front fork measurement

[blacktrain]

hi,i have a 1997 valk ct ,  in storage for winter can anyone tell what the distance is between front forks at lower clamps as i want to add a led light bar  im thinking around 6-8 inches. thanks

[Ken aka Oil Burner]

Distance between the forks is right about 8". Center-to-center on the fork tubes is about 10 and 1/8".

Be careful mounting bright lights near the turn signals. I've seen a few bikes lately with added-on driving lights that are so bright that they "wash out" the light from the signals. I was recently waiting to pull out of a side street when a BMW ADV style bike was approaching. He turned down the road I was waiting to pull out of. As he turned, I saw his turn signal flashing. I never saw it until he started to make the corner, which turned the driving light beams away from my eyes.

[Jims99]

You could always hook the driving lights up (with relays) to the running light part of turn signal. That way when you put on signal on the driving light goes out on that side. Kinda like the switchback lights - the amber.

[RonW]

You could always hook the driving lights up (with relays) to the running light part of turn signal.

• That way when you put on the signal, the driving light goes out on that side.

My opinion, wire the relay to shut off both auxiliary lights when signaling. When either side is activated.

[blacktrain]

thanks for the info  oil burner and others input , thought is the the led  light bar will be used as a high beam as the stock headlight is not very bright . this will give me an idea as what to buy . also i see that oil burner is pretty close to where i live we will have to go for a cruise this year .thanks again