Barracuda Blinkers

So - as many of you know - my rear indicators failed.......both of them......at different times, but in the same way.

It turns out that there is a manufacturing flaw and the rubber used for the expansion joint is too brittle.

After having one replaced under warranty.......and waiting ages for the part to arrive......only to have the other indicator fail.....I decided some after market blinkers would be best.

I finally got around to installing my Barraccud "Silur" LED blinkers

The indicators came with the required resistors which are used inline to keep the flash rate consistent and to ensure the dash error for blown bulbs doesn't perpetually occur.

I'm pretty happy with the results......nice and clean - nice and compact.......very bright!

Excuse the filthy bike......bloody Melbourne weather.......bah!

I may even order another set and replace the front end blinkers too for consistency.

\BitSar

Cracked it!

Both literally and figuratively........................

Why literally?
Because now the left-hand rear indicator has cracked along the rubber joint.......in exactly the same way the (now replaced) right-hand indicator had failed.

Why figuratively?
Because I've cracked it with the OEM Aprilia indicators, the time it took me to get one delivered under warranty and the obvious flaw in the design.....

Instead - I think I'm going to go for a set of these:

Whatch this space for another indicator install post..........

\BitSar