Headlight on springer front end

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dracothered

dracothered

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I have an idea for a headlight bracket on springer front end and would like to hear what some of you think. I drew a crude look at what I am thinking could be done, see below.



Where the 4 center holes are I would mount an L shaped piece that would let me bolt the headlight to the bracket. The bracket would be held on by pipe brackets that go around the fork struts.
 

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Harold_B

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Not sure about the actual mount as far as supporting the light but one consideration would be that on a springer the fork pivots away from or toward the head tube as the spring is loaded/unloaded. That would mean that your headlight would be pointing down or up and maybe sometimes parallel to the road surface depending on how bumpy the road is. Personally I prefer mounting to the handlebars or the stem on a springer. Just my two cents though.
 
turkman

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I say give it a try ,if it fails off try something else,it looks WAY too wannky to me and it will jiggle with every grain of sand you roll over,I broke a lot of stuff figgerin my stuff out GOOD LUCK Later be safe Bob
 
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More important what kind of break are you gonna run? here"s the order #1 put motor on bike #2 get bike running good(chain stays on)#3Make bike STOP#4 All the rest of the stuff BE SAFE Good luck Bob
 
dracothered

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turkman said:
More important what kind of break are you gonna run? here"s the order #1 put motor on bike #2 get bike running good(chain stays on)#3Make bike STOP#4 All the rest of the stuff BE SAFE Good luck Bob
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Are you asking what kind of brakes will I have? If that is what you are asking then it will be a drum brake up front and coaster in the back.
 
dracothered

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Harold_B said:
Not sure about the actual mount as far as supporting the light but one consideration would be that on a springer the fork pivots away from or toward the head tube as the spring is loaded/unloaded. That would mean that your headlight would be pointing down or up and maybe sometimes parallel to the road surface depending on how bumpy the road is. Personally I prefer mounting to the handlebars or the stem on a springer. Just my two cents though.
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Oops kind of forgot about the movement part of the springers. Well looks like it'll be some other mount to be done.
 
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DTFuqua

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Don't worry about the elevation changing with the springer. Motorcycles do the same thing. You not going to be going fast enough to have that become a hazard, hopefully. Just put your weight on the bike where it normally belongs and adjust the light from there and live with the ups and downs of the light when in motion.
 
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GEJoe

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I found that my generator light likes to be mounted far forward and as low as possible for best visibility. I have a basket on the front and mount the light in front of it and almost touching the tire and it works great.
 
dracothered

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Still need to wire it up, so right now it is more for looks than anything. Waiting on my LED and heat sink that I ordered for changing it over to a LED bulb.
 
dracothered

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DTFuqua said:
Looks right. Have you checked out how much bounce you get at night yet?
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When I took it out for a ride today after I put the light on it I didn't see it bouncing up and down that much as the forks compressed and uncompressed. The proof in the pudding will be when I have power to it and it is lit up.
 
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