) that was nicely done up but after following him for awhile it was apparent that certain safety features had been altered. I noticed he had removed all the signal lights, then I saw that he had replaced the rear ones with a licence plate bracket that contained two small yellow LED lights on either side. The mirrors were those Arlen Ness "Whiskers" that have a yellow LED imbedded in the stalk. The mirrors themselves were so small they reminded me of the tiny, broken piece of truck mirror I used to shave with while out on Army manouevers.We followed him for about 15km into our town and it was apparent he was a new rider; he looked to be about my age but he could barely keep the bike in his own lane, never mind on the road. At one point on a corner he went wide and crossed the center lane... damn good thing there was no oncoming traffic, otherwise he would have been toast. Anyway, we rolled into town and suddenly he veered left into the parking lot of the local Tim Horton's - no signal, no shoulder check, no glance in the mirrors. Actually, I noticed as we rode past that his signals were on - but those LED's were so small that they were all but invisible. I figured that if I could hardly see them even though I knew they were there, the average cager wouldn't have a clue.
Never sacrifice a safety feature just so you can look "cool"!
Mike 
