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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
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 ?

allankelly1:
Hi

I did this with mine if your are not after an original look

It’s an aftermarket headlamp that uses after market brackets and indicators but does not look out of place on a 1970’s bike






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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
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!

allankelly1:
Hi

I will dig thru my invoices tonight and let you know the details but I know the headlight brackets and indicators were from different suppliers

Best wishes Al


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allankelly1:
Also added a RD350LC twin horn set up too

As love that look rather than a horn tucked under the tank






With a 3d printed custom horn cover to hide the custom brake splitter manifold







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