Headlight brackets

[philward]

Hi guys,

I'm currently amassing the bits and bobs to nake-ify my gs500f and I just want to check that I've been given the right fork brackets by the wreckers yard - mine seem too large.  They measure 210mm from hoop to hoop - could someone with a 500e measure theirs and tell me if they are the same size? 

Also mine are stamped 27E and 27F respectively, if that helps.

[Wrecent_Wryder]

I can measure mine a little later, maybe... but here's what they should look like:

[philward]

This is what the ones that I've been given look like.  Slightly different to yours, are they correct?

[frankieG]

if you are putting your fairing back on that one should be fine, if you are looking for an E model bracket i have one extra

[Wrecent_Wryder]

This is what the ones that I've been given look like.  Slightly different to yours, are they correct?

The ones in the pic aren't mine, I just cribbed it off of eBay; nonetheless, they match the parts diagrams.

I don't see how the ones you show could be correct. As far as I know, that part never changed for the "E" series (or the K1-K2).

I measured mine. No great precision, but the hoop-to-hoop looks to be 155 mm.

Someone else may want to chime in, but I think you have the wrong part, sorry to say.

[PuddleJumper]

Philward, those look to be too long between the hoops.

Where are you located?

BeSafe.

[philward]

Thanks for all the quick responses.  I have gone back and managed to come away with the correct brackets - funnily enough these ones have 'GS500' penned on the side so it makes the mix-up even more tedious!