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The headlamp shell on my bike is cracked in 3 areas where screws fit - its plastic so not worth repairing. DS have shells at £23.94, my headlamp is original so basically that needs replacing (£34.80) plus the rim has been damaged the rim price alone on DS is £70.80!!. I'm guessing the light beam is pretty poor by modern standards so an outlay of £129.54 plus postage I will end up with an expensive candle.I'm not to worried about originality in this area so am wondering if there is a decent aftermarket lamp that fits between the mounting brackets that measure as a width of 7.25" / 1840mm or thereabouts?I guess an alternative might be to alter the mounting brackets to accommodate a bigger headlamp possibly a decent LED unit that will also give lots of light output for fewer watts of electricity, has anyone here gone down this route ?If you have a look on E-Bay at Bertrums Bike Bits, they are selling replica light units but with the H4 bulb fitments. Many years ago I fitted a Hella 7" Halogen unit to my 750, it wasn't too long before I needed a new flasher/dip switch as I had not installed any relays. The contact points in the standard switches cannot take too much current, one of the reasons many people are going down the LED route. If you want to keep original bits, there is someone on E-Bay selling LED headlamp bulbs with the BA20D fitment, which is the fitting used in the 400. Have just popped one in mine, bloody bright! but haven't been out on it yet to check beam alignment. If I can master the system, I will attach some pics, 2 with original 45 watt bulb and 2 with 35watt LED.
Quote from: Macabethiele on October 26, 2020, 11:50:11 PMThe headlamp shell on my bike is cracked in 3 areas where screws fit - its plastic so not worth repairing. DS have shells at £23.94, my headlamp is original so basically that needs replacing (£34.80) plus the rim has been damaged the rim price alone on DS is £70.80!!. I'm guessing the light beam is pretty poor by modern standards so an outlay of £129.54 plus postage I will end up with an expensive candle.I'm not to worried about originality in this area so am wondering if there is a decent aftermarket lamp that fits between the mounting brackets that measure as a width of 7.25" / 1840mm or thereabouts?I guess an alternative might be to alter the mounting brackets to accommodate a bigger headlamp possibly a decent LED unit that will also give lots of light output for fewer watts of electricity, has anyone here gone down this route ?If you have a look on E-Bay at Bertrums Bike Bits, they are selling replica light units but with the H4 bulb fitments. Many years ago I fitted a Hella 7" Halogen unit to my 750, it wasn't too long before I needed a new flasher/dip switch as I had not installed any relays. The contact points in the standard switches cannot take too much current, one of the reasons many people are going down the LED route. If you want to keep original bits, there is someone on E-Bay selling LED headlamp bulbs with the BA20D fitment, which is the fitting used in the 400. Have just popped one in mine, bloody bright! but haven't been out on it yet to check beam alignment. If I can master the system, I will attach some pics, 2 with original 45 watt bulb and 2 with 35watt LED.
That looks pretty neat were the indicator brackets included?Do you have a link for the supplier please?PS I like the mirrors as well not to mention those twin discs!
Just in case we are talking at crossed purposes, the attached pic (hopefully) is the LED bulb which I fitted to the standard headlight unit. The fanless heat sink is inside the reflector, meaning that nothing protrudes into the limited space behind the bulb. Any help? Michael.
Quote from: TrickyMicky on October 28, 2020, 09:28:56 AMJust in case we are talking at crossed purposes, the attached pic (hopefully) is the LED bulb which I fitted to the standard headlight unit. The fanless heat sink is inside the reflector, meaning that nothing protrudes into the limited space behind the bulb. Any help? Michael.Have you got a link for that lamp?