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    hi all.. I'm working on a slight cafe modification and am looking to slim the profile of my '82 GS850GL a bit. Ive never noticed how honkin' these turn signals are until i washed the bike yesterday.. With my new bars, they feel out of proportion. Where is a good source for smaller turn signals? I had first thought of cutting the stock ones down, but I know enough to hold on the stock pieces in case I hit that 'what have i done??' moment any links or advice would be most appreciated, thanks!

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    There are buckets of different aftermarket signals you can use. I went with some mini-bullet signals that I found on eBay. Pretty sure that I ended up with different pairs from different sources for the front and rear.

    Run a few queries in the parts section of eBay to see what comes up.

    If you think the signals are huge, look again at the tail-light. What a monster!

    You can pull that whole back end off without damage or destruction, and make room for a do-it-all rig that had tail-brake-signals-plate lights in one tidy lens.

    Something like this could be pretty sexy.

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      #3
      yeah that stock tail light is a lunchbox. love that all-in-one non-DOT approved taillight/signal assembly! seeing as I do not like unnecessary attention from the local PO-PO, I will have to resist.. same reason I have a blue dot lens jewel floating in my toolbox for the last 10 years!

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        #4
        Someone posted a GS1100L with a HD sportster tail light on here once..
        It looked good.

        slick setup where the plate mounts above the light..

        This is that light on a Cafe'd goldwing


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          #5
          Nice wing!


          "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759

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            #6
            Check out this place: http://japan.webike.net/

            These turn signals are Daytona, made in Japan. They are made out of metal and beautifully finished. I got my bike registered with these signale here in Australia and they're pretty fussy here. I didn't have this taillight on though!



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              #7
              Just took some better pics, including the little brackets that help attach them to the bike. The brackets are actually designed for a Yamaha I think but fit my GS1100 perfectly. I also changed the lenses to clear after buying some different signals for my other bike. They were clear-coated alloy with clear lenses but look better with the amber, so now my black signals have the clear with amber bulbs.

              All this stuff is available at Webbike.



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