Wunderkind Turn Signal Instalation

[Protonhound]

I installed these Motorcycle LED turn signals for Triumph Rocket 3 and since they ship to every country except the US I had to get them from Spiegler. They look great and are definitely bright enough however installation was a pain in the arsch. On the front when I started feeling to see where the right signal wires go they just fell out of their connectors and it took me a while to find those black plugs hiding in the last place I expected. On the rear it was another story as shown in the picture below. The genius assembling them was very generous with the blue loctite so that the plastic holding the nut was useless and it turned and turned and even trying to jam screwdrivers in there was pointless. Carefully trying to soak the threads with WD40 and even carefully with acetone did nothing so I wound up using the Dremel to cut a slit as far as I could and then busted the nut with a screwdriver. I cut the connectors off and used the supplied heat shrink solder seals which worked great using pieces of cardboard as heat shields. The tail piece will come off without disassembling everything like the instructions state though getting to the 4 bolts is more difficult. The bike looks a lot better without those ugly spear head stock turn signals.

 

[Gimlet]

I installed these Motorcycle LED turn signals for Triumph Rocket 3 and since they ship to every country except the US I had to get them from Spiegler. They look great and are definitely bright enough however installation was a pain in the arsch. On the front when I started feeling to see where the right signal wires go they just fell out of their connectors and it took me a while to find those black plugs hiding in the last place I expected. On the rear it was another story as shown in the picture below. The genius assembling them was very generous with the blue loctite so that the plastic holding the nut was useless and it turned and turned and even trying to jam screwdrivers in there was pointless. Carefully trying to soak the threads with WD40 and even carefully with acetone did nothing so I wound up using the Dremel to cut a slit as far as I could and then busted the nut with a screwdriver. I cut the connectors off and used the supplied heat shrink solder seals which worked great using pieces of cardboard as heat shields. The tail piece will come off without disassembling everything like the instructions state though getting to the 4 bolts is more difficult. The bike looks a lot better without those ugly spear head stock turn signals.

Very nice. I'm a big fan of Wunderkind stuff. Installation hassles duly noted.

 

[papanorm]

Lot's of work to install but worth the effort. They look very smart.

 

[sunny]

good job but I am not sure if moving the plate on swing arm is an option where you ride, I was able to move it on swing arm so I got Laser blinkers from Germany.

 

[Protonhound]

good job but I am not sure if moving the plate on swing arm is an option where you ride, I was able to move it on swing arm so I got Laser blinkers from Germany.

The thing is that I like the way the bike looks with the rear arm, without it it just looks like any other rice rocket out there from behind. Unless you're into racing what little weight is saved by removing it is negligible. But then again tastes change and I might be looking at that in the future, not sure how those turn signals would work with my luggage brackets though.

 

[Gimlet]

good job but I am not sure if moving the plate on swing arm is an option where you ride, I was able to move it on swing arm so I got Laser blinkers from Germany.

I can't see a side-mounting number plate kit for the R3 on TH's website. They only list for the Bobber. Was it bespoke?

 

[sunny]

I can't see a side-mounting number plate kit for the R3 on TH's website. They only list for the Bobber. Was it bespoke?

they are not making for Rockets anymore, luckily I grabbed the last one which was produced.

 

[sunny]

The thing is that I like the way the bike looks with the rear arm, without it it just looks like any other rice rocket out there from behind. Unless you're into racing what little weight is saved by removing it is negligible. But then again tastes change and I might be looking at that in the future, not sure how those turn signals would work with my luggage brackets though.

my reason to get swing arm plate is make bike look better because with the swingarm plate mount, it provides much sportier look, and the tire appears even more aggressive.

reason 2 - Initially, I installed moved my plate below the seat and had no plate mount whatsoever but because of an issue in other town I had to move it to swing arm with Thorton Hundred mount and before thonron hundred I had I another swing arm mount made in france and I ended up selling it on ebay after it looked hideous