nd OEM Front signals

[catch2otwo]

so the the rc51 failed inspection today because the front signals were not DOT approved. Does anyone know if the front signals from a 98 f3 will fit? they all look the same but im not sure if where they mount to the fairing is the same.

If they dont, does anyone have a set of front OEM signals i could borrow for inspection? thanks

[Jim]

who cares. just hook up a pair just to get a sticker & put your non DOT ones back on. use duct tape if you have to

[1/2pint]

zip ties are your best friend right now. what place did you take it to?

[Jim]

there's a place in quincy that would prob pass you. i'm bringing my bike there for a sticker....if they ever finish painting my plastics

[catch2otwo]

alright f3 signals it is. I took it to bettencourts this morning after i got done at the registry cause it was kinda close and i was going there anyway. They failed me for fork seals, no licence plate light and the stupid signals.

I wouldnt have had them do the work if i was staying here longer, but since im going back to ny i said fuck it and had them do the seals. i just gotta go back there with some signals and bolt lights for the licence plate.

[Jim]

if you can wait a week, you can use my plate light. it's just a plate bolt with an LED in it. i'm going to stoughton next weekend to install my new plate lights

[catch2otwo]

na i cant wait that long, im leaving for rochester this saturday. Where did you get those plate bolt lights? i imagine they are pretty cheap at autozone

[Jim]

$17 at SS motorsports, but since they're closed....i bet bettencourts has them

[catch2otwo]

ya the guy shamelessly plugged their parts store today when he informed me my bike was missing shit.

[KillBill]

Is MA like NH in that if you car/bike fails
it will show up if you try and have it
inspected at another station?

[Dangerz0ne]

autozone led license plate bolts run about $6 I think.

[Jim]

Is MA like NH in that if you car/bike fails
it will show up if you try and have it
inspected at another station?

nope. they write down their inspected bikes in a notebook. not sure how it goes from a notebook to the RMV.

[catch2otwo]

ya when i failed, i got a slip saying rejected and everything it failed for was written on it.

autozone is a negative on the bolts. ill just buy them at bettencourts when i go back tomorrow to put the turn signals on. it better not be fuggin cold tomorrow

[KillahTillah]

ya when i failed, i got a slip saying rejected and everything it failed for was written on it.

autozone is a negative on the bolts. ill just buy them at bettencourts when i go back tomorrow to put the turn signals on. it better not be fuggin cold tomorrow

Don't buy them at bettencourts ...walmart has them for under 4 bucks ...pair of clear led bolts

[catch2otwo]

thanks for the heads up ill check there tonight. Do you guys think they will let me work on my bike in their lot? is it going to be some kind of retarded liability thing where ill have to get it off their property to work on it? i really dont want to load it in the truck and then bring it back.

[Jim]

go to the ATM parking lot across the street

[catch2otwo]

ya i sure as hell wasnt coming all the way back to stoughton. i just didnt want to load it up again

[loridin64]

I have a set of OE RC front signals if you want 'em for the inspection.
I have no plate light, cant even really see it, my rear directionals are only a couple inches apart and last year i needed fork seals too.
I go to an old school chopper guy in Pepperell. he'll pass anything.

[catch2otwo]

well today was like hell on earth, but for the most part concentrated in the bed of my pickup. i went down there at 9am this morning, they said no to working on it there so i loaded it in my truck and went across the street. zip tied up the f3 signals no problem but the plate lights were a different story.

one wire on one of the lights broke, so now im down to one wire. I forgot my test light so im guessing which wires on the brake lights were const. 12v and which was ground and which was switched 12v. well common sense would tell me black is ground but nooooooooooooooooo, thats 12v constant. fuck you honda. after an hour of cussing i ended up driving it back to my house and finished it there with the most jalopied wiring job ive ever done. regardless the guy said it would pass, just waiting on the fork seals to come tomorrow. got a few assholes on bikes that honked and waved at me while i was wrenching in the parking lot today. i hope it was one of you assholes.

[1/2pint]

so you got the sticker good for you

[catch2otwo]

well no sticker yet, but he said the lights were fine and it will get a sticker once the fork seals are in.

weman you still comin by today?

[1/2pint]

yup i will swing over on the way home from the office i will give ya a ring

[catch2otwo]

cooool

[Jim]

brian, check if bettencourts has motul or respol chain wax/lube when you go there. if they do, can you grab me a can? i'll pay you when i come over sunday to install the new stuff on my gix

[catch2otwo]

they actually failed you? i can see them not passing you and letting you take the bike back home to fix the issues, but failing you?

that's what was done for me, because one of my brake lights wasn't working last year. one of the parts guys even lent me a bar-end mirror to get through the inspection, cuz i had no mirrors (arranged ahead of time). this was a large, and well-known sportbike dealership, mind you. they had the sense not to fail me and take my money for nothing. kindness goes a long way. i mean shit, i ended up buying a bike from them partly because of it.

if I were you, i'd take my business elsewhere. they probably expect that you'll have everything fixed by them. i don't remember bettencourt's service being cheap.

well by fail i mean rejected. i didnt know there was a difference? i paid 15 bucks for the inspection even though its rejected. I can get it re inspected anywhere for free if i bring the little tag they gave me. Since im on a tight schedual and will be going back out of state saturday, i just let them do the fork seals. Cheap they are not, almost double the quote i got from Pete at GMD but time wouldnt allow me to get it out to him. They let me take my bike since they didnt have the seals yet so i could get it home to fix all the lights and stuff.

Even though i had some bad luck, every single member of the staff i interacted with was very helpful and really courteous. They slipped me in their schedual so that i could have my bike fixed and inspected before saturday. They are one of the best "customer service friendly" dealers ive been too. But i probably wont get it inspected there again since i know they are sticklers.