'86 VF500F Lighting Upgrades, GPS and Accessory Outlets

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#1 coaz4x4 Thread starter

25 Aug 2010 16:29

Making yourself more visible at night... or at least my bike in this case.

Equipment: '86 VF500F

I'd like to find:
brighter headlight (HID?)
brighter side/marker lights (LED replacement bulbs?)
Brighter tail light, flashing brake light (additional light unit &/or led's?)

Any experience or recommendations with specific products?

___ALSO____

I want to put in a 12v outlet or a phone/GPS charger on my 86 VF500F.

I've used a certain weatherproof outlet from Wal-Mart all around my Jeep with a good deal of success in the past and figure that the mounting plate for the outlet itself is large enough to be glued to the inside of the front fairing. I could also splice the wiring with a hookup for my BatteryTender so I don't have to pull the battery cover off to get it hooked up.

As for mounting the GPS... the best thing I can think of is bolting the mount base to the fuse panel cover? I have a RAM mount in my Jeep, so I'd get the shortest base/neck combo that I could find...

Anyone have a 12v outlet and/or GPS mount on a similar bike? I'd love to see your pics.

Thanks in advance!
-Peter

#2 Blakeo

31 Aug 2010 10:15

[image: View Post]coaz4x4, on 25 August 2010 - 11:29 AM, said:

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