny-Catz lights in action:

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93 LT (x2)
94 RS
86-97 K75F(K75/100/1100 Frankenbrick)
86 K75C w/paralever, hi perf cams,TURBO!
91 & 92 K75Ss
91 K1
86 custom K100
14 WR250R
IBA #17739 (SS1K, BBG, 50CC)
Buy parts HERE

rydor · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:45 pm Post subject:

NICE GOLDWING!

Mystic Red · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:51 pm Post subject:

Smart ass poser! Laughing

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Off the grid · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:53 pm Post subject:

GOOD THING YOU HAVE REVERSE SO YOU COULD GET IT THERE!
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Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:11 pm Post subject:

Jim · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:47 am Post subject:

Doesn't that pic belong in that bridge thread???
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1997 K1100LTSE 94,000 - still has gremlins!
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1992 K75RTP 46,000

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Stoked Steve · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:

So Duck, how do these wire up?

I'm of the electrically challenged type and I HATE cutting into factory wiring, or running new lines, relays, etc...

Is there an easy, damage free way the wire these up? I do well with piggybacks!

Would the switch these come with be suitable in the one "dummy" switch I have left on my RS? (I believe it was for heated grips if so equiped.)

I'm interested in getting these, but don't want to muck up my stock wiring, reccomendations appreciated.
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Virginia Beach, VA
93 K1100RS Mystic Red SOLD
12 Suzuki DL650A VStrom

owrstrich · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject:

the harness is straight forward...

+ to battery +...

- to battery -...

power up the switch with posilocks to a switched source...

if i can do it... anybody can do it... including o t g...

link... http://www.fet-japan.co.jp/catz/products/lamp/lamp_img/xlo.pdf

j o
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Stoked Steve · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject:

The Japenese in these instructions made it perfectly clear, thanks JO!
Confused

http://www.fet-japan.co.jp/catz/products/lamp/lamp_img/xlo.pdf

What is a posilock? Is that those snap on connecters that splice into an existing line?
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Virginia Beach, VA
93 K1100RS Mystic Red SOLD
12 Suzuki DL650A VStrom

fnord · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject:

Did they come with the mounts?
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Stoked Steve · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject:

That's what I've been wondering about, it like there supposed to fit on some sort of bracket, but what? Why doesn't it come with them? How would you mount those on a car without a specific mounting plate????
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Virginia Beach, VA
93 K1100RS Mystic Red SOLD
12 Suzuki DL650A VStrom

jpberens1994K1100RS · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:47 pm Post subject: CATZ light mounts

They come with a mount suitable for cars, not our K1100's.
Drake came up with an easy way to mount them.

If you don't want to order the stuff from Mc Masters? You can probably get the stuff form a GOOD hardware store. Not Home Depot ect.

I got 7/16" Stainless tubing .030" wall, 1 foot for $5.95. Then all stainless steel bolts & washers, and jam nuts. I think they were 3 1/5" cap bolts. A hex head bolt makes better sense, but the store did not have them.
Support bike safely, pull off brakes calipers & wheel.
I removed the stock front side fender bolt. Put 3 1/2" through with internal star washer. Then add solid washer against fork leg reflector. I then could guage pretty close on how long to cut a piece of tubing. Cut tubing, file off burrs. Slide over bolt, add internal star washer, the CATZ light with mount down. DON'T FORGET TO FLIP THE BULB & HOLDER OVER 180 SO THE DRAIN HOLE IS DOWN. Cut little piece of tubing to go between the light mount ears, file burrs off. Slide light & tube over bolt. Add internal star washer, heavy washer, then another ISW, and final jam nut. Use allen wrench to hold bolt & tighten up. GOOD AND SNUG. Now try and adjust light, eyeball it level with the ground. Give it a another turn. Needs to be tight, but if I hold the lights, when they are off & cool, I CAN adjust them minutely, maybe 15 degrees up or down. They have stayed tight for about 500 miles now. The cap bold head clears the tire easy. I made the tube just long enough to only have about 1/8" of bolt thread left over once the light & all the washers are in place AND tightened down.
Repeat for th eother light.
I mounted the lights on a Friday evening, couple hours, I was not in a hurry and it was cool here in WI yet. Did the wiring on Saturday and again, not counting running to the store, changed the oil at the same time and spent about 4 hours getting it all like I wanted. I also shrink wrapped any exposed wires, then ran that spiral wire protector around anything that would rub or move by the steering head.
I used my blank switch spot, cut out a rectangle in the middle with a dremmel and a thin abrasive disk. File edges smooth, cut the whole smalled than the switch and file till switch fits tightly. There is an exposed resister on the back of the swith and it does NOT look H2O proof. So, I fed the wires though the blank, then used black silicone to H2O proof the switch and the exposed wire connectors. and it snapped in clean and pretty. So far, all so good.

Switch picture, it's on the left & lights up green when on.

Lights from top, note wires are covered with heat shrink tubing, but they could be wrapped.

Got the mount idea from Drake though, and it works slick.
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1993 K1100RS that I'd rather be riding FAST!
2014 Moto Guzzi Norge

Flying Duck · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: CATZ light mounts

jpberens1994K1100RS · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject: CATZ lighting

Oh yeah, sorry. I think he put them on the moto brick in an Iowa garage.
Go Johnny go!
Just love them CATZ lights! Still unbelievable how well they work.
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1993 K1100RS that I'd rather be riding FAST!
2014 Moto Guzzi Norge

owrstrich · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject:

i am the worlds #1 motorbrick to motoheap transformationalist...

now if i can figure out how to get to the carburetor to adjust the choke spring i will be set on these cold mornings...

j o
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Stoked Steve · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:42 am Post subject:

Nice write up JP, thanks. I've read the other threads on these and understand the mounting to the forks. I was thinking about mounting these under the nose cowl, that's why I was curious about other brackets.

Back to the wiring, running a power wire directly to the battery seems a bit crude, isn't there somewhere in the "black box" of wires that you could tap into? A fuse or something?

I'd imagine you could ground to that master ground under the tank(?).

Any other wiring tips?
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Virginia Beach, VA
93 K1100RS Mystic Red SOLD
12 Suzuki DL650A VStrom