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*The Acerbis headlights attach with rubber straps that lock around the forks. You need to put spacers in because they are made for bigger forks, but they mount quite easily. The wiring is simple. The trick is your instruments. You can cut out the stock speedo and zip tie it in behind the light. You can also use a digital bike speedo if you like. Make sure you get a Sigma if you're using a bike speedo. Most others top out at ~60 mph.

*Napoleons are great mirrors. You get some vibration, but you see SO much more than with stock mirrors. They are easy to install, as long as you have an impact driver and a torch to get the bar ends off. (The torch is for heating up the Loc-Tite on the threads; you can also dunk the bar ends in hot water for ten minutes to soften up the Loc-Tite. ~~Search the site~~ for ways of removing the bar ends.) They come with a rubber grommet for putting in bars with no nuts welded in them; all you have to do is either trim the grommet down or remove it and screw the bolt they give you into the nut welded into your handlebar.

*Napoleons are great mirrors. You get some vibration, but you see SO much more than with stock mirrors. They are easy to install, as long as you have an impact driver and a torch to get the bar ends off. (The torch is for heating up the Loc-Tite on the threads; you can also dunk the bar ends in hot water for ten minutes to soften up the Loc-Tite. [[Removing & replacing bar ends|See this article]] for ways of removing the bar ends.) They come with a rubber grommet for putting in bars with no nuts welded in them; all you have to do is either trim the grommet down or remove it and screw the bolt they give you into the nut welded into your handlebar.

*For mounting signals, go to the hardware store, buy some small "L" brackets, drill out the holes larger if you need to, then mount them to the top bolts of your radiator. The post of the signal goes through one hole, and the bolt for the rad goes through another hole.

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 *The Acerbis headlights attach with rubber straps that lock around the forks. You need to put spacers in because they are made for bigger forks, but they mount quite easily. The wiring is simple. The trick is your instruments. You can cut out the stock speedo and zip tie it in behind the light. You can also use a digital bike speedo if you like. Make sure you get a Sigma if you're using a bike speedo. Most others top out at ~60 mph.
-*Napoleons are great mirrors. You get some vibration, but you see SO much more than with stock mirrors. They are easy to install, as long as you have an impact driver and a torch to get the bar ends off. (The torch is for heating up the Loc-Tite on the threads; you can also dunk the bar ends in hot water for ten minutes to soften up the Loc-Tite. Search the site for ways of removing the bar ends.) They come with a rubber grommet for putting in bars with no nuts welded in them; all you have to do is either trim the grommet down or remove it and screw the bolt they give you into the nut welded into your handlebar.
+*Napoleons are great mirrors. You get some vibration, but you see SO much more than with stock mirrors. They are easy to install, as long as you have an impact driver and a torch to get the bar ends off. (The torch is for heating up the Loc-Tite on the threads; you can also dunk the bar ends in hot water for ten minutes to soften up the Loc-Tite. [[Removing & replacing bar ends|See this article]] for ways of removing the bar ends.) They come with a rubber grommet for putting in bars with no nuts welded in them; all you have to do is either trim the grommet down or remove it and screw the bolt they give you into the nut welded into your handlebar.
 *For mounting signals, go to the hardware store, buy some small "L" brackets, drill out the holes larger if you need to, then mount them to the top bolts of your radiator. The post of the signal goes through one hole, and the bolt for the rad goes through another hole.