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Can i get a few guys to give me some ideas.....on....What to do with the t.s in front. I mean what kinds, where do YOU mount them. and available brackets?????? thanks 
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I dont have any pics but when I got my windscreen it came with brackets to move the signals out a little to clear the screen. I copied these but made them longer and bent them a little at both ends. Then I mounted my signals below the lights on my lightbar. It takes a little creativity to fit 4 more wires in the lightbar tube but it can be done.
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From newspeedmaster.com I put rear signals on the front under the headlight- 
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From newspeedmaster.com
I put rear signals on the front under the headlight-
What are those lon?  Are they just two flat plates. bolted to the h/l mount with two bolts?
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What are those lon? Are they just two flat plates. bolted to the h/l mount with two bolts?
Aluminum flat stock from Home Depot. 2 pieces with 3 holes drilled. Longer headlight mounting bolt, middle hole is signals, front hole has aluminum tubing with threaded rod and cap nuts.
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I went all out and bought some $1.29 hardware store angle brackets and hung them under the Triumph light bar.
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Thanks bucky...........Appreciate your help, but i need to go a little more elaborate,And i haven't had good luck in my kustom kars and street rods with this type of bracket.they are great for mounting panels, heaters, a/c units and the like , but a bike has a lot more "vibration"to contend with, i would think.For this bracket???
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What are those lon? Are they just two flat plates. bolted to the h/l mount with two bolts?
Aluminum flat stock from Home Depot. 2 pieces with 3 holes drilled. Longer headlight mounting bolt, middle hole is signals, front hole has aluminum tubing with threaded rod and cap nuts.
Those look about right...but think they need a little longer arms.maybe???? about the width of the rears.
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They are rear signals, I got them off ebay or somewhere.
The extra front thru bolt is to make them solid, not flapping around from vibration. If I did it again, I'd probably bend a single piece in a U shape instead of that front bolt. The signals are outside of the fork centerline, but they don't stick out like with the brackets you can buy.
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They are rear signals, I got them off ebay or somewhere.
The extra front thru bolt is to make them solid, not flapping around from vibration. If I did it again, I'd probably bend a single piece in a U shape instead of that front bolt. The signals are outside of the fork centerline, but they don't stick out like with the brackets you can buy.
Yeah Lon.they are good there! 
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I assume yours are the orange spots in the h/l?If so this puts them to close together. I think, At nite they are hard to see in a street rod, seems a bike would be , in the same boat.Doesn't the glare or the shine,... of the h/l block a lot of the t.s. lites out when on??????????
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Is that them on the wing mirror stem? 
If so, very 
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Is that them on the wing mirror stem?
You figured out Soren's very sweet turn signals.
I used THESE ONES from British Customs. I put them on backward so they would not hit my engine guards. I hated them on my handlebars.
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Dog I do like the placement of your signals on the light bar. I've always thought there was too large a gap between the headlight and driving lights on the Triumph bar. Thanks.
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Very subtle Soren... even obtuse if you will. Love it.
Pumpkin wise, I got rid of mine with the RIVCO built in signal-LED-light-in-the-mirrors setup. Now those are a sweet set of mirrors!
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