Ivy: Mirror, Mirror

Very trick bar-end mirrors from Dime City.  Had some trouble installing them at first because the pipe cutter had left a rough edge inside the handlebar.  But after filing that down a bit, they slid right in and tightened up nicely. 

Mirrors seem especially bright and clear, for some reason.

Only downside is that they are so low down that you really can't look at them without totally taking your eyes off the road in front.

Ivy: New Bars

Swapped the bars over to the new Euro setup.

Went smoothly but realized that the old mirrors looked horrible on the new bars.  Couldn't really get anything to work that looked good and showed enough of the rear view.  Finally left just the right side on so I at least have something. But ordered some bar end mirrors from Dime City right off.

Red: LED Tease

Nothing's ever easy...

First up, the new Dime City mirrors were great because of the almost limitless adjustability, but the included 10mm allen bolt was too long for the handlebar mount.  I had to shim it with 3 washers to get the length correct.

They seemed to do the job, though.  Almost giving me a full view of what was directly behind.

I was more excited to hook up the new 5.5" side-mount headlight with the new LED bulb I'd swapped out for the included halogen.

I swapped the buckets over and rerouted all the wiring, which was a lot simpler with the Wago connectors.  Turned it on with the kill switch and it looked fantastic.

It was all going swimmingly until I actually started the motor.  Got a very, very noticeable flickering, pretty much in rhythm with the pulse of the motor.

So... left everything as it was but disconnected the bulb.

Back to the drawing board...