Modern Sport Bike Tail Light for KZ1000 Tail??

ramtough_63 wrote: think mine was a chinese cbr900 I HVE A great video somewhere I cant gind try my build thread

OK, found it in your build thread....80's nighthawk 550 taillight with chinese LED circuitry fitted inside. It does fit the shape of the tail nicely. Let me know if you find your video...would be cool to see.

the nighthawk was the 1st one the cbr is way cooler

i find it odd how people always use "is it legal" as a bench mark for whether or not to use something. what about SAFE, its easy to blame the other driver when the cut you up or ram you, but how are they to know which way you are going by a flashing brake light, its my opinion that its madness to at any unnecessary confusion to other drivers as to what you are up to.

my light is about 3 times brighter than the stock tail light I generallly hit my brake to slow down with traffic behind me legallity means nothing but when the back of my bike lights up like a red flair pretty sure that dude behind me isnt worried about anything but slowing down, to let me turn stop or do a burn out. its a bike safety first dont need a law that tells me a 16 year old in her daddy's z71 shouldnt be on her cell phone arguing with joey changing lanes without lookin
as I have to change lanes to keep from being greasy spot on main street all that does is increase her fine after she runs over me


these lights are brighter and thats my piece of mind

Mick z1a, you could'nt have said it better !!, with all the illegal aliens here, that the only thing they drove b-fore comming to this country was a donkey, or a camel, ...why make it any more confusing...Pete

I am using an 03-07? CBR600RR Tail light which I believe is the same as the one in your original posting from the select years of CBR1000R Here is a pic of mine:



In addition, mine has the intergrated turnsignals, but I like external, smaller signals anyway, so I am running both in parallel.

Cory

ramtough_63 wrote: the nighthawk was the 1st one the cbr is way cooler

Ah, now I see. I found more tail light info deeper into your thread. So was your CBR tail light exactly like the one I posted but clear?

Here's a link to the proper page in your post.
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/478810...r?limit=20&start=580

lushbaugh wrote: really depends where you are and if your willing to fight it. in md where i live you can use hand signals and not run signals at all and i have done this with a cop behind me, once resulting in a verbal warning and a pissed off officer who swore to me its not legal. for a while i kept the md motorcycle requirements with me but its easier to comply to what makes them happy.

That was my whole point. I look for ways to AVOID giving cops reasons to pull me over.

Just know the law and take whatever risks you want.

NakedFun wrote: I am using an 03-07? CBR600RR Tail light which I believe is the same as the one in your original posting from the select years of CBR1000R Here is a pic of mine:

In addition, mine has the intergrated turnsignals, but I like external, smaller signals anyway, so I am running both in parallel.

Cory

Looks good, thanks. That's what I'm looking for, others that have tried specific lights. I'd just hate to plunk down $90 and then find out it doesn't fit and looks terrible. Is yours the same as Ramtough's? It's just so hard to tell from pictures.

It fits the 1000 tail nicely, but wow, as Mark pointed out, it looks like it was made for the Z1 tail....as seen in ramtoughs post, picture shown below:

79MKII wrote:

ramtough_63 wrote: the nighthawk was the 1st one the cbr is way cooler

Ah, now I see. I found more tail light info deeper into your thread. So was your CBR tail light exactly like the one I posted but clear?

Here's a link to the proper page in your post.
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/478810...r?limit=20&start=580

yep same as your light