The true weight of some common 630 mods.......

[deepcdiver]

I would have kept it but have seen two reports of it breaking off in the dirt, and from my 610 I know that will happen first time I head to Baja. So might as well remove it intact and save it for the day I sell the 630 along with all the other stuff that has been removed.

 

[Ketek]

Don´t particularly like the tail on my 630 either. But it´s what the traffic police usually go for first whenever I´m stopped (most likely `cos it´s what they see most of the time when they follow me in traffic). LEDs are not acceptable over here and I´ve not yet fully understood all the mandatory measurements that a new rear end would have to conform to. Wish someone would come out with a E3 conform tail for the 630 (and would also like a carbon bash plate).

It's not like they gonna throw you into jail just because you have a tail on your 630 that doesn't look as stupid as the original

 

[organ donor]

True ... but I´d like one that comes somewhat nearer to being legal. Don´t want to provoke them into taking a really close look at my bike when I´m stopped.

 

[SilverBullet]

You just saved me from having to weigh the Husky/TT rack when I get one. Yup, basically a wash when you remove the passenger pegs. Cool that you weighted it! OH WAIT, how much weight was reduced when you took off the stock grab / love handles??

Stock grab handles weigh 1.2 lbs. So net weight gain for Husky rack is really only 1.1 lbs!

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[Huskyfly]

Stock grab handles weigh 1.2 lbs. So net weight gain for Husky rack is really only 1.1 lbs!

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Cool! I installed my TT/Husky rack and took some photo's....I'll add them later. My scale only does .5lbs ncramints so yours sounds more acurate than mine My scale registered 1.5 pounds for the stock Husky rack with hardware and 3.0lbs for the TT/Husky rack with hardware.

On a side note, the TT/Husky rack......IS A GREAT RACK!!

 

[RDTCU]

True ... but I´d like one that comes somewhat nearer to being legal. Don´t want to provoke them into taking a really close look at my bike when I´m stopped.

No hassles here...

 

[Huskyfly]

Well......I was a little busy all day today.

Tore the darn thing apart to install a Lynx Fairing. I had a bunch of modifications to make to the dash after goofing up and installing my heated grip switch on one of the holes for the instrument cluster.....oops!! Had to basically re-fabricate a whole new dash. I must be a bad mechanic because I was at all fraking day. I will say this.........I LOVE working on this bike!! It's a breeze to get to anything and I actually understand the layout.....at least for the most part!

The Lynx fairing comes with very straight forward instructions and is relatively easy to install. The kit's been a great mod so far! I LOVE the lights, opted for the HID's!! The hardest part was figuring out which light was the high beam and which was the low beam......got the wires crossed at first! Blinded myself for 30 minutes getting them straightened out and adjusted properly!

Here's some pic's.....

The dash is just beginning to be modded in one of the pics, made much bigger cutouts for the left and right cabling. I also decided to center the instrument cluster as I must have a hidden OCD problem ......I didn't care for the cluster being off center. I'll take a photo of the completed operation tomorrow.

I did take some weight measurements, JUST to see what it was.......

 

[deepcdiver]

how much does tht Lynx kit weigh would you say? I like them...

 

[Fast1]

I'd like to know your feelings of how the bike handles wind while at 75 mph? How much turbulance do you experience? How effective is the adjustable windshield? Overall additonal weight added to the bike?

 

[bmah]

I'd like to know your feelings of how the bike handles wind while at 75 mph? How much turbulance do you experience? How effective is the adjustable windshield? Overall additonal weight added to the bike?

I have the Lynx on my TE630. I rode it on the Trans Labrador Highway in September. I did a 560 mile day on the superslab from Cheticamp, NS to Bangor ME at 75 mph. That would've been brutal without the Lynx! Speed greater than 60mph is very tiring with the stock setup.

 

[Huskyfly]

how much does tht Lynx kit weigh would you say? I like them...

look at the photo's, it's there, about 4lbs.

 

[oneleven]

Good choice Huskyfly. Now you've got all that space to mount yer gadgets and whatnot. If you ever notice your headlight beam shaking a little too much on the road signs or whatever, take a close look at the adhesive. I rode for weeks with it like that thinking it was the thin abs dash flexing. Took it apart...lights looked okay....then I tugged on the light and saw it detach on the low beam side right where the adhesive is attached to the fairing. Otherwise I wouldn't have known. Seems like it had a poor bond. I JB welded it and it's holding solid so far. Anyways, congrats!

 

[Huskyfly]

Good choice Huskyfly. Now you've got all that space to mount yer gadgets and whatnot. If you ever notice your headlight beam shaking a little too much on the road signs or whatever, take a close look at the adhesive. I rode for weeks with it like that thinking it was the thin abs dash flexing. Took it apart...lights looked okay....then I tugged on the light and saw it detach on the low beam side right where the adhesive is attached to the fairing. Otherwise I wouldn't have known. Seems like it had a poor bond. I JB welded it and it's holding solid so far. Anyways, congrats!

