Herkypilot
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I'm sure others have posted on this (Bobthebuilder), but here are some more install pics:
Parts: I ordered from Adventuremoto and paid about $310 for the 46, brake light kit, backrest and shipping. The shipping ended up getting all FUBAR by FedEx. They lost the package - it never showed up anywhere after Orlando, FL, so I had to wait 14 days until FedEx made up their minds that it was lost. They reimbursed Adventuremoto and Claudio sent me a new order as soon as FedEx fess'ed up to the screw-up. Anyhow, I've got it now and it's mounted and ready for EOM.
Here's a pic of all the items I received. The base plate comes in two pieces - the upper is hard plastic that is mounted to the lower steel base plate by three phillip's screws.
I preped the rack on the FJR with some foam strips.
Covered the 4 brackets with some very large shrink tubing that I bought a while back from Harbour Freight. This provided some protection for the paint.
Here's the steel backing plate fitted up to the FJR rack.
The brackets fitted up to the plate. I made sure here that the plate was centered up the best I could. Also, it would be a good idea to test-fit all items together to determine the proper position for the box fore & aft as there is some adjustability before you tighten up the brackets.
The box installed.
The light kit takes about twice as long to install then the box it's self as the instructions are a bit rough to understand. The basic idea is that you have to remove the 5 screws inside the upper lid to remove the reflector panel on the outside. The indentation for the brake light module is pre-formed in the lid. Attach the short wires (green & black) to the two tabs on the light module. Then drill out the plastic on the two pre-postioned indentations on the upper lid. Two metal tabs are afixed to the inside of the upper lid and the two wires from the module are attached to these two tabs that stick down.
You create two contacts on the lower trunk by inserting two more wires in the pre-molded slots with the nuts and bolts provided. These two wires then run down to the center of the box base where there are two more pre-molded spots to be drilled out and insert two more nuts/bolts to provide the base contacts.
These Contacts are used by the base plate to make contact with the two tabs that are installed here:
The kit comes with all the wires you need. The base plate wire has enough length to feed up under the Pillion seat and connect to the yellow brake wire. I had a spare wire on my brake light modulator that I used to make the light flash at a different rate then the bike brake lights - it should be a real attention getter!
PM me if you need some clerification.
Herkypilot
Parts: I ordered from Adventuremoto and paid about $310 for the 46, brake light kit, backrest and shipping. The shipping ended up getting all FUBAR by FedEx. They lost the package - it never showed up anywhere after Orlando, FL, so I had to wait 14 days until FedEx made up their minds that it was lost. They reimbursed Adventuremoto and Claudio sent me a new order as soon as FedEx fess'ed up to the screw-up. Anyhow, I've got it now and it's mounted and ready for EOM.
Here's a pic of all the items I received. The base plate comes in two pieces - the upper is hard plastic that is mounted to the lower steel base plate by three phillip's screws.
I preped the rack on the FJR with some foam strips.
Covered the 4 brackets with some very large shrink tubing that I bought a while back from Harbour Freight. This provided some protection for the paint.
Here's the steel backing plate fitted up to the FJR rack.
The brackets fitted up to the plate. I made sure here that the plate was centered up the best I could. Also, it would be a good idea to test-fit all items together to determine the proper position for the box fore & aft as there is some adjustability before you tighten up the brackets.
The box installed.
The light kit takes about twice as long to install then the box it's self as the instructions are a bit rough to understand. The basic idea is that you have to remove the 5 screws inside the upper lid to remove the reflector panel on the outside. The indentation for the brake light module is pre-formed in the lid. Attach the short wires (green & black) to the two tabs on the light module. Then drill out the plastic on the two pre-postioned indentations on the upper lid. Two metal tabs are afixed to the inside of the upper lid and the two wires from the module are attached to these two tabs that stick down.
You create two contacts on the lower trunk by inserting two more wires in the pre-molded slots with the nuts and bolts provided. These two wires then run down to the center of the box base where there are two more pre-molded spots to be drilled out and insert two more nuts/bolts to provide the base contacts.
These Contacts are used by the base plate to make contact with the two tabs that are installed here:
The kit comes with all the wires you need. The base plate wire has enough length to feed up under the Pillion seat and connect to the yellow brake wire. I had a spare wire on my brake light modulator that I used to make the light flash at a different rate then the bike brake lights - it should be a real attention getter!
PM me if you need some clerification.
Herkypilot
