Turn signals Front & Rear

toro618 · 01-03-2013, 06:26 AM

I am turning to my inmates here for suggestions on what is available. I am looking for the smallest turn signals that anyone here has on their f8....compatible with the factory wiring and just bolts into the existing hole where the oem bulky units sit.

Loutre · 01-03-2013, 06:40 AM

I'd suggest the TT ones... They seem pretty small to me

http://www.sierrabmwonline.com/produ...48-0295-p-1298

toro618 · 01-03-2013, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loutre

I'd suggest the TT ones... They seem pretty small to me

http://www.sierrabmwonline.com/produ...48-0295-p-1298

Thanks for the link...I like that they're supplying the resistors with the kit.

xpdishun · 01-03-2013, 11:58 AM

The BMW led signals are only about $50 more and they just about the easiest plug and play item you can get. Based on looking at the picture of the TT ones, the BMW led signals are just as short (horizontal) and narrower in height (vertical).

If you do go the BMW led route, make sure you order and receive the right ones, the front and back are different. The rear has longer brackets to line up with the tail light while the front has shorter brackets to sit flush with the mounting point.

Plus, you can get some M&Ms for free depending on where you buy them...

(click on lighting)
http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fic...8&rnd=08102012

Calgary06 · 01-08-2013, 09:14 PM

I saw the both the BMW and the TT ones at the Calgary show. The TT lights were much more flexible if that is a consideration. They are on my list now just for that as I seem to keep popping one or another out of the plastics...
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toro618 · 01-09-2013, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calgary06

I saw the both the BMW and the TT ones at the Calgary show. The TT lights were much more flexible if that is a consideration. They are on my list now just for that as I seem to keep popping one or another out of the plastics...
P

Thanks for this info. Do you know if the TT ones are plug n play?

Calgary06 · 01-09-2013, 09:54 AM

I don't know. I'm sure that the highly educated German engineers that designed the parts thought about adding a feature such as that...

GeeK_InsiDe · 01-09-2013, 11:27 AM

The TT signals aren't really plug'n'play:

http://shop.touratech.ch/media/manua...048-0295-0.pdf

;)

LukasM · 01-10-2013, 06:30 AM

I've got a new in the box set of Touratech LED signals, sold my bike before I got to install them.

If anybody is interested, send me a PM.

toro618 · 01-10-2013, 11:01 AM

Thanks for the info guys. Since the F8 is not a cummute bike for me, I think I will just dremel an opening where the rear blinker brackets bolt and basically jam the oem blinkers in.

Bill seaman · 01-10-2013, 06:02 PM

[QUOTE=Loutre;20384853]I'd suggest the TT ones... They seem pretty small to me

http://www.sierrabmwonline.com/produ...48-0295-p-1298[
I have set of TT on my 1200 and after a summer of riding .The rubber mounts are starting to crack and the lights hang loose. I end up using tape to keep in the robber tube mount . They do come with resistors you must use put they are not plug and play. I will be replacing this spring with the factory LED

01-03-2013, 06:26 AM	#1
toro618 ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2009 Location: NJ Oddometer: 762	Turn signals Front & Rear I am turning to my inmates here for suggestions on what is available. I am looking for the smallest turn signals that anyone here has on their f8....compatible with the factory wiring and just bolts into the existing hole where the oem bulky units sit.

01-03-2013, 06:40 AM	#2
Loutre Cosmopolitan Adv Joined: Nov 2010 Location: In a tent on a mountain Oddometer: 2,027	I'd suggest the TT ones... They seem pretty small to me http://www.sierrabmwonline.com/produ...48-0295-p-1298 __________________ Keep the smile on your face! F800GS - The ORANGE ones are faster!! An Otter on the road: From Lille to Limoges in 12 Days An Otter on the road: I'm coming up so you better get this party started!

01-03-2013, 11:58 AM	#4
xpdishun tarmac xplor Joined: Feb 2012 Location: daily commute (Annapolis, MD) Oddometer: 4	The BMW led signals are only about $50 more and they just about the easiest plug and play item you can get. Based on looking at the picture of the TT ones, the BMW led signals are just as short (horizontal) and narrower in height (vertical). If you do go the BMW led route, make sure you order and receive the right ones, the front and back are different. The rear has longer brackets to line up with the tail light while the front has shorter brackets to sit flush with the mounting point. Plus, you can get some M&Ms for free depending on where you buy them... (click on lighting) http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fic...8&rnd=08102012 __________________ Chris

01-08-2013, 09:14 PM	#5
Calgary06 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Calgary Oddometer: 117	I saw the both the BMW and the TT ones at the Calgary show. The TT lights were much more flexible if that is a consideration. They are on my list now just for that as I seem to keep popping one or another out of the plastics... P __________________ EEUC

01-09-2013, 09:54 AM	#7
Calgary06 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: Calgary Oddometer: 117	I don't know. I'm sure that the highly educated German engineers that designed the parts thought about adding a feature such as that... __________________ EEUC

01-09-2013, 11:27 AM	#8
GeeK_InsiDe Moore Gas!!! Joined: Oct 2012 Location: Switzerland Oddometer: 59	The TT signals aren't really plug'n'play: http://shop.touratech.ch/media/manua...048-0295-0.pdf ;) __________________ Sorry for my bad english

01-10-2013, 06:30 AM	#9
LukasM Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Vienna, Austria Oddometer: 4,942	I've got a new in the box set of Touratech LED signals, sold my bike before I got to install them. If anybody is interested, send me a PM. __________________ Proud member of the HUSABERG ADVENTURE TEAM! '12 Husaberg FE570, 09 KTM XC-F/ 450 RFS hybrid, 07 KTM 450 SMR, 08+09 BMW F650GS twins/F800GS conversion, 03+05 YZF-R6

01-10-2013, 11:01 AM	#10
toro618 ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2009 Location: NJ Oddometer: 762	Thanks for the info guys. Since the F8 is not a cummute bike for me, I think I will just dremel an opening where the rear blinker brackets bolt and basically jam the oem blinkers in.

01-10-2013, 06:02 PM	#11
Bill seaman Adventurer Joined: Aug 2010 Location: muskegon Mi Oddometer: 91	Rubber mounts [QUOTE=Loutre;20384853]I'd suggest the TT ones... They seem pretty small to me http://www.sierrabmwonline.com/produ...48-0295-p-1298[ I have set of TT on my 1200 and after a summer of riding .The rubber mounts are starting to crack and the lights hang loose. I end up using tape to keep in the robber tube mount . They do come with resistors you must use put they are not plug and play. I will be replacing this spring with the factory LED __________________ Waterdog

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