O and guys, Todd already put the CBR rear brake light in. Would that help with the LED front blinker rate?
I don't think that will have an effect. Guys on-here more learned than I in electrical matters will tell you, "the load (from the turn signals) presented to the circuit having the stock flasher relay must present the same load whether you have the stock turn signals or LED ones." Low-resistance, low-current-draw LED lights need additional resistance for the flasher to 'sense' the load is correct, which is why you add resistors. Just-like on your car, when a turn-signal filament breaks, your remaining light on that side 'flutters,' because the load the flasher relay needs to have to work properly isn't there any-more. The remaining intact turn signal filament on that side starts acting like a strobe light, rapidly-fluttering because the load is no-longer correct for the flasher relay.
Sometimes if you add extra lights, as for towing, you need to add a 'heavy-duty' relay to accept the additional resistance of more filaments being-asked to flash, though I think that the solid-state systems and CAN-BUS electrical systems of today's vehicles may have designed-in capacity for such-things, the system senses what is necessary, and provides it.
Here is one of the longest headlight threads:
http://www.vmaxforum.net/showthread.php?t=16747&highlight=headlight
And another, my post on my Harley lens is #26, but there are a lot more choices before & after:
http://www.vmaxforum.net/showthread.php?t=29953&highlight=headlight&page=3
The EMGO bucket comes in a couple different styles and finishes. The Harley lens I used fits it perfectly, and you can use whatever bulb you wish. I have a 55/60 w bulb and find it produces a much-better pattern and brightness than a 35 w stocker. I once had a 55/100 w, but the high beam's life is much-shorter. The new LED lights such-as Truck Parts offers look pretty-interesting. They have it in a 7" too, but they aren't cheap. There are a lot of LED add-on driving lights being released now, and the prices are slowly descending.
If you check CL, you may find a Harley guy who is selling his Softail headlight complete, the one I am thinking-of is a 7" though the Springer uses one the same size as our stocker, so skip that one. Look for one w/the 'jewel' in the center of the lens, and a mostly-clear lens w/o all the 'fluting' (facets) like the old seal-beams used-to have. Especially if you decide to go to a HID system in it, you want clear, not 'fluted.' The Harley headlight has a bottom-mount like our stocker, though I've never seen what kind-of a match there is for mounting purposes. If you go w/the EMGO bucket, it has side-mount machine screw captive nuts inside the shell, meaning you need either 40 mm (pre-1993) or 43 mm (1993+) downtube 'ears' to mount that style. I recommend the double-bolt ones w/rubber inserts to minimize vibration to your bulb filaments. You'll have to remove your top triple tree to mount them, but they are much-more secure than the single-bolt downtube brackets w/o rubber between the downtube and the headlamp bracket metal sleeve. I would avoid the ones that 'split,' where you don't have-to remove the top triple tree to install them. They may have been great for your RD350 in 1974, but your VMax deserves better! A bit of water-soluble jelly on the insides of the rubbers will help them slip-over the downtubes; as they used to say on
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, (Brylcreem) "a little dab'll do-ya!"
