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Chris Roth

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New headlight and need a bracket
12/04/12 at 11:20:11

I ordered a new aftermarket headlight and it looks pretty good, all black HID. Problem is it has only the single post for mounting. My bike had a severely cracked stock plastic/chrome one with the 2 bolts integrated nderneath.

Does anyone make a good headlight adapter bracket for our bikes? I have searched a lot at online stores and either I am using the wrong terms or nobody makes these. Only one I have seen was on ebay, a bit overpriced but if I am desperate...

one other thing, would having no headlight make the bike not start? I destroyed the old one coming off and cannot mount new one yet. But it won't start and not sure if this is related.

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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #1 - 12/04/12 at 13:21:57 Drill a 3/8" hole in the bottom tree and mount it.
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Chris Roth

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Re: New headlight and need a bracket
Reply #2 - 12/05/12 at 06:24:12

Demin wrote on 12/04/12 at 13:21:57:

Drill a 3/8" hole in the bottom tree and mount it.

I was concerned about weakening that from being solid support system for the front fork. With two holes fairly close together, putting another between them made me think one accidental curb bump and SNAP.

Is this how others are approaching an aftermarket headlight mount?

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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #3 - 12/05/12 at 07:18:40 I am going to mount a train light using side mounts attached to the fork tubes.
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #4 - 12/05/12 at 07:25:02 You can use just a small piece of steel with holes to match with the stock mount and a hole for the new. Problem: headlight was too far forward: Had a little of aluminum angle, cut four pieces, small holes to for small bolts on the sides, two holes down for the stock mount, one up for the headlight: Worked Jes' Fine!
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #5 - 12/05/12 at 07:28:11 I've put probably 20,000 miles on since I put this light on and no problems.And I ride'er hard at times.
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Re: New headlight and need a bracket
Reply #6 - 12/05/12 at 07:31:00

Somebody here made a cute little adapter (I was hoping they would chime in)... maybe 1" tall and 2" wide...
It was a little open ended, metal, cube... 2 holes on the bottom, a single hole on top...
Use pretty sturdy stock,, to prevent vibration... a jiggly headlight is really annoying at night....

Okay,.. it was Paladin,... and he just beat me to the post... Grin

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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #7 - 12/05/12 at 07:34:04 Pssst......Look 2 posts up sero. So, I'm a slow typer... ... Serow
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #8 - 12/05/12 at 07:50:52 I used an old fire extinguisher mount I had laying around and used the two threaded bolt mounts for the wire retainer on the top plate. I'd do a link but I'm on my phone ATM.
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #9 - 12/05/12 at 09:06:50 Paladin. wrote on 12/05/12 at 07:25:02: Had a little of aluminum angle, cut four pieces, small holes to for small bolts on the sides, two holes down for the stock mount, one up for the headlight: Would a piece of square tubing work just as well?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28678 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #10 - 12/05/12 at 09:14:51 Greg wrote on 12/05/12 at 09:06:50: Would a piece of square tubing work just as well? I was gonna' say that... but, "square tubing" just didn't sound like it could be right... ...
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Chris Roth Junior Member Offline 1995 Savage LS 650 Posts: 64 Collinsville, IL Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #11 - 12/05/12 at 12:15:07 I was hoping for a simple adapter like the ones found commonly for the Harley bikes which apparently have wider set mounts. I may be able to pull something together. Although I lack any skills or tools for welding, I can handle the drilling into something that may be the right size to start with.
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #12 - 12/05/12 at 13:03:43 Hey Chris here's the mount that I made from the fire extinguisher bracket, I only used a dremmel, file and drill. Mounted with the bucket's block- Here's the link to that thread- http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1347585851/30
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Chris Roth Junior Member Offline 1995 Savage LS 650 Posts: 64 Collinsville, IL Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #13 - 12/05/12 at 13:19:24 ToesNose wrote on 12/05/12 at 13:03:43: Here's the link to that thread- http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1347585851/30 Link doesn't work for me, gives a DNS error.
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: New headlight and need a bracket Reply #14 - 12/05/12 at 13:29:44 Chris Roth wrote on 12/05/12 at 13:19:24: ToesNose wrote on 12/05/12 at 13:03:43: Here's the link to that thread- http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1347585851/30 Link doesn't work for me, gives a DNS error. Try this link instead... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1347585851/37#37
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