Fork mounted LED DRL

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Fork mounted LED DRL

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I've got an orange reflector on the fork from standard and wonder if anyone has used this fixed point to mount a LED DRL. There doesn't seem to be many solid lights you can mount sideways that does the job. Anyone tinkered with that idea?
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Re: Fork mounted LED DRL

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Since all my other bikes have had handlebar lights, it felt weird on this one not to have light going into corners. Found these little lights on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-CREE ... 4ac29569cb

He has them in chrome as well for a few $ more.
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Drilled out the reflector mount to 10mm and mounted the lights. I wanted them to come on all the time, so I wired them direct. Didn't want to mess with the hi/lo issue of tying them into the headlight circuit, so I used the tail light circuit. They work great, lit up the dark garage nicely, can't wait 'til tonight to try them out!
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Re: Fork mounted LED DRL

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Awesome, any night pics?
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