nightshades= awsomeness!

[lee_dutcher]

only one coat of night shade any more an i wouldnt be able to see the light....

[kevxs]

headlight shade

where'd you get that sweet headlight shade? (or whatever its called)

[lee_dutcher]

well it call a headlight visor and got it on ebay for like 9 bux plus shipping....

[kevxs]

is there a particuar one i need or will any 7inch visor work?

[ManitoulinLad]

Any 7 inch one will work, the only thing is sometimes the distance between the headlight and the outside ring is a little too large for the certain one you buy and the visor will be loose and may rotate after awhile. This didn't happen on one bike & just happened on my 81 MNS. I just filled in the gap with clear silicone and this more less glued it into place & you can hardly notice that the silicone is there. They are cheap to from 15.00 to a crazy amount of over $30.00. In Canada any motovan.com supplier can order you one. Most of the Yamaha dealers & other guys use either kimpex or motovan as there suppliers. Just pull up the motovan.com & you can look at the cataloge on line & then call a dealer to place the order. I just got a chrome one with the 'live to ride etc." embosed on it with the eagle from motovan. I find it makes the front end cool.

[lee_dutcher]

ya what u can do is you can bring it into a jewery place and they can etch anthing you want on it... mine i bought from "show chrome".

[oldyam80sg]

I like the headlight visor but riding with the turn signals at night in NJ will give you a ticket also wont pass inspection!FWIW

[lee_dutcher]

they still pretty brite... the law is that as long as it can be seen 100 ft away

[CatatonicBug]

I know there's something about the color on the fronts needing to be "Amber" too. I dunno what those things look like with light behind them, but they don't look very "amber" to me anymore. I think rears can be red too, but the same applies...

[lee_dutcher]

all turn signals before i tinted them they were all amber but when i apply the turn sinal you can still tell they are amber... same applies to the brake light here is a pick as you can tell very brite still....
even though the licence plate is dull you can still see it

[Rettic]

Daylight

How well can they be seen during the day time? They look awesome and I wish I was keeping my midnight xj 650 longer to do it to them. I just don't know how weel it would be seen during the day. Living where heavy traffic is the norm I would want it to be easily seen in the day too.

[lee_dutcher]

as you can see still very noticable...




should have no problem... oh may i add this is only 1 coat of night shade

[Bigfoot]

I will need to see if that is legal in Missouri. I love the look and it would look great on my midnight special.

[Rettic]

Now I can say, that is sweet. Would look really good on a midnight.

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Lee,

Not trying to Poo-Poo your MOD, I think it looks quite good, but I don't know if you've seen this thread in the Riding Tech Tips?
http://www.xs11.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22346

Yes, you can see the turn signal when it's on, IN THE SHADE, but wondering how visible it will appear in direct sunlight?

Also, you're gauging how visible it is with your YOUNG HEALTHY eyes, and you probably have 20/20 vision, or are at least correctable with glasses to 20/20. After you read the above tech tip, you might rethink about the difference between the cool factor and the SAFE factor with these aging cagers running around....the baby boomers are going bust!
T.C.