INNOVATIVE ELECTRONICS

Performance comes at a cost, and Antigravity batteries ring in at a fair bit more than lead-acid options. This particular example is $260, compared to about $130 for a standard replacement, but you’re getting a lot of perks for that price. Antigravity currently offers restart-enabled batteries in eight OEM sizes to fit most bikes, and there are terminals on each corner to provide more orientation options.

Rizoma Led Turn Signals

Just as lithium-ion chemistry is replacing lead-acid batteries as a lighter, more powerful technology, light-emitting diodes are rapidly replacing old-school incandescent lights. LEDs produce a brighter, crisper light than incandescent bulbs. LEDs also draw a lot less power than other forms of illumination, and they last hundreds of thousands of hours, which means you’ll likely never need to deal with a burned-out bulb again.

Most V-twins on the market still come with ancient incandescentbulb turn signals, but you can easily update your bike with sleeker, brighter signals from Rizoma. Whether you want to integrate the signals into the mirrors like we did with these sexy Veloce mirrors ($201 each, plus $20 each for adapters) or just replace your stock turn/stop lights with more compact, brighter units like the Iride S units ($95 each, plus $10 each for adapters) we put on this 883, Rizoma has a huge selection of trick parts for American motorcycles.

Installation is straightforward if you take advantage of Rizoma’s modelspecific components, or you can use adapters for universal parts. Since we swapped from incandescent to LED, we needed to wire in the included resistors to keep the flash rate the same, so it helps to be handy with a soldering iron. Other than that, these parts are plug-and-play and totally improve the look of your bike, plus they bring your lighting into the 21st century. HB