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Postby JimVonBaden on Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:53 am

jskene wrote:I got tired of hunting for a flashlight every time I wanted to check the oil on my bike, so I mounted an LED beside the sight glass, and wired it to the running light.

Details are here ---> http://www.skene.org/K1200RS/oil-lamp/index-oil.htm


Nice idea!

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But it looks like you have a weeping sight glass. Time for a new one!

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Postby bigwillys on Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:20 am

JimVonBaden wrote:
jskene wrote:I got tired of hunting for a flashlight every time I wanted to check the oil on my bike, so I mounted an LED beside the sight glass, and wired it to the running light.

Details are here ---> http://www.skene.org/K1200RS/oil-lamp/index-oil.htm


Nice idea!

Image

But it looks like you have a weeping sight glass. Time for a new one!

Jim 8)

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Postby jskene on Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:22 pm

Actually, the photo is of my previous K1100RS, but I have done the same mod on my K1200RS.

When I saw that the sight glass was weeping, I decided to trade up. :D
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Postby JimVonBaden on Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:12 am

jskene wrote:Actually, the photo is of my previous K1100RS, but I have done the same mod on my K1200RS.

When I saw that the sight glass was weeping, I decided to trade up. :D


Can't think of a better reason to trade! :lol:

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