Phare rond: grand finale!

[sinophilia]

Thank you everybody,
the job is actually very easy, you just need to buy the necessary nuts and bolts.
As for the third support, I think I will use a flat aluminum strip so I can bend it as I like... distance between the two attachment points is short so it should be strong enough to just keep the headlight in place, even if it's flexible.
I'll let you know.
Have a nice week-end!

[Francky]

Did you remove the black metal frame that currently held the original headlight ?
Where do you plan to attach the third point, to the existing point (below the square headlight) on the fork support where the black metal frame was attached ?
Thanks for your support.

[sinophilia]

Yes to both questions, Francky.
Anyway, today I rode for about an hour across the city, with peak speeds of 80 km/h, and neither headlight nor windshield moved a bit.
Only thing I noticed, is that the headlight glass was steaming hot when I finally stopped... was the old one too? I didn't notice...

Well, for a few kms I found myself together with a group of "gros cubes" (Monster, Hornet, CBF600) and I swear, little TW didn't look out of place! ;-)

[T2vv]

Diana,

Yes glass of the headlight, on the original model, is also very hot, nothing worrying.  :-)

[sinophilia]

ok, thank you! :-)

One more test yesterday: riding in two.
As you know, the light beam rises a lot with two persons... the old headlight wasn't very bright so this didn't disturb anybody, but this one is really dazzling! So I decided to lean it down a little, even more than needed.

Hier j'ai fait un autre essai:  monter en duo.  Comme vous savez, le faisceau lumineux s'élève beaucoup avec deux personnes... le vieux phare n'était pas très lumineux ainsi n'a pas dérangé quiconque, mais celui-ci brille vraiment beaucop!  Ainsi j'ai décidé de pencher le un peu vers le bas, encore plus que nécessaire.
[Google translation edited, is it understandable?!?]

[TWin]

sinophilia a écrit :
[Google translation edited, is it understandable?!?]

Very fine ! It's nearly fluent french !

[Olox]

sinophilia a écrit :
The page about replacing the headlight will be at the following URL,
in case Olox wants to link or translate/summarize it in his site:
http://www.sinophilia.org/diana/tw/headlight.htm

Grazie mille Diana for your explanation !
It's a while we were waiting for such article !

I just put a link on the site. I'll translate it later.
By the way your website is really classy.

Ciao

[sinophilia]

Thank you Olox!
Actually I started building that website for myself, to put my TW pictures in order, and to learn how to use Dreamweaver (I had never used a composer before). But I had free space at my webhost so in the end I published it... ;-)

[Olox]

Is your headlight this one ?



10033992 HAUPTSCHEINWERFER SCHW.
SEITL.BEFESTIGUNG 180MM    
 69,95  

[Olox]

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[sinophilia]

>Is your headlight this one ?

Yes!

[nico-dem]

pour le modèle old skool c'est HOG qui va être content et pour l'ultimate eh bah c'est moi , olox tu pourrais nous avoir les prix des jolis p'tites lumières que tu nous as trouvés et sur quel site ,marci bocou

[Anonyme]

Le gros est magnifique !!!!!!
Celui de Diana aussi. Quand j'aurais mon TiWi, je ne mettrais pas longtemps à craquer........ ! :hammer:

[T2vv]

Pour avoir plus d'info il faut aller ici:

http://www.evamotor.nl/Daytona/daytona_japan_special_parts_for3.htm

[Milwatt]

C'est mon banquier qui va faire la gueule !  :-P