Hmmm, I'll look at it tomorrow. So far the only major thing is that my heated grips don't seem to be working properly. I think it's where it gets it's power from as before it was connected the parking light which now are not connected to anything.....not a closed loop?!

Yeah I really did a number on the dash, mostly refitting and adjusting holes and spaces. I decided I wanted the dash centered so I redid all new holes for the instrument cluster. I ended up using the smaller far left hole for my heated grips. Now I need to find a new power source for them as they don't seem to be heating.....or at least heating only on low?!

Here's some pic's.

 

[Huskyfly]

Here's the finished bike!! I LOVE THIS HUSKY****************************************! That fairing and the bar raisers makes it look like a mini Dakar bike.......SO COOL!!

At first I wasn't too sure about the cost, yes I still think it's on the spendy side but man it seems to come very well built, very nice lights ( I opted for both HID's.....WOW do they work!), very good instructions and overall a relatively easy install. Yes it took me a bit of work but it was mostly of my own choosing as I redid the dash and added a few other little things to the bike. I think if your a good wrench and you didn't do any mods to the original setup you should be able to do this kit in about 2-4 hrs. I'm just slow......I took all day!! The bike and I spooned.

 

[bmah]

Here's the finished bike!! I LOVE THIS HUSKY! That fairing and the bar raisers makes it look like a mini Dakar bike.......SO COOL!!

At first I wasn't too sure about the cost, yes I still think it's on the spendy side but man it seems to come very well built, very nice lights ( I opted for both HID's.....WOW do they work!), very good instructions and overall a relatively easy install. Yes it took me a bit of work but it was mostly of my own choosing as I redid the dash and added a few other little things to the bike. I think if your a good wrench and you didn't do any mods to the original setup you should be able to do this kit in about 2-4 hrs. I'm just slow......I took all day!! The bike and I spooned.

Nice work! You have the same heated grips as I do and the switch in the same location on the Lynx. I opted for the standard location on the dash to have room for my GPS. The Zumo is a tight fit.

 

[Huskyfly]

Nice work! You have the same heated grips as I do and the switch in the same location on the Lynx. I opted for the standard location on the dash to have room for my GPS. The Zumo is a tight fit.

Just wondering which power source you used for your heated grips? My previous setup was installed by the dealer and seems to have power coming from the parking light but of course the parking lights are not hooked up on this fairing.

Also, how did you mount the GPS to the dash? Is it attached to the dash or do you have a bracket behind which the GPS mount is mounted then attached to the dash?? How is the vibration?? I thought of orginially mouting the GPS to a RAM mount from the bars or gaurds fearing the DASh might vibrate too much during heavy pounding in the dirt.

 

[JoiseyJanet]

Just wondering which power source you used for your heated grips? My previous setup was installed by the dealer and seems to have power coming from the parking light but of course the parking lights are not hooked up on this fairing.

My partner used the tail light for a switched source, tapping into it with a Posilock tap, and using a small 3-circuit fuse box from Eastern Beaver with the GPS and Battery Tender to unswitched power and the heated grips and heated clothing controller to switch-controlled power.

http://easternbeaver.com/Main/Products/Fuseboxes/3_Circuit/3_circuit.html

http://www.posi-lock.com/posiplug.html

-Janet

 

[bmah]

Just wondering which power source you used for your heated grips? My previous setup was installed by the dealer and seems to have power coming from the parking light but of course the parking lights are not hooked up on this fairing.

Also, how did you mount the GPS to the dash? Is it attached to the dash or do you have a bracket behind which the GPS mount is mounted then attached to the dash?? How is the vibration?? I thought of orginially mouting the GPS to a RAM mount from the bars or gaurds fearing the DASh might vibrate too much during heavy pounding in the dirt.

The Zumo is a tight fit. I used 1/2" stand-offs that I bought at the Hardware store, along with longer screws to mount the Zumo mount to. Vibration has not been an issue at all with the Zumo and I have had no trouble with it. It just barely fits the dash and the nut on the top edge of the dash has to be removed before the Zumo can be removed from it's mount.
I used the 'unused' parking light wire for the Zumo. The HID low beam draws much less current than the stock headlamp, so, I spliced the hot wire for the heated grips into the low beam headlight circuit. The heated grips only draw something like 35 watts on the "High" setting which is about the same as the wattage saved by using the HID vs the standard lamp. The only additional feed back to the battery was for the Powerlet outlet in the dash, all of the rest of the terminations were done in the dash using the 'Posi Lock' connections. It took a bit of cyphering to get it all sorted out, but, like you, I took my time and I'm happy with the end result.
I should add that I used a Dremel to add a radius to the Lynx fairing where the turn signals are on each side. It was a tight fit without the radius and the lenses for the turn signals were pointing down too much for my taste.

 

[bmah]

Just wait until you get that Husky out onto the Freeway @ 75mph, the difference between the Lynx and stock will be very apparent! The Lynx is very effective!

 

[johngil]

Not more than 10 ounces...