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Laverda Dave:
I have a Cibie headlight on the rat bike and surprisingly unlike the rest of the bike this is in very good condition apart from the adapter ring that is rusty and needs a re-chrome.
My question is on the CB400/4 I had back in the early 80’s the Cibie headlight on that had a convex glass whereas this one has a concave glass. Is this one for a motorcycle or is it for a car?

K2-K6:
That's how I recall them Dave, with concave lens and always thought they were neat design.

Car type were convex, definitely.

These came from auxiliary Cibiè light units originally, many of which are concave design too, often seen on rally car lights of the period.

Is it H4 fitment  ?

Nurse Julie:
My 1st 400/4 back in late 1970's had a concave Cibie, don't know if it was original or not as it was a 2nd hand bike. 🤔🤔

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Cibie made both but the Cibie Oscar & Super Oscars driving lights  were Concave. They capitalized on the Concave design with making headlamps to this design. I was a fan of the Carello Pajod as fitted to later E-types with the bulging convex design with their parabolic reflectors. To make these fit a standard headlamp bowl the convex shape made them bulge outwards.

Laverda Dave:
Thanks all. Yes Nigel it has an H4 fitting. So I guess I have what they called at the time the Z beam? Anyway I've now decided because I have an immaculate headlamp I'll restore the bike around it🙂

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