I recently bought a generic round headlight and will soon have these generic brackets:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Motorcycle-headlight-fork-ears-bracket-pair-/360361208451?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item53e733aa83
The headlight included no mounting hardware, so what size bolts do I need to do a proper mount?
Before you put those clamps on, like stuff a rubber inner tube or some other non tearable material between it and the forks, they are hard enough to mark up the fork nice and good or is that bad. Either way ...
Cool.
Buddha.
+1 to Buddha. Except I would scuff the chrome off the inside with a flap wheel and spray it with rubberized undercoating.
25 bucks for shipping? Canada or not, that's crazy.
Where would I get the rubber? An auto parts store perhaps?
You can get sticky back neoprene door & window stuff (like 1/8" thick or less) or even a wrap or two of duct tape would work to keep the forks from getting scratched. Duct tape is the handy man's all purpose tool.
My bolt sizer is at home. I can check tonight. Probably have a crap load of the right size in my giant box-o-bolts.
Pics of the new headlight:
(http://i52.tinypic.com/2guh4qr.jpg)
(http://i51.tinypic.com/5ph3c8.jpg)
(http://i56.tinypic.com/2ege1i0.jpg)
(http://i52.tinypic.com/23vkvt1.jpg)
I thought it was funny that it says "TAIWAN NOT CHINA COPY". I hope Taiwanese quality is good.
Keep an eye on the glass after a while. I had an Xanadu headlight and the W clips would vibrate a little causing the glass to spin in the retaining ring.
Quote from: Big Rich on May 06, 2011, 04:52:11 PM
Keep an eye on the glass after a while. I had an Xanadu headlight and the W clips would vibrate a little causing the glass to spin in the retaining ring.
That sounds bad. Any way to prevent that from happening?
Maybe some rubber between the clips and the glass? I didn't keep the light long enough to worry about it.
Both the W clips and the glass seem to be pretty solid. I'll watch out for it though. Thanks for the heads up.
Is the Xanadu brand a good brand or cheap quality? You can be honest, but I bought this light by special order so it can't be returned :)
Well, I can't speak for your exact headlight. But the one I had looked ok too. Obviously the glass spun but my biggest gripe was the reflector was a poor quality. The low beam was very wide spread, casting dim light everywhere. The high beam was better, but not as good as OEM.
I used to have those headlight brackets. They work well enough but you'll never get inner tubes between the clamps and the fork tubes. I had to bend the brackets up to get them to fit around the fork tubes as it was. They didn't mark up my forks though.
I noticed a small yellow bulb under the main one. Is this the low beam bulb? I remember my bike only having one connection to the light.
That would be a parking/running light. Should light up when the ignition is in the park position (I think you have that?)