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Changing the rear lights?

#1 Post by ReggieGasket » Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:33 am

I reckon the Falco looks pretty good, but I don't like the rear view. I think the main problem is the rear lights. Is there an easy upgrade which doesn't look naff?
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#2 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:59 am

Well....

Talk to Nooj re clear lenses

Look through the assorted galleries for ideas

Oh look at the other stuff around the rear end.... Indicators grab rail etc


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#3 Post by D-Rider » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:17 am

Crikey - they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder and that we are all different but I've never previously heard anyone complain about the rear lights. Can't recall previous discussions about alternatives (other than clear or smoked lenses)
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#4 Post by ReggieGasket » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:36 am

For me the rear view really dates the bike. From other angles the bike still looks sharp to me.
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#5 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:52 am

Look at the assorted tail today's etc - and the indicators....

Consider the rear foot rest hangers and so on... Have a look at what I have done with mine..... Individual and not dated I think


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#6 Post by D-Rider » Sat Feb 23, 2013 12:11 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:Look at the assorted tail today's etc - and the indicators....
Think his complaint is more of a "Tail Yesterday"
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Re: Changing the rear lights?

#7 Post by blinkey501 » Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:46 pm

ReggieGasket wrote:I reckon the Falco looks pretty good, but I don't like the rear view. I think the main problem is the rear lights. Is there an easy upgrade which doesn't look naff?
Rear lights? In that do you mean the stop tail light or the indicators?
I personally love the falco's looks from every angle :smt003
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#8 Post by ReggieGasket » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:28 pm

Yes, I like the clear indicators. Is that all that's been done on D-Rider's?

Dam, I think the banana swingarm helps too, hope that idea doesn't take hold :smt003
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#9 Post by D-Rider » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:32 pm

ReggieGasket wrote:Yes, I like the clear indicators. Is that all that's been done on D-Rider's?

Dam, I think the banana swingarm helps too, hope that idea doesn't take hold :smt003
I've still got the standard indicators. I do have a smoked lens on the tail lights though.
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#10 Post by mangocrazy » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:59 pm

Good grief - you sound like a bunch of teenage gurrls discussing what's the coolest mascara this week. Get a grip, FFS... :smt003
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#11 Post by randomsquid » Sat Feb 23, 2013 10:18 pm

I think the headlight is fairly ugly. I keep getting an urge to attack the front with some fibreglass and a couple of cibies.
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#12 Post by MartDude » Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:47 pm

mangocrazy wrote:Good grief - you sound like a bunch of teenage gurrls discussing what's the coolest mascara this week. Get a grip, FFS... :smt003
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#13 Post by Kwackerz » Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:33 am

ReggieGasket wrote:For me the rear view really dates the bike. From other angles the bike still looks sharp to me.

Yup.. I dated a girl cos she had a nice behind and yep from the sides she had sharp fingernails.. and from the front a sharp tongue.

She went down from there..
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#14 Post by Falcopops » Sun Feb 24, 2013 4:02 am

Kwackerz wrote:She went down from there..
That's quite enough smut thank you
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#15 Post by ReggieGasket » Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:15 am

Sorry, I meant clear rear lights on D-Riders! So they are smoked then. Where do I get those then?
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