Modern Buddy

One of the guys in my club who also owns a Hooligan bought a few front turn signal light kits online from Taiwan that fit the Hooligan. We wired the lights to remain on to serve as driving lights. They're bright and good looking. He's being secretive about the source but it is not PGO.

I've never understood why they don't leave them wired up along with the dot blinkers for the US market. Like the buddy, the bulbs are still in there and more visibility is better, right? I installed a BOB adapter on my GF's buddy and having the running lights plus extra blinker looks pretty rad.

sweet, i KNEW someone would do this. I thought of it first time I saw a hooligan.

Looks good. I bought a kit to do this on my Buddy.

Did you need to cut the holes for the lights or do those housing sections pop off somehow?

Dude if you can send me some please do I've been searching everywhere for the stock signals

Also, are those LED lights?

Idaho Scoot wrote:Did you need to cut the holes for the lights or do those housing sections pop off somehow?

No, the "plug" pieces come right off with two screws. Very easy to do.

Idaho Scoot wrote:Also, are those LED lights?

Yes, they are LED lights.

Here's one source. The LEDS seems to be an OEM PGO part. Seems to be little pricey ($61.00 for the set), but not too bad if delivery is free as claimed on the website.

http://www.exportstrength.com/product_i ... i8amo8cp45

http://www.exportstrength.com/product_i ... cts_id=699

Thanks for posting this. Your lights look outstanding. I plan to buy a Hooligan next month and it will be my first Scooter. I hope to do this as well.

Thanks for posting this, something to seriously consider for mine.

Elder Scoot wrote:One of the guys in my club who also owns a Hooligan bought a few front turn signal light kits online from Taiwan that fit the Hooligan. We wired the lights to remain on to serve as driving lights. They're bright and good looking. He's being secretive about the source but it is not PGO.

Your friend purchased a "few" of these kits? Is he in the market to sell a set? Are the lights white in color when lit, or are they amber in color? I have been scouring the internet for white lights but I have not been successful. I checked with my scooter shop and they don't have anything available. I think your bike looks more "complete" with those lights.

Idaho Scoot wrote:

Elder Scoot wrote:One of the guys in my club who also owns a Hooligan bought a few front turn signal light kits online from Taiwan that fit the Hooligan. We wired the lights to remain on to serve as driving lights. They're bright and good looking. He's being secretive about the source but it is not PGO.

Your friend purchased a "few" of these kits? Is he in the market to sell a set? Are the lights white in color when lit, or are they amber in color? I have been scouring the internet for white lights but I have not been successful. I checked with my scooter shop and they don't have anything available. I think your bike looks more "complete" with those lights.

He's sold out - but I think the link posted earlier might be for the source from which he bought the lights.

Idaho Scoot wrote:

Elder Scoot wrote:One of the guys in my club who also owns a Hooligan bought a few front turn signal light kits online from Taiwan that fit the Hooligan. We wired the lights to remain on to serve as driving lights. They're bright and good looking. He's being secretive about the source but it is not PGO.

Your friend purchased a "few" of these kits? Is he in the market to sell a set? Are the lights white in color when lit, or are they amber in color? I have been scouring the internet for white lights but I have not been successful. I checked with my scooter shop and they don't have anything available. I think your bike looks more "complete" with those lights.

There is one set available - send me a PM and I'll give you his information.

Is the wiring fairly straightforward? And how does one get to the back of the units to remove the blanks and install the lights?

I like the look and idea of the lights .

The blanks look a bit dopey.

Raputtak wrote:Is the wiring fairly straightforward? And how does one get to the back of the units to remove the blanks and install the lights?

I like the look and idea of the lights .

The blanks look a bit dopey.

The front removes with six screws - very easy. My friend did the wiring as I've been known to short out a flashlight.

Ordered a pair today. Watch this space.

Rap, if you do the wiring, please share how to do so.

theemptythrone wrote:Rap, if you do the wiring, please share how to do so.

Agreed. I am also very interested in how to do this. I am thinking an additional harness may be needed. Let us know if you are successfull

Raputtak wrote:Ordered a pair today. Watch this space.

Installed the lights today.

Mechanically it was easy. Seven screws remove the front panel, unplug the headlight connector and lay it on the bench.

Installing the light - easy peasy. As stated above the blanks are held in with two screws and the lights (from PGO) take their place.

The wiring was a little tricky. The new lights came with a two-pin connector but there was nowhere to stick it (in the nicest possible way). I clipped off the connectors, extended the length of one of the wires to give me some slack to work with. I then joined the black wires together and the dark green wires together and joined them both to another length of wire. As the lights are LED and probably do not pull much current I had no qualms about twisting the bare wires together and holding them with a drop of solder. (This is usually frowned upon as heat might melt the solder). So far I had not done anything irreversible to the scooter as it is still under warranty. I chose not to cut the extant wiring to splice in the new wire so I twisted it around the brass connector and held it with a drop of solder.

Note that I used a small implement to bend the clip in order to remover the prong from the plastic housing. Oh, and I chose the black wire for the ground/earth and the dark green one for the hot side. The dark green wire seemed to go to the small bulb inside the headlamp housing.

I put the front back on the vehicle and started it up.

The whole thing exploded and blew the roof off my garage only kidding! The lights came on and looked cool. They are clear when off and amber when on.

Any questions?

Those lights look great, but I think I would wire them up as intended by PGO, as turn signals. I'd get rid of the awkward pods put on by US legislation and plug the OEM turn signals into the harness. At least that's what I'd do, if I had a Hooligan/X-Hot/Libre

I could not figure out where the turn signal wires were. Somewhere in the headset, I think.

Raputtak wrote:I could not figure out where the turn signal wires were. Somewhere in the headset, I think.

They are plugged into the harness in place of the pod style turn signals hanging off the bottom of the handlebars. The rest of the world (as far as I know) doesn't use those and has the turn signals where PGO put them, on the either side of the headlight.

I personally like the X-Hot dash.