1 New member from Littleton, Colorado USA Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:19 pm
mvhyde
active member
New member, my name is Mike Hyde. I own a 1987 K100LT. I just bought it a couple of months ago and have been having all sorts of fun modifying the lighting and electrical on the bike.
I think my next step is removing all of the body/fairing parts and prepping them to be painted and going from the Alaska Blue to a pearled candy apple red (3 coats of paint, 5 to 7 coats of clear coat using acrylic urethane
- Modified Tail Light for LED 1156 bulbs
- Added a "Back-Off" module to tail light
- Swapped out the filament bulbs for LEDs in the turn signals
- Added in an auxiliary fuse block
- Added in a cigarette lighter
- Added in a 12v and USB power port
- Converted the front and rear reflectors to LED lights
- Upgraded the Bosch 32 amp alternator to a Bosch 55 amp
- Added 200w per channel amplifier (Pyle marine amp)
- Added 2 ea. Jensen 2-way black marine grade waterproof speakers
- Added LED 12 watt (125 watt output) driving lamps
- Added new wiring harnesses to support upgrades
- Added MP3 port
- Added stereo on/off/volume control
- Added heated grips
- Added the optional Hazard Switch (that was a pain in the you-know-what to find as a part and where to connect it to
I think my next step is removing all of the body/fairing parts and prepping them to be painted and going from the Alaska Blue to a pearled candy apple red (3 coats of paint, 5 to 7 coats of clear coat using acrylic urethane