Australian Motorcyclist — January 2018

which is available with mountings for
more than 2000 bike models; our 40
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Himalayan’s existing rack.
The EVO-40 is a large touring pack,
while the EVO-10 is geared toward
commuting and day riding with its 10
litre capacity. Both packs are engineered
and manufactured using a waterproof
and durable laminated ballistic fabric
to ensure long life. The EVO range is
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systems including brackets and the
packs and rack will also be available as
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Ventura L Brackets.

LIGHTEN UP
Then it was time to get stuck into the
lighting in its many forms. We’ve left
the headlight alone for now, although it
will get its upgrade in due course, and
concentrated on other changes. The bike
went to Surfside Motorcycle Garage,
42 Winbourne Road, Brookvale 2100,
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BARKBUSTERS TURN

INDICATORS

Price - $69.95

See Barkbusters.net.

This pair of amber turn indicators can

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of the VPS and Storm hand guards, as

well as the upper surface of the JET

guards. They each consist of 15 bright

LEDs and are E Mark approved for use

as indicators. Being LEDs, they draw

relatively little power. They may require

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rate; the resistors are available separately.

Surfside managed an even simpler and

cheaper solution with a replacement

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templates supplied by Barkbusters’

manufacturers Rideworx.

REAR TURN INDICATORS

Price – $ 14.95 a pair

Every now and then we like to dip our

toes into the wondrous offerings of

ebay. You can buy individual indicators

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for as little as $4.95 (or even less,

probably, if you’re more persistent in

looking) but I sourced these indicators

from Australia on ebay. They’re

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appears to be printed on, but they look

well-made. One reason why I chose

these particular blinkers is that their light

is visible from the side.

Replacement rear blinkers were

necessary because the panniers hide

the original ones; that’s because our

rack is a pre-production item which

does not have the relocation bracket

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items. Surfside made a small bracket

instead to hold the indicators near the

number plate.

RUNNING LIGHTS

Price – $ 25.95

If we’re going to sample Australia’s

ebay offers, we might as well look at

the international ones as well. This pair

of substantial-looking but unbranded

lights came from China, and as with the

indicators above we will let you know

how they perform. With doubts about

quality and a lack of guarantees we

usually avoid Chinese ebay offerings,

but I must say these look pretty tough

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They give a strong and well-focused light

and the way Surfside mounted them, I

can turn them for their light to overlap

anywhere I like – so they can be used as

spots or as running lights.

Because I obviously don’t want

them on all the time, I got Surfside to

wire them into the high beam circuit,