First, a quick picture of me and the lady on your trip down to Kentucky for the IndyCar Series race. We left with two others on Saturday morning, Aug. 9. It was Megan’s first long trip on the bike, and it turned out to be a great trip. Here is a picture of our stop in Madison, Ind., where we stayed the night after the race.

Our route only took us about four hours, considering we took several breaks. Thanks to my top box on the Tiger, Megan was able to sit back and enjoy the ride. This also made it a lot easier on the driver since I didn’t get head butted every time I shifted! Here is the route.

Marker A: Was Megan’s Parents, That’s were Van was dropped off.

Marker D: First stop at BP in Nashville.

Marker E: Lunch at Mikey D’s

Marker K: Stop at the Broadway Tavern & Inn to pick up our room keys.

Marker O: Kentucky Speedway.

Back to the Scrambler…Here is the “Before” picture

Not sure if anyone caught my appearance on the 3-2-1 video blog with Jana Strange or not. In that episode, I went over the Scrambler and mentioned that I still wanted to eliminate the fender. Well, over the past couple of nights, I did just that.

The reason why I combined two kits is to get the ideal setup. The kit from British Customs (BC) has a license plate with a built in LED tail light. The kit from Newbonneville.com (NB) has a better bracket system for the rear blinkers and has OEM connectors for both the front and rear blinkers. The nice thing about the brackets for the rear blinkers on the NB kit is that they provide screws that go directly into the back side of the shock mount. The BC kit requires you to remove the shock mounts and place the blinkers on the outside of the shock. This is not only less attractive, but it causes much more work and makes the signals stick out farther then desired.

The other disappointing thing about the BC kit is that it doesn’t come with completed OEM connectors like the NB kit.

So here is how the kit was combined. The BC taillight was used with the rear signal/taillight harness that was provided by NB.

Here is how the process went. I went ahead and took off the headlight and attached the new front signals and connected them. Checked the function, and they seemed to work properly. At the same time, Matt was working on the rear taillight, and Phil was drinking beer and eating pizza.

Once Matt started to troubleshoot why this light wasn’t working or the tail blinkers weren’t working and etc., we blew a fuse or two, and I had to take the rear window washer fuse out of my FJ Cruiser to finally get all the pieces working. So after about an hour of incomplete circuits, we decided to take the front headlight apart again and switch the front signals. Magically, it made everything better, and the system was working.

It’s done. Just waiting on my artist to finish up my pin-up girl, and I am set!!!

Jarrod