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My bike has always had an HID in it, however to go with the rest of new black plastics, I decided to swap over to a black LED headlight. I didn't want to hack up any of the factory stuff, so below is my solution. It will still be adjustable, just not without removing the headlight shroud (how often do you really adjust the headlight though?) 
Added a small piece between the two mounting tabs for the headlight. Really the only purpose it serves is a place to zip tie wiring to, and it keep the wiring up off the light. That's why there isn't one on the bottom. 
Of course don't want to leave it bare aluminum, so it got a coat of black paint: 
Ordered a couple heat shields, ended up ordering one more. Decided on this one for the moment. Note that's not the way DRC makes them, I did polish it some. 
Since the headlight is almost done, time to get the AFR gauge and the O2 sensor wired up. 
Bracket installed on the new headlight, and the rubber gasket in place around the new headlight. The OEM headlight had foam gasket material there, so I figured the new light should have something. 
LED headlight installed: 
I'm still going back and forth on the heat shield, but out of the ones I ordered, this one definitely looks the best. 
Starting final assembly 
The big bore build and black conversion completed: 
My eBay LED headlight had started to fog up internally. So I decided to replace it with a JNS Engineering DOT version. It did just bolt in as advertised. The only thing I liked a little better about my bracket was the brace at the top which gave me a spot to mount the wires to. The light however, is much better and brighter. 
Swapping the front turn signals required new front brackets. They sell filler pieces for the OEM brackets, but it's pretty easy to make new ones: 
I went with the 12 OClock Labs Advanced Programmable Turn Signals: 
Finally decided to pick up a kick start kit: 
Upgraded to a set of Warp 9 tubeless wheels, which meant it was a good time to replace the chain, sprockets, and brake pads as well: 
Definitely changes the look of the bike: 
Added a PMR tethered kill switch. The extra switch under the tether, is wired as a bypass for the cooling fan. This allows me to turn the fan on whenever I want. 
Ordered a aluminum case saver from eBay. Still not entirely sold on this one. It arrived anodized black. I removed the anodizing, and polished. 
I missed having indicator lights. So I ordered the Striker dashboard from TrailTech. So I once again have turn signal indicators and a bright indicator. The red lense that I removed the icon from, lights up when the cooling fan is on. I did this so I can't forget and leave the bypass switch on, or it would also bring my attention to an overheating condition. 
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