I installed some Kellerman's this weekend on my bonneville. I got them for Christmas and have been a little reluctant to start the install because of all the issues I've heard about the flasher, and idiot lights.
I got a flasher from superbright LEDS (CF13GL-02) and the WLED-G6 bulb (as well as a red 74 xhp and green 74xhp for the oil and neutral idiot lights).
Idiot light installation is pretty easy, i pried the covers off the instrument panel with my fingernails. There is a two inch long rubber tube that holds the lights, i just pried that up and pulled it out. It is slotted on one side so that it rolls back pretty easily. I popped out the light bulbs and put in the LEDs for the Neutral and Oil lights.
The G6 bulb is bigger than the stock bulb and needed some work, this took me about a minute.
I bent the metal connectors up, so that they were 90° to the stem of the bulb (note: its the type of metal that will fatigue easily so you want to make as few bends as possible). I then dremmeled each side until i was pretty close to the metal stalks incased inside the bulb, then i slowly slowly dremelled until they were no longer encased the plastic. I then bent them out and then continued to dremel the base until it was more or less the same width as the standard bonneville bulb. I bent the metal connectors into the same sort of 'look' as the original bulb had and then placed it into the socket. It fit pretty good first try. I stretched the rubber boot up a bit so that it naturally will put a little extra pressure on the bulb pushing it into its socket. The head of the G6 is larger than the stock bulb, but doesnt cause any issues. I waved the little boot around to see if i could get the G6 to pop out of the socket, but it stayed no problemo.
The G6 is pretty bright, I am thinking that going for a smaller bulb might not be a bad idea. It will leave spots in front of your eyes if you look right at it.
The kellermans look great. They made the front of my bike look a lot 'smaller' cleaner and less cluttered. I like the look a lot. Barely even notice that they are there, and the lights themselves are just as bright as the stock signal lights.
I got a flasher from superbright LEDS (CF13GL-02) and the WLED-G6 bulb (as well as a red 74 xhp and green 74xhp for the oil and neutral idiot lights).
Idiot light installation is pretty easy, i pried the covers off the instrument panel with my fingernails. There is a two inch long rubber tube that holds the lights, i just pried that up and pulled it out. It is slotted on one side so that it rolls back pretty easily. I popped out the light bulbs and put in the LEDs for the Neutral and Oil lights.
The G6 bulb is bigger than the stock bulb and needed some work, this took me about a minute.
I bent the metal connectors up, so that they were 90° to the stem of the bulb (note: its the type of metal that will fatigue easily so you want to make as few bends as possible). I then dremmeled each side until i was pretty close to the metal stalks incased inside the bulb, then i slowly slowly dremelled until they were no longer encased the plastic. I then bent them out and then continued to dremel the base until it was more or less the same width as the standard bonneville bulb. I bent the metal connectors into the same sort of 'look' as the original bulb had and then placed it into the socket. It fit pretty good first try. I stretched the rubber boot up a bit so that it naturally will put a little extra pressure on the bulb pushing it into its socket. The head of the G6 is larger than the stock bulb, but doesnt cause any issues. I waved the little boot around to see if i could get the G6 to pop out of the socket, but it stayed no problemo.
The G6 is pretty bright, I am thinking that going for a smaller bulb might not be a bad idea. It will leave spots in front of your eyes if you look right at it.
The kellermans look great. They made the front of my bike look a lot 'smaller' cleaner and less cluttered. I like the look a lot. Barely even notice that they are there, and the lights themselves are just as bright as the stock signal lights.