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Title: Identifying this headlamp.
Post by: cavell on April 17, 2011, 07:16:51 AM
Really love this bike and love the headlamp which I believe is not original.

1972 Honda CB500 Four Cafe Racer For Sale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRTizZChD6Y#)

Wrote to the guy on youtube, no answer. Is anyone able to identify the headlamp and where I can get it?  ;)
Title: Re: Identifying this headlamp.
Post by: SteveD CB500K0 on April 18, 2011, 10:51:07 AM
I've never seen one quite like that before.
Title: Re: Identifying this headlamp.
Post by: z1100r on April 18, 2011, 11:24:32 PM
looks like an aluminium saucepan with sealed beam unit stuck in the end...what do you like about it..!!!!
Title: Re: Identifying this headlamp.
Post by: K2-K6 on April 19, 2011, 09:07:33 AM
Looks more like an american manufacture original either bike or old trucks seem to have these fairly large headlight shells on them, by the look of the rest of the bike it looks like he's not had it made from scratch though.

Have a look in some US chopper mags/catalogues for anything close.

Title: Re: Identifying this headlamp.
Post by: cavell on April 19, 2011, 02:15:16 PM
looks like an aluminium saucepan with sealed beam unit stuck in the end...what do you like about it..!!!!

It gives it an even more Deco/Retro feel I really like it!
Title: Re: Identifying this headlamp.
Post by: z1100r on April 19, 2011, 02:30:55 PM
 I knew someone must love those Pacman Trophy MZ's with the weird massive headlights...haha :D thats what it reminds me of for some reason.

 The old cliche again eh...Be a dull world if

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c0w-GQzfQTs/TQz-nEgkq2I/AAAAAAAAABw/TMHbs8Bnp0A/s1600/1973-mz-trophy-es-250-2.jpg)
Title: Re: Identifying this headlamp.
Post by: cavell on April 21, 2011, 08:34:50 PM
That MZ  :o is a work of genius!

I managed to locate the headlamp on sohc.net it's from a site called benjies cafe racers.
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