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what indicaters?

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the indicaters on my bandit where totaly cheap and crap and most of the stuff on ebay i dont know if its good or not? any good suggestions including pics on their bike? would be much apreciated! also preferably not LED becuase i cant be asked with fooking about. and dont the fronts need to be flush ones? otherwise i'll have a gape :)

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3 pages in and nothing really :thumbdown: cheers anyhow
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i bought thrse a month ago only to find out they ain't long enough.......doh!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190684603717? ... 1497.l2649
the next ones i get will be like carls, flush mounted.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Indicato ... 564b0e1dbe
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bigspanishmarty wrote:i bought thrse a month ago only to find out they ain't long enough.......doh!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190684603717? ... 1497.l2649
the next ones i get will be like carls, flush mounted.....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Indicato ... 564b0e1dbe
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the more i look at the flush ones, the more i'm not really keen on them :|
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Hey Marty I'm looking at changing mine indicators as they are the flush mounted ones that you're looking at. They are the oranges one though, if you don't mind the orange lenses you can have them once I've replaced them. I personally don't like them as They don't really let traffic know what you are doing as they can't be seen unless they are side on to you. If you want them PM me.
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Yep, I'm in the same boat - I bought a tail tidy but it means far too much butchery to the rear of the bike [for me] so I have gone for some minor surgery and a smaller number plate.

It looks neater but now those rear indicators look huuuuuge! Does anyone have any recommendations for mini/smaller rears?

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VTRPiG wrote:Hey Marty I'm looking at changing mine indicators as they are the flush mounted ones that you're looking at. They are the oranges one though, if you don't mind the orange lenses you can have them once I've replaced them. I personally don't like them as They don't really let traffic know what you are doing as they can't be seen unless they are side on to you. If you want them PM me.

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thanks for our very kind offer, but i've already ordered some flush jobbies, and if i dont like the way they fit i'll go back to originals, thanks again buddy :thumbup:
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Boubepo,
Cool the way someone has drawn a copy of the shape of your bike on the wall, we don't see that over here in blighty :(
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I went for these, not super high quality, but they do the job.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0747245032

Took the inside off the fairing to make them easy to fit. Ok for under a tenner for the pair. :)

They cover the hole and have quite long cables, so an easy fit.
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If your looking to tidy up the back end I just found these on ebay, think im'a get me a pair :twisted: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180940387423? ... 188wt_1270
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Ckennedy wrote:If your looking to tidy up the back end I just found these on ebay, think im'a get me a pair :twisted: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180940387423? ... 188wt_1270
thats a fairly neat solution, i might get a pair myself.... :thumbup:
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Just been and looked at my bike for fitting them and I would require a tail tidy and cutting the indicator mounts off it. So I brought myself a set of small bulb indicators (pack of 4) off ebay for 11quid inc postage :thumbsup: and a pair of spacers for the fronts for a fiver. Couldn't go to far wrong, plus saves getting a LED relay as well.
Indicators:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261055104004? ... 727wt_1037
Spacers:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270694379973? ... 816wt_1037

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those spacers say sp1/sp2??????
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I looked at the stalk type indicators and the spacer option, but didn't like the look of the smaller inds in the large hole.

I had hoped that the spacers could have been fitted over the outside hole, but I couldn't see a way of doing that.

I'm sure that yours will look ok, mine has the extra problem of a slightly skewed right fairing, so the ind was right up against the hole (ooer :lol: ).

I went for these for the back

http://www.getgeared.co.uk/Oval_Orange_ ... gory=57463

having tried 4 of the longer ones all round, then decided on the smaller ones for the rear and the flush type for the front.

seems to be lots of options, I'll see whether the flush ones prove useable and visible enough to other road users. I have mounted them as far forward as I can so they can be seen from the front. :)
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