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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Head light options... /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1304744114 Message started by papi_ocho on 05/06/11 at 21:55:13 |
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Title: Head light options... Post by papi_ocho on 05/06/11 at 21:55:13 Post up what your running on your bike pics and any info about the light.. My bike is pretty much stock. first things I'm changing Head light forward controls Turn signals Seat Fender And more But pretty much in that order. I've been riding my GSXR with HIDs for over a year. Best money ever spent. Not sure if thoses would be an option on the young savage! |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by verslagen1 on 05/06/11 at 22:07:38 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1287371365 http://www.savageriders.com/verslagen/images/8802%20w-flea.jpg |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Demin on 05/07/11 at 06:42:18 http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2009/08/08/bikepics-1749158-800.jpg Aftermarket Harley custom headlight.Drill 1 hole and mount it.It's aluminum instead of plastic and it's alot brighter. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Gyrobob on 05/07/11 at 08:37:44 I'm wanting to use a huge headlight on my RYCA CS-1. I'm trying to find something like what was stock on a Yamaha xv920r, or an xj650r, or a couple of years of the early 80's Suzuki GS1150es. These bikes had an 8" lens in a 9" bucket. At night, the sun was mounted on the front of the bike. Besides, they have quite a "cool factor." Any ideas on how to find some sort of a huge headlight? |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by verslagen1 on 05/07/11 at 08:43:57 I was too, found a bucket, but no lense. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by WD on 05/07/11 at 10:26:43 Big headlights? You can get up to 10" diameter round ones pretty easy. Hot Rod shops or big rig aftermarket suppliers (try googling Iowa 80). Large rectangular? Do a search for motorcycle salvage yards. XV920 stuff is getting collectible so parts prices are going up. Mine has a 7" Emgo replica Lucas/Bates sidemount with the sheetmetal "holey" brackets. Bucket is $40 something, mounts are around $20. The lens and other guts are seperate from the bucket and run between $20 and $60. Outperforms the stock 5.75" bottom mount 1000 fold. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Gyrobob on 05/07/11 at 13:18:09 Where are the 10" diameter headlights available? I've been searching the internet for weeks, and have found only 9" for around $200 for the assembly. (and only one of those) There are new universal headlights available that are about 8" bucket diam holding a 7" lens, for around $100. Don't want rectangular. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by WD on 05/07/11 at 21:42:25 Think outside the box for large round. Big rig and hot rod aftermarket, farm equipment aftermarket. Gixxer stuff? Pick up Cycle World (I know, horrible magazine) and look in the advertiser section for a sport bike graveyard. Used stuff should list for roughly 50% of OEM new retail price, but the yards go by the most current catalogs... Used to work at a bike junkyard. A lot of my stuff was free (hidden dings, minor blems, mispackaged, etc). My Savage would run around $10k to replicate, I think the whole thing including buying it brand new ran me around $7k. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Abbey Normal on 05/28/11 at 07:35:45 3F2C3B3A25282E2C2778490 wrote:
I have a 1981 Seca 650 (XJ650RJ) and occasionally find headlights and buckets on eBay. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by papi_ocho on 05/29/11 at 07:25:49 I can't think outside the "box"! I work in a cubical! Stunters use fog lights! I've never owned a car with fog lights. Are they worth a crap? P.S. After droping my bike off the trailer, that list above has changed drastically! |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Paladin. on 05/29/11 at 12:37:21 5243524B4D414A4D220 wrote:
http://www.andruschak.net/mike/Mike-1973.jpg Lucas Square 8 lamps, two pairs, driving and fog. I do not over drive my lights. Went up the Tioga Pass at night, 60-80 mph. As I would catch up behind someone I would kill the pencils. Closer I would kill my stock high beams and the fogs, now using his lights to see the road. As I passed the other vehicle he will kill his high beams; I would hit the high beams and all four Lucases. Unbelievable difference. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by SoE on 05/29/11 at 15:14:00 I'm new here, but I have to admit I'm stumped by certain contextual elements in this pic. The rifle/shottie might not throw me at all if it weren't for what appears to be a blazer or dinner jacket. We hunt a little more casual here in the East TN hills, but then we're pretty red. Plus CA is known to be a bit classier in general. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Paladin. on 05/29/11 at 15:55:01 It's a Harris Tweed jacket/blazer/sport coat -- I got it from Scotland around '67 (the picture is from about '73 or '74.) Harris Tweed is an extremely tough material. The firearm is a Spainish clone of a circa 1900 English shotgun, a .410 bore external hammer side by side. Just about 4.5 pounds. Picked it up around '71 or so. