@byee :
Thank you very much for the info, and for your time and effort.
That's a very impressive and comprehensive setup you have there. And I had never heard of flip-flop latch switches, but the concept -- your desire for "off" as a default -- makes sense to me.
My plans are much more modest, especially because I haven't ridden in the dark for a decade or so. (I know, I could be considered a wimp, but I only do daylight riding, even for my multi-day, out-of-town, trips. I don't like the increase in deer and drunks, the increased difficulty of spotting edge traps and oil slicks at night, and it's colder, and at 74 I'm usually too tired to be riding that long in one day anymore.)
My current plan is just to add some yellow Photon Boosters for conspicuity:
Online ordering for all Skene Lights visibility lighting products including the P3, Photon Blaster, IQ-275 dimmers, LED modules and more.
www.skenelights.com
I won't even have a switch for them, i.e., on all the time. I've already installed Skene P3-TS running/brake/signal lights (
www.skenelights.com/online-store/Rear-Visibility-Systems-c22720602) out back, which, like my planned front work, don't have any switch.
But I will need to add a relay or a PDU of some sort. I'm leaning toward Eastern Beaver's PC-8; I've used two of those, on prior bikes, and consider it a good quality unit:
Eastern Beaver PC-8 Motorcycle Fusebox with 8 fused circuits and 50A ability utilising Japanese quality parts
easternbeaver.com
Now, to some additional questions I have for you, if you have a minute or two:
1) Did you use the brake lines as attachment guides for the wires from your added lights? And I've had the front tupperware off once, but I wasn't paying attention to that area: where do the lines wind up, as they enter the dash area?
2) Where did you put your PDU? Are you using one of the two little dash storage cubbies for this (something I've done on my two former Burgman scooters), or put this someplace else?
3) I see that you used a longer bolt and a spacer, from outside the plastic that holds the front reflector. I took out that screw the other day, and noticed that it has a shoulder area, so that the plastic at the bottom of that, um, "well" isn't squashed down as the screw is tightened:
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I'm assuming that your longer bolt or spacer doesn't have that shoulder, so my question here is whether mushing down the bottom-of-the-well plastic was a concern to you?
4) I'm currently planning on instead using a right-angle bracket, to go from the inside out, so to speak, to hold the Photon Boosters. That is, put the bracket between the bottom of the plastic well and the metal female fork receptacle, still using that original screw. Something like this, in terms of angles (the pieces are only to show the right angle, as a real bracket will be much smaller, and metal, etc.):
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You have thoughts about using an "inside-out" bracket like that?
Once again, thank you for your time, help, and sharing your setup. If you're curious about the mods I've done on my new C 400 GT thus far, I have pretty thorough documentation -- pics and captions -- in my gallery
https://www.billanddot.com/C400GT/ .