Not sure about “plenty” of room but it’ll go….took some finagling to get mine in…ended up pulling some of the wiring out the back of the bucket to get room…you’re right tho the heat sink makes things interesting…took a minute to get all that in and the mounting screws aligned.
Secondly you guys sure are trusting/brave putting those tiny turn signal lights on your bike.
I am a fan of the lollipops which come stock, no issues with them. The large lens and incandescent bulbs make a larger square inch per lamp visual aid to your presence. I tried some of the first of the LED lamps, swap-ins for the 1157 dual wattage two-'filament' bulbs, and after seeing how they performed at night, I swapped the original incandescent lamp back into the taillight.
https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/00-nht-212-motorcycle/motorcycle49-50.html
A paper from the University of South Florida cited data claiming motorcycle fatality rates were more-than 13 times the rate for cars (!) per same mileage driven or ridden. Of interest is that the rate of mortality for vehicle operators (cars, trucks, motorcycles) varies with age, and is significantly higher for riders 15-24 years of age, compared to any other age group.
https://peterhancock.ucf.edu/wp-con...and-synthesis-of-influential-factors_1989.pdf
Here is a more-recent review of the issue of motorcycle conspicuity. It looks at multiple research papers and performs a meta-analysis of the data of those papers.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8213631/
From the above link:
Twenty-seven final articles were reviewed and found that almost every part of motorcycle and motorcyclist’s conspicuity intervention have been covered in past studies. In terms of conspicuity aids, the majority of past studies discussed conspicuity enhancement in the frontal area, particularly on motorcycle daytime running headlight (DRH) color and configurations. Few other studies have discussed in other areas, particularly on rear running and brake light and motorcycle color. There were also numerous studies looking at motorcyclists’ appearances in terms of their attire and helmet color. The conclusion reached was:
Motorcycle and motorcyclist’s appearances are highly associated with the risk of motorcycle crashes. The
most important part of enhancing motorcycle conspicuity is to ensure motorcycle appearance is always in contrast with the road traffic environment.
That means, at night, the black-clad motorcyclist, with a black helmet and a black naked bike with the minimum lighting required is betting against the odds.
