Re: [ST] Newbie Questions for aftermarket headlights, horns, and heated grips ...

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Doug wrote:

> As a new ST owner, I have a few newbie questions:

Welcome to the liST here Doug, and to Sprint ST riding in general...

> 1) What aftermarket headlight kits (e.g. HID) are best to use with an ST?
>   Mine is an '02 model imported to US.

I haven't seen any HID kits for our bikes, but you may want to check out 
what the guys on the Honda ST-1100 lists did as they had group buys and 
installation instructions that may be adaptable.

As Dan noted, most of us just better the bulbs, Sylvania SilverStars are 
widely available stateside at most autoparts stores, or the Philips Vision 
Plus bulbs can be ordered in from the UK from sites like: 
http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk

Addiing aux lights is another way to go, MotoLites come to mind 
http://www.motolight.com or adding something like small PIAA driving 
lights such as eBay item 230088184620 which I've seen on a friend's 
TransAlp, just haven't figured out the Sprint ST mounting method yet ;^{D

(BTW, that guy's eBay store has some decent prices on lights, no relation 
just pointing him out)

> 2) What aftermarket horn kits are best to use with an ST?
>   Same model as #1.

As Dan noted the Stebel Nautilus is popular, I've seen the Stebel Compact 
Nautilus in my local Western Auto parts store with what looked like a 
store brand blister-pack around it, just look close at the plastic and you 
can see the Stebel embossing.  The FIAMM Freeway Blaster is another 
popular option.  I'm trying to work out what I'm going to do for the horn 
upgrade myself...

> 3) What heated grips are best to use on an '02 ST?

I installed the Kympex heaters (http://store.azmusa.com/kigrhekit.html) 
under ProGrips on my '99, was a pain but worked well.  Like Dan had the 
dealer throw on the Triumph OEM's with my '03.  The Kympex heaters seemed 
to heat up faster but the Triumph's are more robust, a little bigger 
around since it's a whole grip unit, etc.  The DualStar's look to be a bit 
better than the Kympex units, and I found a switch much like the Triumph 
OEM at Electrical Connection 
(http://www.electricalconnection.com/power-distribution/switch_high-amp.htm). 
EC has lots of other neat bike stuff too.

Hope it helps,

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