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Replacing headlight, looking for ideas
11/10/12 at 23:51:02

I am not going for the cafe racer, but interested in going a little different if beneficial. I found my headlight is cracked all the way in the back and tends to flash repeatedly when driving for a bit. Time to replace.

I have seen a few universal 3" LED Headlights on eBay. Good on power use and bright - but as a rider newbie I haven't driven at night yet and not sure what to expect. Anyone have experience or recommendations for a replacement headlight?

I tried searching the forum without luck

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Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas
Reply #1 - 11/11/12 at 03:50:55

I recently replaced my headlight and I'm really happy with the results. Sounds like you want to go smaller if you're looking at 3" lights, here's a link to the recent thread on headlights I started.
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1347585851/0

And what I did, got mine from Demons cycle. Great quality at a very fair price-

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Reply #2 - 11/11/12 at 05:28:16

What style do you want? Techy? Cruiser/chopper? Sport Bike? Streetfighter? Old school? Lantern?

Is ease of mounting much of a factor?

How big a factor is power? There can be a very large diff between spiffy looking lights and lights that make things really bright at night.

Or,..

YOu could pick any style at all and install an HID system that will turn anything from night into day.

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Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas
Reply #3 - 11/11/12 at 05:47:46

Here is the one on my '86.I swiped it from my Harley build.5.75" diameter, billet, bottom mount with 1 bolt.Drill a 3/8ths hole and mount it.The bottom tree is easy to drill.The way it's made underneath,the drill bit about centers itself.

If you want more chopper style,these are 4".I have a guy that makes the mounts.I used my original turnsignal brackets to mount it.Since the charging system aren't great on these bikes,I'll make one low and one high beam.

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Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas
Reply #4 - 11/11/12 at 08:29:30

Old gs series headlights can be adapted to fit.
They come in a couple of sizes, 5.75" same as the savage, 1" bigger, and 2" bigger.
they are side mount, so get the brackets too or get a set of cafe brackets will work.
advantage is they are all metal.

another option is one that was on here not long ago, for a yami xs

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Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas
Reply #5 - 11/11/12 at 18:20:23

ToesNose wrote on 11/11/12 at 03:50:55:

I recently replaced my headlight and I'm really happy with the results. Sounds like you want to go smaller if you're looking at 3" lights, here's a link to the recent thread on headlights I started.
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1347585851/0

And what I did, got mine from Demons cycle. Great quality at a very fair price-
http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy206/bcrx2/IMG_3866_zps124a223a.jpg

Toes....one of my favorite cockpits on a Savage that I've seen. This is in the works for me....headlight too.

Inspiration abounds!

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Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas
Reply #6 - 11/22/12 at 11:14:38

Demin wrote on 11/11/12 at 05:47:46:

Here is the one on my '86.I swiped it from my Harley build.5.75" diameter, billet, bottom mount with 1 bolt.Drill a 3/8ths hole and mount it.The bottom tree is easy to drill.The way it's made underneath,the drill bit about centers itself.

http://p1.bikepics.com/2008/03/28/bikepics-1233266-800.jpg

If you want more chopper style,these are 4".I have a guy that makes the mounts.I used my original turnsignal brackets to mount it.Since the charging system aren't great on these bikes,I'll make one low and one high beam.

http://p1.bikepics.com/2012/10/20/bikepics-2470039-800.jpg

Hi Demin, I got to have those double head lights for my Savage. Can you please post more close up pics of the head lights from different angles. Can your mate make another bracket?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas Reply #7 - 11/22/12 at 21:15:20 Paladin had an absolutely Kikk Butt lamp on his.,.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28833 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas Reply #8 - 11/22/12 at 23:35:16 smoky had a train lamp on his
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J C Stokes Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 159	Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas Reply #9 - 11/23/12 at 01:08:14 Paul Marshall, with the deepest respect leave your beautiful aesthetically clean bobbers headlight alone
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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas Reply #10 - 11/23/12 at 15:43:20 Verslagen that is one mean ass head light dude.
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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas Reply #11 - 11/23/12 at 15:44:57 J C Stokes wrote on 11/23/12 at 01:08:14: Paul Marshall, with the deepest respect leave your beautiful aesthetically clean bobbers headlight alone You think so? I love the one above the other look.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28833 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas Reply #12 - 11/23/12 at 23:01:49 That's 2" over stock paulmarshall wrote on 11/23/12 at 15:43:20: Verslagen that is one mean ass head light dude. See... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1184081892/0#0
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Replacing headlight, looking for ideas Reply #13 - 11/24/12 at 09:15:23 Quote: Toes....one of my favorite cockpits on a Savage that I've seen. This is in the works for me....headlight too. Inspiration abounds! Thanks man! I've got some more silly ideas brewing in my little pea brain to work on over the winter too HAHAHA
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