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Wasko
09-17-2006, 03:18 PM
I've been riding about on my newly-built rigid 750 Triumph chop for a few weeks and am busting headlights like nothing else. I need a solution, as it's already getting annoying changing them, and at $10 a pop it'll add up quickly.

It's running a Paughco narrow springer. At the moment the headlight is attached via six inch long steel bar, so it's basically rigid to the springer.

Before I go playing with funky springs etc...anyone set up some sort of headlight suspsension thing before? Cheers.
yard man
09-17-2006, 03:38 PM
Not sure if it would help but have you thought of using rubber or urethane where it mounts to the fork? also maybe shorten up the mount a little.
Wasko
09-17-2006, 04:30 PM
Not sure if it would help but have you thought of using rubber or urethane where it mounts to the fork? also maybe shorten up the mount a little.

Yeah, I guess I should try that before I rig up anything too fancy. It might be just enough to absorb some of these bumps.

Australian roads are much worse than the US. After the bulb busting last night, I took 5 minutes to change it, only to tear down the road, hit a bump and the thing blew again! That meant a 40 minute ride home in the dark, dodging police and drivers who couldn't see me!

Any other suggestions would be welcomed though.
General Lee
09-17-2006, 05:28 PM
Are you running sealed beam?If so make sure its a motorcycle one they take a beating better.If its the prefocus type bulb Marc Michon in Fresno,California has halogens that work great...The General
Wasko
09-18-2006, 07:27 AM
Are you running sealed beam?If so make sure its a motorcycle one they take a beating better.If its the prefocus type bulb Marc Michon in Fresno,California has halogens that work great...The General

Thanks for the tip. I found what should be a better bulb - made in Germany as opposed to China. :) I just rigged up a very basic bracket today - standard 3mm flat steel bar - about 4" long. It's got much more flex than the box tube that was on there before. I went for a quick ride along the bumpiest road in town and was fine. I'll soon see if it passes the test of time though.

Cheers.
scraper
09-25-2006, 01:59 PM
i just fabbed up a bracket for my new bottom mount light & used a set of soft skateboard bushings (doh-doh's yellow or blue). squash the headlight bucket between the two bushings & use a bolt & washer on the inside just like youd see on a skateboard. mine vibrates a little but it seems to be pretty happy so far.