Aftermarket Visibility Items for Shadow Spirit?
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!- I've got an orange Joe Rocket ballsitic jacket that really stands out. You should be wearing armor anyhow.
2- You could put hard bags on it and mount extra running lights.
3- Pay no attention to the jerks who are going to make fun of you for buying a Shadow. Have a great time on it.
2- You could put hard bags on it and mount extra running lights.
3- Pay no attention to the jerks who are going to make fun of you for buying a Shadow. Have a great time on it.
Nice to see someone that knows there's more to it than loud pipes. Try looking at the items on this website.
http://www.electricalconnection.com/other-lighting/tsk-star&sport.htm.
Also might look at www.bikerhiway.com
Might try some aftermarket horns too. I had a VT1100 once and the horn was a little lame.
http://www.electricalconnection.com/other-lighting/tsk-star&sport.htm.
Also might look at www.bikerhiway.com
Might try some aftermarket horns too. I had a VT1100 once and the horn was a little lame.
Hyper Lites (www.hyperlites.com) and a DeCellite (www.motoloco.com) greatly enhance brake light visibility.
3M sells a reflective tape, Scotchlite, in a number of colors that works very well. Even the black tape lights up at night.
And go with high visibility clothing, as mentioned above. Yellow and orange are better than red.
3M sells a reflective tape, Scotchlite, in a number of colors that works very well. Even the black tape lights up at night.
And go with high visibility clothing, as mentioned above. Yellow and orange are better than red.
Here is a great source for reflective tape of all sorts, including SOLAS.
http://www.identi-tape.com/
I have purchased from them, sevice and prices are very good. The red reflective here
http://www.identi-tape.com/hi-intensity.htm
lights up very well, and the red matches my vfr well enough that I was able to put it directly on the bodywork in key places but it is undetectable in daylight.
Forward fog lights, yellow especially seem to work. For style point I recommend motolights.
http://www.motolight.com/
Very functional and well made, but not DOT approved. As if I care. I had a pair on my VFR, but they were trashed in an accident.
Because of the price I went cheaper on the replacement and got the electrical connection lights with specific fitting kits for my VFR. They were much cheaper and I got what I paid for in product and service. 3 months and multiple phone calls to get them to ship. After a few weeks using them I threw out the [email protected] lights and got a pair of PIAA's off ebay which have worked out very well.
If you get a set of Givi's, get the optional brake light for the top bag. Double the brake light doesn't hurt.
http://www.identi-tape.com/
I have purchased from them, sevice and prices are very good. The red reflective here
http://www.identi-tape.com/hi-intensity.htm
lights up very well, and the red matches my vfr well enough that I was able to put it directly on the bodywork in key places but it is undetectable in daylight.
Forward fog lights, yellow especially seem to work. For style point I recommend motolights.
http://www.motolight.com/
Very functional and well made, but not DOT approved. As if I care. I had a pair on my VFR, but they were trashed in an accident.
Because of the price I went cheaper on the replacement and got the electrical connection lights with specific fitting kits for my VFR. They were much cheaper and I got what I paid for in product and service. 3 months and multiple phone calls to get them to ship. After a few weeks using them I threw out the [email protected] lights and got a pair of PIAA's off ebay which have worked out very well.
If you get a set of Givi's, get the optional brake light for the top bag. Double the brake light doesn't hurt.
Freeway Blaster!
Fiamm Freeway Blaster!!! Riderwarehouse carries them. Mack Trucks flinch when you unleash these bad boys. Downside is you need an accessory relay to run them. The amps will likely weld your horn button contacts if you try to run them straight off the button.
Fiamm Freeway Blaster!!! Riderwarehouse carries them. Mack Trucks flinch when you unleash these bad boys. Downside is you need an accessory relay to run them. The amps will likely weld your horn button contacts if you try to run them straight off the button.
Improving visibility from the rear (and every other direction) is good, although some car drivers don't care whether they see you or not. My understanding is that most accidents are from cars coming at you from head-on. I think that the rainbow or other headlight modulators would be a great help. I've also noticed that bikes with dual headlights (both on) are a lot easier to notice when coming at you. If I had just one headlight, I think I'd add some small really bright ones on each side, no matter how ugly it'd look.
Signal Dynamics has a range of LED license plate surrounds that cost a fair shake less. They'd probably work out better on a cruiser, too.
Unfortunatly the inatentive drivers who are most likely to clean you up from the rear will probably do so no matter what you do to make yourself more visable.I find a bright stop light is a good one.When you pull up at a stop sign or behind traffic,just ease your hand off the brake now and again so your stop light goes on and off.I think this catches approaching drivers attention more than a static light.Of coarse, the bright fluro vest can only add to your safety.
Heh heh. 1) YES to wearing armor. I agree. And I'm planning to get an armored jacket with some reflective stuff included. 2) Already have TourMaster luggage, so the extra running lights are out, but I'm getting other good suggestions for aftermarket parts, as you can read. 3) Much appreciated. I rode with a bunch of nice folks a few weeks ago and nobody made fun of my Shadow...at least not to my face. I've felt very accepted in the crowd, so far.
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