Since I can't seem to find any dirt to ride legally on within 50 miles of my house, I'm trying to make my Sur-ron more street survivable. I found a new tail light assembly that has brake, tail and turn signals all integrated into a single unit. This also came with a license plate holder which I needed too. The license plate looks like it will do a nice job of keeping road spray off the rear shock.
The Sur-ron uses a 12V high signal on the brake switches, so adding a brake light was just a matter of tapping into the brake switch wires. Not sure what the amp rating of the brake switches is, but the LED brake light draws around 100mA, so I think it will hold up fine.
I made a small angle bracket that fits the holes from the stock tail light bracket.
For the front, I found some LED flexible strip lights that wrap around the fork and are held on with a small zip tie and double sticky tape.
These don't stick out, so won't get torn off easily and they are impressively bright. They also have a running light feature where they are both white until the turn signal is activated, then the active one turns amber and blinks.
To activate the turn signals, I found a replacement handlebar switch on eBay that worked well. It has the turn signal switch and horn button, along with a high/low headlight switch that I repurposed to be the Sport Mode switch. This will be the "cop switch" in case I ever get hassled about the top speed.
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Since the new switch didn't have the mount for the speedometer, I made a new mount for the meter that is separate from the switch. I took a small piece of aluminum channel and stuck the meter to it with VHB sticky tape. The channel has holes for a zip tie that goes around the handlebars. This works out really well as it allows me to change the angle of the meter for better visibility but still holds it firmly.
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Getting all the wires stuffed back into the "hairball" was a challenge. It helps a lot to remove the battery cover when working on this area.
Coming next, new tires and rear-view mirrors.