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Hideous Modifications From Your Past
Arch stanton:
That's right.
But very few had them fitted. They definitely sounded best on the 500/4.
Andrew-S:
--- Quote from: Laverda120 on December 10, 2018, 11:52:52 AM ---I modified my CB160 and fitted one of those hideous elasticated, reflective orange Honda headlight covers.
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--- Quote from: Woodside on December 10, 2018, 05:46:04 PM ---
One of these
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Ahhh yes, the good old orange plastic headlight cover - had one of those too, but mine was 'Yamaha', how cool were we....... :-\
Laverda Dave:
Weren't they just great, cheap accessories, fit and forget or plug and play before the term had been invented 👍. Not only did they save my 17 year old life on many occasions (car drivers were too busy pointing and laughing at me to bother pulling out) but I also found when I got the CB160 up to it's theoretical 125mph chip shop top speed they kept the dead flies off the headlight glass 🙄.
MrDavo:
I’d forgotten all about the horror of the orange elasticated headlamp cover, but the moment I saw the photos I got a flashback to my T100 cafe racer wearing such a thing with ‘Triumph’ on it.
Given the efforts of Joe Lucas, Prince of Darkness, having my lights on all the time was not an option, so it could be argued that the cover was a genuine safety feature, not so sure about them on a Honda, which had decent electrics as standard.
taysidedragon:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on December 11, 2018, 11:41:42 AM ---OMG is that a chin cup, forgot all about those things, good job everyone looked an idiot or we'd have really looked stupid. Like the full visor that clipped to an open face helmet but didn't flip up, OMG how did I not die :)
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I had a bubble type visor that did flip up on an open face helmet, but if you lifted it just a little bit at any speed at all it flipped up all the way and nearly ripped your head off!
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