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The first Valkyrie Interstate with Daymaker's is here.

Started by Steel cowboy, Tue 30, May 2017, 17:24:50

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Steel cowboy

 They are "BRIGHT"  8) 8) 8)







2001 black interstate
2003 Jupiter Orange wing

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Savago

Looks pretty nice! Must be amazing at night.
:-)

I wonder if you have pictures about the installing process?

The I/S is one of the few bikes that I feel confident in riding at night with the stock headlights (I use 55/60W bulbs and have the Honda fog lights).

I can't say the same about the vstrom and the st1300.

Valkorado

Have you ever noticed when you're feeling really good,
there's always a pigeon that'll come sh!t on your hood?
- John Prine

97 Tourer "Silver Bullet"
01 Interstate "Ruby"


The emperor has no clothes

Quote from: Steel cowboy on Tue 30, May 2017, 17:24:50
They are "BRIGHT"  8) 8) 8)







Very good job Steely.  :cooldude: I saw your post about them on the FL. Chapter the other day. Any chance you could show us how ?

Steel cowboy

night pics don't do them justice, I had a few drivers flick their high beams at me. I lowered the low beams to about 30' out

low beam

high beam


2001 black interstate
2003 Jupiter Orange wing

old2soon

How MUCH of yer hard earned did ya have to lay out for those? As always-T I A! RIDE SAFE.
Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check.  1964  1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
VRCCDS0240  2012 GL1800 Gold Wing Motor Trike conversion

Ramie

Very interested in how you did it, I've been thinking of looking into it but didn't want my ride apart for the riding season.
"I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, in order to move forward and live. It is like a muscle and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more.  A deep breath and a leap."

Steel cowboy

I will try to post pics to convert the lights. I have all the pics from step one to final assembly.
A quick run down of the steps, and by no means the instructions.  Its a bit complicated to fabricate the brackets that hold the Road Glide head light assembly. It took me a couple of weeks of trial and error and many prototypes made out of Cardboard and crazy glue to stiffen it up. The final brackets are aluminium. You have to separate the lens from the interstate assembly. Remove the reflectors. You will have to trim some of the fins on the back side of the H/D lights, to get the brackets to sit flush and level. Install the old hardware from the I/S reflectors to the new brackets and fasten down using lock nuts. After all pre installation is done, then you will remove the clear lens from the H/D lights to keep any fingerprints or smudges to a minimum. Reinstall the lens to the I/S light assembly.
These are not the instructions but some of the steps I went thru to make them fit and be adjustable too.
I would suggest purchasing a spare I/S light assembly so you can take your time and unwind any frustrations you will develop.
2001 black interstate
2003 Jupiter Orange wing

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Quote from: Steel cowboy on Tue 30, May 2017, 22:08:33
night pics don't do them justice, I had a few drivers flick their high beams at me. I lowered the low beams to about 30' out

low beam

high beam




:cooldude:
Thanks.

Oss

WOW !  Great pics

That just may be enough that even I could probably see at night

How many feet ahead do low and high do the job?

If you don't know where your going any road will take you there
George Harrison

When you come to the fork in the road, take it
Yogi Berra   (Don't send it to me C.O.D.)

Steel cowboy

Oss, I have the low beams at 30' out and the high beams about 100' out.
2001 black interstate
2003 Jupiter Orange wing

PhoenixRizing

Since this post I went searching on eBay for day maker leds and found quite a few. I have a 97 valk tourer. There is a guy who makes the bracket and sells it for fifty bucks. I thought that was a little high but after hearing how much trail and error you went through I don't mind paying the fifty bucks. If anyone wants his info I can research it again and post it. Looks amazing on your bike. I will be getting mine switched over in the next month or so. Thanks for posting pics.
Phoenixrizing

Gavin_Sons

Quote from: PhoenixRizing on Wed 31, May 2017, 18:45:12
Since this post I went searching on eBay for day maker leds and found quite a few. I have a 97 valk tourer. There is a guy who makes the bracket and sells it for fifty bucks. I thought that was a little high but after hearing how much trail and error you went through I don't mind paying the fifty bucks. If anyone wants his info I can research it again and post it. Looks amazing on your bike. I will be getting mine switched over in the next month or so. Thanks for posting pics.

The bracket producer is a member here.  :cooldude:

PhoenixRizing

That's awesome then I won't have to go very far to get the info. Lol
Phoenixrizing

Bighead

Quote from: Gavin_Sons on Wed 31, May 2017, 18:52:08
Quote from: PhoenixRizing on Wed 31, May 2017, 18:45:12
Since this post I went searching on eBay for day maker leds and found quite a few. I have a 97 valk tourer. There is a guy who makes the bracket and sells it for fifty bucks. I thought that was a little high but after hearing how much trail and error you went through I don't mind paying the fifty bucks. If anyone wants his info I can research it again and post it. Looks amazing on your bike. I will be getting mine switched over in the next month or so. Thanks for posting pics.

The bracket producer is a member here.  :cooldude:
Yeah and unless he reduced his price that ain't him :o
1997 Bumble Bee
1999 Interstate (sold)
2016 Wing

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This is a light I know has been installed in a Valkyrie using Josh's bracket adapter.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201785330381

zero200

Hey Steel Cowboy,
Could you post the pics on how you did it?
Would be great to see what is all needed before other people on the forum go where only you have been before.

Thanks a lot, this is really awesome!