Just installed a vintage Badger Solar carbide headlight on the Kingsbury special it is so much fun to tweak these bikes. Found a vintage advertisement for this very light as a motorcycle headlamp so they must have been fairly common.
Originally this lamp was nickeled, I am torn as to whether I should "restore" it to a silver appearance...I do living history so the silver would be more appropriate but I am not a thread counter and the patina is pretty cool.
This lamp was somewhat damaged so it was pretty cheap. A friend made a little mount for me (the original neck mount was missing--like I said it was cheap). I can put a modern small headlamp in it so it will work, not that I will ride at night much....
We don't have snow much South of Austin so I took the opportunity....
Originally this lamp was nickeled, I am torn as to whether I should "restore" it to a silver appearance...I do living history so the silver would be more appropriate but I am not a thread counter and the patina is pretty cool.
This lamp was somewhat damaged so it was pretty cheap. A friend made a little mount for me (the original neck mount was missing--like I said it was cheap). I can put a modern small headlamp in it so it will work, not that I will ride at night much....
We don't have snow much South of Austin so I took the opportunity....
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