European Tail Light

5twins said:

I don't know about Canada, but that may not be legal for us in the States here because it doesn't have a clear bottom to illuminate the license plate.

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650Skull said:

76-77-78 Euro. Notice the guard length in each pic. The tailight could be country specific, some countries did have options or local law required a fixed length for a rear guard. The US Custom had to comply as well.

Also note the tailight bracket is shaped to carry the rear indicators. Has three fixing points to the guard


76C
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77D
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78E
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80-81 US Custom
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SEd27 said:

Was looking through xs650 direct for Standard tail light options for my conversion from Special and stumbled upon this:

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Was this actually an option for later model European market standards? If so, what tail light bracket was it mounted to?

I haven’t been able to find any definitive pics (even in the original European model brochures).

All the original period photos that I could find show the typical round Standard Tail light with the braced tail lamp bracket.

Any input / photos would be much appreciated.

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Mike G said:

I did. It’s not perfect but not bad either.

https://www.xs650.com/threads/74-tx650a-project-–-aka-“the-parts-bike”.59372/post-738381

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SEd27 said:

Ok. Last question, I promise.

Can anyone provide the distance (centre to centre) of the mounting bolts for a standard round tail light?

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nj1639 said:

I have a couple of the round Standard tail lights out in the barn. One complete and one just the stem, we'll call it. Depending on how that aftermarket lens is attached, it might swap on to the Standard stem.

I measured the spacing of the stem-to-lens mounting holes and it's 70 mm.

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