My ride

After 6.5 grueling hours of installation for the goodies, the bike is finally able to run all the new toys without problems. I had to work straight 6.5hrs with no access to drinking water, food, fan and toilet. Dehydration was setting in and I had to slog on to complete the work so that I would not need to remove everything again.

The amount of fairing and cowling on this bike is enough to piss any mechanic off. The access to all the needed components were blocked and either you remove them or have to work in a very awkward position. The good thing is they do contain a lot of space to hide the wiring and potential mods.

The HID kit was tested on the road and I say for illumination, HID wins hands down. The light is so intense it makes the normal low beam look like it wasn't there at all. The glaring part I have to agree though. The HID lamps are not suitable for DOT approved reflectors and the result is a very widely spread light which creates much glare to other road user even though its using a shielded bulb. A switch was added to switch off the HID in case of road block or during inspection time.

The alarm was fairly easy to connect. It is now well hidden in the bike and functioning very well.
The siren and voice modules were very loud and it is a bit annoying for the arming reminder to come on after 3 sec.

Let the pics do the talking:


How my bike looked like during the 6.5hrs of work to install the goodies.









The HID conversion kit










The bike alarm system


















My side panniers after the reflective stickers were on









Normal without light reflected









Rear view









My bike dashboard









Normal low beam before HID on









Front view









Note the color matching helmet









Rear view










Pics of the bike with HID installed will be uploaded later.