fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
complete headlight .for 1970-71-72-73. xs or tx 650
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Wanted - xs1 or xs2 or 73tx headlight.
- Thread starter fred nurk
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headlight same all those years, gauges changed 71 to 72.
I have a complete headlight assembly with headlight, shell, and both mounting arms off of a 75. All in good shape the shell and arms will need to be painted as they have some rust. If this will work. Free you pay shipping
fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
hi jerry. the 1975 headlight is different size from the early models . the 75s were 7 inch and the early were 5.3/4 inch..cheers gary.
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fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
hi .would you have a complete headlight for early model up to 73..cheers.
Hi Fred, At this point i am still hoarding early parts to go with bikes I have in the shed.
fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
ok.
A heads up; standard 7" bulbs fit in those early buckets/chrome trim rings.
fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
i have a 7 inch rim and light i will have to try it.ile let you know..cheers.. by the way my real name is gary..lol.cheers.
fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
theres no way in hell that a 7 inch globe and fittings will fit inside 5.3/4 inch shell. i just tried it.. i would love to see the internals of that green headlight in the pic you sent.. cheers gary..
Wait what? Fred-Gary you dare to question THE ggggGary?
There's something amiss SOMEWHERE cuz the XS650 never had a 5 3/4" headlight, all years came with a 7" bulb. This was kind of a US regs thing. Feds wanted it to be easy to replace a burned out bulb so headlights were pretty well limited to the 7" and your 5 3/4" every corner gas station had a sealed beam to fit your car....
Some pics;
that chrome ring is an NOS early 70-73 trim ring, I removed the staple from the bag to get you a pic,
first time it had been opened....
The bulb is a standard Sylvania 7" car headlight.
other shots are from XS1's sitting out in the shed.The bucket and trim stayed the same with the same part # from 70 to 73
Those early Koyo bulbs LOOK like a sealed beam but they are not, they have a bulb inside a housing, the front ring can be un-crimped, lens and reflector separated to clean lens and (very fragile) silvering. then use some adhesive and re-crimp.
That green bike pictured above even has an LED bulb in the 7" H4 headlight and it all goes in the stock bucket. It IS tight, very tight.
Maybe you have a headlight bucket from one of the smaller Yamahas of that vintage? pic of a 1972 DT2 250
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fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
ile take some photos of what i have.. so whtas the difference between 70-73 and the later 74 and up.. head lights..
use same size bulb, bucket has a little more room, the ring isn't tapered in like the early chrome rings. Doesn't have the high beam indicator on top.
They're much easier to find.
They're much easier to find.
fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
here you go gaz tell me what i have .. the red bucket is the 7 inch 3 big holes . the silver bucket is 5.3/4 has hole in the top for high beam. notice the difference in the bottom mount..alse the siver bucket has scollops in the back of it..cheers gary.
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fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
if you go into "chadh1587" and have a look at the parts hes selling his headlight is exactly the same as my silver bucket.so im bloody confused now..cheers.
fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
that photo clears it up .my silver bucket is exactly the same as the green bucket you have. now all i need is the seald beam retainer and the chrome rim..
fred nurk
XS650 Enthusiast
got my parts today jonathan ..very happy .cheers gary.
