Anyone mount up an after market headlight?

[rustynail99]

whats up guys, i have a bottom mounting bates style 5 and 3/4 inch headlight that i am getting ready to mount up and i am looking for ideas of how everyone mounted theirs. any ideas guys? here is a link to a pic of the one i have. thanks!

http://www.tcbroschoppers.com/international/images/batesheadlight.JPG

 

[angus67]

I 'm using a off road spot, and what I did was make a 'tongue', if you can imagine, that mounted where the two threaded holes in the lower fork clamps(lower tree?)are. Looked good there, but my spot didn't have much flexibility, so I m ounted it under a alum. bracket that is in the triangle shape that I mounted to the small holes where the three oil, neutral, and headlight cluster mounted.
I dont have pics. sorry.

 

[hooktool]

Try this.

John

 

[rustynail99]

thanks john, the only thing is i have other stuff that is obviously attached there, what did you do with all that stuff? like front brake line etc.?

 

[BigJimmyW13]

If you're not running dual front brakes. Then just use a single braided SS brake line.

 

[rustynail99]

BigJimmy, im starting to think your trying to bankrupt me! lol. jk yea i will look into that, i guess that would eliminate that crossover thingy (technical term) that is mounted up there eh? im hopefully gonna get to the shop tomorrow so i will try and check it out then!

 

[BigJimmyW13]

Hose manifold? Yeah I mean most ppl do a single SS hose as a normal simple cheap upgrade

 

[rustynail99]

yea i thought it would be more expensive, but 30 bucks isnt bad. so im guessin i dont need the hose manifold unless i run dual brakes, which im not doing. ok, sounds good. thanks!

 

[Hairyblackdude]

Im actually working on this myself at the moment..

I do have dual disc up front, so I dont want to use those 2 holes for the headlight.

I was going to mount 2 vertical tabs on the front steering stem tube of the bike, about 2-3" long & about 1/2" apart, like triangles.. However, my headlight is stretched out, so it needs to be mounted out a few inches so the back of the headlight bucket clears the frame...

I havnt pulled the trigger on anything yet, but I was looking for other ideas as well & came up empty.

 

[rustynail99]

yea i know there are plenty of people who have done this modification. they need to put up some pics!!! lol. thanks guys i hope yours comes out like you want it. im going to the shop today so hopefully i can get something figured out! we will see!

 

[hooktool]

Single SS line (in the pic) as BigJimmy pointed out. You really need new brake lines anyway. Cheap if you get them the right place. I don't recall it off the top of my head, but I had it made the length I wanted it for $20 or so.

John

 

[angus67]

hooktool, did you get your line biult at a hydralic shop? Thats what I intend to do. But am afraid of ugly big ends. Did yours look OK? A neighbor of mine had some biult for his tractor, and they are big/ugly. Hoping a smaller fitting would yeild better results. guesse I wont know till I ask, eh? sorry for the thread jack.

 

[rustynail99]

haha no worries angus, high jack away! lol im sure it is all info i would like to have at some point! i looked at it today, and i think i know how i want to mount it. when i actaully make it i will try and post pics in this thread and then obviously my build thread that realy needs to be updated! lol

 

[Hairyblackdude]

Alright, so Im lookin @ the bike & Im picturing these 2 ears Im gonna weld on the frame, then it hits me...

The headlight has gotta be mounted on the forks so it turns with the handlebars!!

Not sure why I didnt think of it before, but the forks would hit the side of the headlight when turned unless it was pushed out pretty far..

So, I ended up making a triangle shaped bracket to mount to the 2 holes for the brake manifold. The triangle is flat along the top, kinda like a pyramid on the back of a dollar bill and the headlight bracket matches up perfect, flush w/ the top.

Im still going to mount the manifold to the same bolts.. I was thinking about making a small bolt w/ a threaded stud on top, that way I could still use the 2 holes in the tree for mounting both the headlight & the brake manifold and I dont have to use one long bolt to go through the manifold, then the headlight bracket.

The headlight bracket bolts up first & is tightened. Then, the brake manifold slips over the exposed threaded stud on one of the bolts & it tightened on with a nut!

The power of canadian beer will help me tomorrow night.

 

[rustynail99]

that was kinda what i was thinking about doing to, now that i found out i dont need the manifold i will just be able to use the 2 holes there for that.