"Hook" turn signals

kwykoff · March 26th, 2012, 01:32 PM

I bought my bike in september and have recently started messing around with some custimization. I saw a video on youtube a few months ago and the guy had turn signals that looked like hooks. I know it will be hard to explain but if you took your finger and made a hook, then imagine that coming out and pointing right toward your knee from the turn signal mount. they were clear plastic with LEDs. for the life of me, I can't find them anywhere and now I can't even find the video to ask the guy directly. anyone seen anything like this?

kwykoff · March 29th, 2012, 05:37 PM

Dang, this was my first post in this forum and I was really hoping it would work out. No one has any ideas?

EsrTek · March 29th, 2012, 05:45 PM

Can't find anything that fits that...best idea I got is this:
Take arrow shaped turn signals and take a heat gun to them to bend it to shape you wanted.
I seen em do something like that on Orange County choppers to a straight LED taillight and shape it to fit in fender.

Not sure exactly how it would work.. I would probably buy a few sets to practice on @ $20 a pop

http://www.amazon.com/Motorcycle-Sig.../dp/B005VA740I

leed · March 29th, 2012, 05:52 PM

You can't really take just any LED signal and do that. It really needs to be made of a thermoplastic for that to be possible. then you have to consider the electronics. If it's all mounted on a chip that is the precise shape of the housing, you won't have much luck with heat.

As for the signal itself, I have no idea. I haven't heard/seen anything like it.

kwykoff · March 29th, 2012, 05:52 PM

I thought about trying that, but I'm pretty sure the stretch of bending them would haze the plastic (it's a pretty sharp bend I'm wanting) and it would pull the led's out of alignment.

EsrTek · March 29th, 2012, 06:30 PM

Hmmm was think of a slight bend to it, so it could be seen from the side better.
I got nothing else that would really work.

Luvninja · March 29th, 2012, 06:31 PM

I say you find the YouTube video and post it. Maybe then we would have more luck at finding it.

kwykoff · March 29th, 2012, 07:05 PM

I would LOVE to find that video, I've been searching for it for a couple weeks. I swear as soon as I do find it it will go right in this thread. I really feel like if more ppl saw these they would want them too. I like flushmounts somewhat but these were way better looking, I think.

Kstorm21 · March 29th, 2012, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwykoff

I would LOVE to find that video, I've been searching for it for a couple weeks. I swear as soon as I do find it it will go right in this thread. I really feel like if more ppl saw these they would want them too. I like flushmounts somewhat but these were way better looking, I think.

Do you have a youtube account? If so, did you watch the video while logged in? You can bring up your history and try to find it that way. Do you remember what kind of motorcycle it was? Try to remember things about the video that will help you google it.

Kstorm21 · March 29th, 2012, 11:41 PM

These are kind of cool....

Link to original page on YouTube.

kwykoff · March 30th, 2012, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kstorm21

Do you have a youtube account? If so, did you watch the video while logged in? You can bring up your history and try to find it that way. Do you remember what kind of motorcycle it was? Try to remember things about the video that will help you google it.

I tried all of that, I wasn't signed in apparently. I wanna say it was a 2009 and was green. I'll keep searching until I find it because I'm set on getting them.

Kstorm21 · March 30th, 2012, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kwykoff

I tried all of that, I wasn't signed in apparently. I wanna say it was a 2009 and was green. I'll keep searching until I find it because I'm set on getting them.

Oh, so it was a Ninja 250? Maybe you can sketch us something for a better idea of what it looks like.

CalvinAmI · June 1st, 2012, 07:49 AM

I searched ebay for: hook led signals

CZroe · June 2nd, 2012, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CalvinAmI

I searched ebay for: hook led signals

Intredasting. I'd love to get something like with a rubber, conformable base with the leads coming out of the inside of the hook so that I could mount them to the very front of the side fairing like the current 650R.

Edit:
The latest 650R, ZX6R, ZX10R, etc have those flush blinkers that occupy the front edge and side of the fairing. I'd want to use these similarly, but they don't look like they really light up on the side. Anyone have any lit side pics? The auctions all neglect that one shot! I hope the little stalk can be removed and the wire can be discretely routed behind.

Fitting them at the front of this fairing is what I want to do.
Note: There are no holes for regular blinkers. If I can't remove the stalk and route the wires underneath, I would be routing the wires from the front, where the stalks protruding toward the area in front of the radiator will just look weird.

March 26th, 2012, 01:32 PM	#1
kwykoff ninjette.org member Name: Kyle Location: shawnee, ks Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250 Posts: 27	"Hook" turn signals I bought my bike in september and have recently started messing around with some custimization. I saw a video on youtube a few months ago and the guy had turn signals that looked like hooks. I know it will be hard to explain but if you took your finger and made a hook, then imagine that coming out and pointing right toward your knee from the turn signal mount. they were clear plastic with LEDs. for the life of me, I can't find them anywhere and now I can't even find the video to ask the guy directly. anyone seen anything like this?

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March 29th, 2012, 05:37 PM	#2
kwykoff ninjette.org member Name: Kyle Location: shawnee, ks Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250 Posts: 27	Dang, this was my first post in this forum and I was really hoping it would work out. No one has any ideas?

March 29th, 2012, 05:45 PM	#3
EsrTek ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Murfreesboro, TN Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): '13 300 Posts: A lot.	Can't find anything that fits that...best idea I got is this: Take arrow shaped turn signals and take a heat gun to them to bend it to shape you wanted. I seen em do something like that on Orange County choppers to a straight LED taillight and shape it to fit in fender. Not sure exactly how it would work.. I would probably buy a few sets to practice on @ $20 a pop http://www.amazon.com/Motorcycle-Sig.../dp/B005VA740I

March 29th, 2012, 05:52 PM	#4
leed ninjette.org sage Name: David Location: Loves Park, IL Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): Time will tell Posts: 969	You can't really take just any LED signal and do that. It really needs to be made of a thermoplastic for that to be possible. then you have to consider the electronics. If it's all mounted on a chip that is the precise shape of the housing, you won't have much luck with heat. As for the signal itself, I have no idea. I haven't heard/seen anything like it.

March 29th, 2012, 06:30 PM	#6
EsrTek ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Murfreesboro, TN Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): '13 300 Posts: A lot.	Hmmm was think of a slight bend to it, so it could be seen from the side better. I got nothing else that would really work.

March 29th, 2012, 06:31 PM	#7
Luvninja ninjette.org member Name: Gabriela Location: Battle Ground W.A Join Date: Dec 2011 Motorcycle(s): 05 Ninja 250 Posts: 140	I say you find the YouTube video and post it. Maybe then we would have more luck at finding it.

March 29th, 2012, 07:05 PM	#8
kwykoff ninjette.org member Name: Kyle Location: shawnee, ks Join Date: Mar 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250 Posts: 27	I would LOVE to find that video, I've been searching for it for a couple weeks. I swear as soon as I do find it it will go right in this thread. I really feel like if more ppl saw these they would want them too. I like flushmounts somewhat but these were way better looking, I think.

March 29th, 2012, 11:41 PM	#10
Kstorm21 ninjette.org sage Name: Katherine Location: Schofield Barracks, HI Join Date: Dec 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE Posts: 767	These are kind of cool.... Link to original page on YouTube.