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Henry Martin spends his nights writing fiction and poetry, which predominately deals with the often-overlooked aspects of humanity. He is the author of three novels: Escaping Barcelona, Finding Eivissa, and Eluding Reality; a short story collection, Coffee, Cigarettes, and Murderous Thoughts; and a poetry collection, The Silence Before Dawn. His most recent published project is a collection of Photostories in five volumes under the KSHM Project umbrella, for which he collaborated with Australian photographer Karl Strand, combining one of a kind images with short stories and vignettes. He is currently working on his next novel narrated in two opposing points of view. He lives with his family in the Northeast.

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Lynx Fairing Install WR250R - part 5

As part of the install, I wanted to add a couple of small LED lights for daytime visibility. I had a similar setup on my other bike, and it definitely made me more visible, so there was no better time to do it than when the wiring and all was exposed.

First I made some brackets out of aluminum angle piece I had laying around.
Mounted where the stock reflectors were:
And the lights:
The wiring was easy. I ran the wires inside some clear vinyl tubing, crimped a couple of connectors, and hooked them up to the switch I installed in my dash. The power comes from one of the fused extra wires in the Britannia wiring harness - switched with ignition.
Then I tidied up the wiring mess a bit:
With everything connected and the fairing in place:
And now for the idiot moment - I cannot figure out where these two came from:
I had the tank, subframe, and most of the bike apart.


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