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by SoE on 05/29/11 at 17:55:27 Love it! Love the shottie too. I've had a few spanish 12s. Shutting up now to allow this thread to get back topic. I just got my 2nd Savage, 24 yrs after the first one. Looking for some inspiration on the headlight myself. More pics out there? |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Paladin. on 05/30/11 at 09:45:06 Oh, yeah... back to those Lucas Square 8's .... Both white lights. The fog has an about 60 dregee spread, even, with a very flat top. Lots of light on the city street, no light blinding anyone. Use one as your low beam and you will have all the light you need. The driving light is a pencil. The light is focused straight ahead and will light the highway far enough to be safe at 80 mph. Maybe a bracket to stagger lights above: http://www.savageriders.com/paladin/images/MC-lights.jpg Hmmm... Those lights were removed when I sold the Pinto in '77, my uncle has then currently mounted on his motorhouse and I want them back. My current light is: http://www.savageriders.com/paladin/images/headlight2.jpg Check the cheesy mount ... four pieces of aluminum angle drilled and bolted. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Paladin. on 05/30/11 at 10:09:50 http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1934-Ford-Headlights,3027.html (A bit pricy, $300 a pair, includes H-5 bulbs.) http://static.speedwaymotors.com/RS/SR/Product/91131002_L.jpghttp://static.speedwaymotors.com/RS/SR/Product/91131007_L.jpg The '32 headlight is a 10", the '34 is only 9.25" but has the longer teardrop shape. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by MotoBuddha on 05/30/11 at 11:04:58 1B2A272A2F22254B0 wrote:
http://www.andruschak.net/mike/Mike-1973.jpg Lucas Square 8 lamps, two pairs, driving and fog. I do not over drive my lights. Went up the Tioga Pass at night, 60-80 mph. As I would catch up behind someone I would kill the pencils. Closer I would kill my stock high beams and the fogs, now using his lights to see the road. As I passed the other vehicle he will kill his high beams; I would hit the high beams and all four Lucases. Unbelievable difference.[/quote] All that candle power on the front was sort like a fuse for the Pinto's infamous rupturing gas tank in the rear, no? ;D ;D ;D |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by MotoBuddha on 05/30/11 at 11:15:26 Triangular headlights are all over eBay. For example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chromed-Triangle-Headlight-5-1-2-w-Hi-Low-H6-bulb-/220788959580?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item33680c295c#ht_2806wt_1167 http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk182/motobuddha/b79871d0.png It mounts on the bottom, similar to the stock Savage headlight, but with one bolt instead of two. You'd need to drill a hole or make a bracket. Old school choppers used to mount two, one above the other. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by webhead on 05/31/11 at 03:47:53 A guy on ebay is selling this mount for a dual headlight. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dual-Headlight-Mount-Suzuki-Boulevard-c50-c90-s40-c50t-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem19b66ecf2cQQitemZ110434897708QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_8878wt_1167 |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by papi_ocho on 05/31/11 at 06:27:58 Those look like nice quality parts. Well thought out. Loving the figure 8 lights, wonder if they are dual or single filament each. Not too excited about mounting 2 headlights to keep the high beem. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Gyrobob on 06/04/11 at 08:49:52 53626F62676A6D030 wrote:
Paladin, how would you mount those huge 10" diameter lights at http://www.speedwaymotors.com/1932-Ford-Headlights,3023.html? |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Paladin. on 06/04/11 at 15:27:32 18262D303D303D5F0 wrote:
How I would? I have no idea. I'm old, but not THAT old -- I didn't have a '32. (Dad did! but I was only 6-8 years old back then.) I simply do something that might do. Try something else. Eventually get something that works. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by Fujisawa Rob on 06/04/11 at 18:44:09 41707D7075787F110 wrote:
:) I had an awesome Harris Tweed trenchcoat I bought at a thrift store for like $12. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by voodoo on 06/04/11 at 19:18:19 Has anyone ever tried one of these DELTA 88 headlights from Custom Chrome. They are about $150 including the bulb!!! Side mounts are extra, but pretty cheap. Around $35 on Ebay... http://www.voodoovintage.com/images/parts/parts_delta88_01.png I use them on my custom XS650 builds, but I've never tried it on a standard Savage front end. |
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Title: Re: Head light options... Post by WD on 06/04/11 at 20:38:56 http://ravenscroftart.net/watchtower/2010rebuild03.jpg Standard 7" round sidemount bucket, English style instead of the goofy early Japanese style. Mounting a 32 Ford light would be pretty easy. Bend up a heavy aluminum bracket, drill holes that match triple tree holes, drill holes that match bnucket holes. Paint or polish the bracket. Add stainless or polished brass/bronze hardware. Here's how the sidemount looks installed, pre-respray... http://ravenscroftart.net/watchtower/pokeydone1.jpg http://ravenscroftart.net/watchtower/pokeydone2.jpg Want a really easy swap? Go to Kawasaki and order a 1500/1600 Classic headlight if you want it chrome, 1500 Drifter if you want it black. You'll drop a few hundred bucks, but they use the same base mount... |
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