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| | | DC13 | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 347 | | Location | : | Westbrook , Maine, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Sep 2011 - 03:40 Post title : Better looking reflectors? | | | I hated the stock reflectors on the forks..... they just looked out of place. A cheap plastic afterthoughts to pass some safety regulation. To me they are the equivalent of waxing your car and then taking a shit on the hood..........looks good except for that one thing.
I do like being seen though and I don't feel like it would be right to bitch about someone not seeing me when I went out of my way to remove something that would have helped. To make matters worse my saddlebags cover the rear reflectors. From the side I had nothing to help me be seen at night.
A friend of mine has been doing a lot of work with glow in the dark powder and reflective materials and hooked me up with some amazing reflective tape. Its made of the same material as the month/year registration stickers (at least here in the states). Cool stuff, he told me all the tech data about it, but its reflective tape and honestly my eyes glazed over and i don't remember most of it.
At any rate here's the result. I like it. Cleaner looking than stock and as bright as highway signs when light hits them.
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| | | ezrider3 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Sep 2011 - 09:25 Post title : Re: Better looking reflectors? (Re: DC13) | | | So what is it and where do you get it?????
EZ
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| | | narsisco_lopez | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Sep 2011 - 13:40 Post title : Re: Better looking reflectors? (Re: ezrider3) | | | 3M makes a whole range of reflective tapes and you can get some at most print/large format sign shops. Plus, there's plenty of places online to buy. Just Google "reflective tape"... you'll have more choices than you'll know what to do with.
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| | | DC13 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 347 | | Location | : | Westbrook , Maine, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Sep 2011 - 16:07 Post title : Re: Better looking reflectors? (Re: ezrider3) | | | NL is correct. lots of availability. If you would like I will find out where he ordered this particular tape from and post it soon
NL Didn't you get some reflective Thunderbiird logos done for your bags?
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| | | shager40 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 145 | | Location | : | CO, United States |
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| | Posted : 15 Jan 2014 - 21:13 Post title : Re: Better looking reflectors? (Re: DC13) | | | Looks good! 
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| | | adventureguide | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/06/2013 | | Posts | : | 46 | | Location | : | Frisco, Texas, United States |
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| | Posted : 15 Jan 2014 - 22:19 Post title : Re: Better looking reflectors? (Re: DC13) | | | Does this meet with DOT standards? I would hate to replace the reflectors with this only to fail an inspection.
Jim
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| | | MotorMac | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/08/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,926 | | Location | : | Nor Cal, United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Jan 2014 - 03:52 Post title : Re: Better looking reflectors? (Re: adventureguide) | | | Heaven help us.....
U.S. Fed regs, reflector type: Link U.S. Fed regs, reflector location: Link Reference to "reflex reflectors" defined here: Link
Good question!
393.26(c) says you can - maybe.
393.26(d) says you can't.
Need a lawyer.
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