Bandit Alley
MODEL SPECIFIC => BIG BANDIT BANTER => Topic started by: B12MoJo on March 20, 2005, 07:18:42 PM
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Looking to source some light kits similar to what Banditmania.co.uk offers. Talking about the twin lamp kits... ~4" ea. I've emailed them but thought I'd ask you guys too.
Due to a recent mishap, (bike was stolen and found wrecked in the neighborhood...) it's time to finally take the fairing off.
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Did they find the guy who stole it wrecked beside the bike as well I hope :cop:
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Nope... and no suspects.
Not sure what's actually going to happen with the bike. Lots of parts with minor damage... but still damaged especially for an 8 year old bike that never even touched the pavement.
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but still damaged especially for an 8 year old bike that never even touched the pavement.
Now that made me :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: my eyes out. Sorry to hear about that MJ...
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I've heard of people having good luck with these (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4537204388&category=34284&sspagename=WDVW). I love the look.
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I bought my lights at www.streetfighterstore.com
They are in Great Britain, it took less than a week to receive them, and total price including shipping was $112.00!! I have seen bikes with the ones from ebay and these are much nicer looking. Also they come with the H4 bulbs, and also have a small running light inside of each lamp. You won't be dissapointed.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/chevsuz12/100_0213.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/chevsuz12/100_0243.jpg)[/img]
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Those are nice, but IMO, too small. I may just hold out to see what Banditmania has to say. That, or go with a holeshot style 6" head lamp...
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That, or go with a holeshot style 6" head lamp...
Which is just a SV650 unit... which is similar to, if not the same as, the one on the B12N.
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Ordered a kit today.... $40 for the brackets and headlight. Should have it this week, then I'll show pictures.
Thinking maybe I should be paying more... we'll see.
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CHEVSUZ12,
Did your lights from the Streetfighter store come with brackets or did you purchase seperate? They are bad ass and exactly what I am looking for.
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Thanks for the compliments on the brackets! I made them myself.
The streetfighter store does have some but they are around $300 . Holeshot has some nice ones as well, I got pics of both of them and designed my own using the features I liked from each of them.
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I recieved my headlights from the streetfighter store today. How was the installation? What did you do with the huge mess of wiring tucked inside the stock headlight?
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Pretty simple installation, as for the wires, I mounted the lights kinda high in order to conceal some of the other wiring, and zip-tied the wires in as small of a bundle as I could get them in and tied them to the factory wires. About 90% of them is concealed. You will be amazed at the light output of these babies!
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where could i pick up a cheap twin headlight conversion for my b6 1st gen. thanks
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where could i pick up a cheap twin headlight conversion for my b6 1st gen. thanks
At your local Buell dealer. Here's a shot of a 1G B6 with the lights off a Buell Lightning:
(http://banditmotorcycles.com/v-web/gallery/albums/PNW-Banditfest-04/28_Hells_Canyon.sized.jpg)
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I'm just curious, is Europe the only place that you can get the twin 4" chrome headlights? I have searched and searched, and the only place in the US that I have found that carry them is streetfighter-usa.com. However, they want 219.99 plus 12.00 shipping. That's just to far out of my budget for a couple of lights. Anybody else have any ideas?
Lucas
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Try the good folks at Hella. The only problem will be the mounting brackets to fit them to a bike instead of a car.
http://www.hella.com/produktion/HellaPortal/WebSite/Internet_usa/Internet_usa.jsp
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I'm just curious, is Europe the only place that you can get the twin 4" chrome headlights? I have searched and searched, and the only place in the US that I have found that carry them is streetfighter-usa.com. However, they want 219.99 plus 12.00 shipping. That's just to far out of my budget for a couple of lights. Anybody else have any ideas?
Lucas
Wild Hair (http://www.whaccessories.com/Suzuki%20Bandit.htm) has them, too - but theirs are even more $$. There are others in the US, but I don't think you'll find a kit cheaper than the one you found. The other option is to source your own lights and fab your own brackets and wire them up yourself. You can even make a bracket that fits the fairing bracket on the steering yoke and have non-turning dual lights like the Speed Triple.
There's nothing wrong with ordering from Europe. I've order some stuff from the UK & Germany with no real troubles. The German order was a little more difficult since I don't speak German and they didn't admit to English... but they (Thunderbike) have since come up with an English site.
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Haha before reading what you'd put I was about to ask "what's that Buell doing in with the Bandit gang?" I think the smaller twin headlights look ok on Bandits, single headlights look good on Bandits, but the big twin headlights should stay on Speed Triples! God I love Speed Triples
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I am in the middle of installing two 5 3/4 halogen headlights that mount to the fairing stay boss. coming together nicely, every thing is fitted and mounted, just a couple tweeks and either paint, powdercoat or polish the brackets. e
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