short indicators

[cookie]

anyone got any tips on how to shorten the stalks of my 1150 rear indicators?

i have a pair of mini indicators fitted at the moment to clear the TT panniers. they look very nearly as crap as the TT extender brackets supplied to shift the flashers back a few inches.

something must be done.

i was going to take a hacksaw to the plastic, but closer inspection revealed a number of pitfalls.
is there another bmw part that is much shorter? much shorter actually, as in almost no stalk at all to fit under the tailpiece.

 

[sproggy]

Rockster (and probably R1150R) indicator stalks are about half the length of GS ones, and since the indicators themselves are the same I'm sure they'd fit. Only disadvantage is that the shorter arms are not rubber, and they're a bit brittle - I had to replace two. Not a problem if they're protected by a hulking great metal box, though.

I can measure how long mine are tonight if it helps?

 

[MasterDabber]

I got these from Metal Mule. Excellent.. dead easy to fit.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Master Dabber is spot on. Fitted them to mine as the std. ones fouled on the Givi luggage. Only gripe is that one of them rubs on the rear plastic bit, so I have put a puncture patch under it to stop the plastic indicator being cut into.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Master Dabber is spot on. Fitted them to mine as the std. ones fouled on the Givi luggage. Only gripe is that one of them rubs on the rear plastic bit, so I have put a puncture patch under it to stop the plastic indicator being cut into.

Was that a Freudian slip.... " I can measure how long mine are tonight?"

 

[GSPeP]

You can also use a stainless steel tube to shorten the rear indicators, as I did:

With this result:

 

[sproggy]

The suggestions above look really neat (I'm tempted just for the looks), but in case it's of any interest the Rockster stalks are about 27-28mm long, compared with about 50mm standard on my 1150.

 

[cookie]

i think rokster stalks will be too long.

i like the suggestion by GSPeP, but how do you stop indicators rotating?

 

[GSPeP]

i like the suggestion by GSPeP, but how do you stop indicators rotating?

By pressing them against the black plastic when you tighten the small screws inside the housing.

A few more pics :

On this picture you can see the deeper part on the black plastic where the end of the housing fits into. This keeps it from rotating.

The clamp is strong enough to avoid moving of the housing. I you want to be more sure, you can always put some tape on the tube where the clamp is (to increase the diameter slightly. But, it's on my bike for ten months now, and it didn't move.

 

[MikeP]

i think rokster stalks will be too long.

i like the suggestion by GSPeP, but how do you stop indicators rotating?

An alternative. Stainless bolt, drilled through the centre, take the end plastic bit off the original stalk and glue it to the indicator housing. The lug then sits in the hole as standard and prevents it rotating.

 

[cookie]

An alternative. Stainless bolt, drilled through the centre, take the end plastic bit off the original stalk and glue it to the indicator housing. The lug then sits in the hole as standard and prevents it rotating.

i like that one too

 

[sproggy]

Was that a Freudian slip.... " I can measure how long mine are tonight?"

I hesitated before typing that, but thought I might get away with it......