single headlight in race fairing

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single headlight in race fairing

Post by pwmotorsports » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:34 pm

so i want to cut a whole in the race fairing and pop in a single projector style light for that cool look......

How do i do it and where do i get the bits was pointed to rhencullen who from what i can see stopped tradeing ?

could i use a light from somthing else anyone have any recomendations?

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Post by trixynut » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:10 pm

Mate,
The single headlight endurance fairings like mine use a plate the same size/shape as the standard headlight and the light is mounted on this, recessed into a hole cut in ..

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Post by youngy » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:55 pm

Of course, if you'd done it properly and bought a Pferrer fairing, the headlight is all neatly hung on the fairing for you :D

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Post by pwmotorsports » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:10 am

ah that looks like the ticket what was the light from ?

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Post by phuk72 » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:41 am

Rhencullen moved from near the Triumph factory to Mallory Park and are deffo still trading.

Rob (who does the dyno work and fork rebuilds etc) is now called RJS Superbike - 01455 845611

Parry (or PJ) who does the shop is still called Rhencullen AFAIK - 01455 842224
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Post by trixynut » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:49 am

Only shot I've got of the other side is this one...

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..I prefer the headlight not on the fairing, but on the bike, so I can take the fairing off dead easy for maintenance/cleaning.

That light is a 5 3/5 inch cibie halogen unit which came with it.

I've broke the light recently :oops: so just bought another one, but gone for a smaller 4 inch halogen unit with a pilot light also. Cost about £40. Look on the usual sites: Busters Accessories, M and P, Demon Tweeks.

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Post by trixynut » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:22 pm

That's like I had, but that's only glass/reflector so need some way of mounting it. There's a popular one by Dominator which is 12 55/60w halogen and comes in a casing with mounting bracket.

Watch the measurements though, cos I think ones like Phuks are prolly only 3 inch diameter?

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Post by cheesie » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:48 pm

nice pic trixy 8)

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Post by youngy » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:31 pm

tis indeed a sweet pic

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Post by pwmotorsports » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:12 am

like this one http://www.mandp.co.uk/productInfo.aspx?catRef=500394

Nice pic that next time i go to the track i want a electronic copy of my pictures so i can edit them myself as the copys i got sent suck! yours look great was it a mate or the tog of the day ?

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Post by phuk72 » Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:54 am

trixynut wrote:That's like I had, but that's only glass/reflector so need some way of mounting it. There's a popular one by Dominator which is 12 55/60w halogen and comes in a casing with mounting bracket.

Watch the measurements though, cos I think ones like Phuks are prolly only 3 inch diameter?
Mine are nearer 2.5 inch diameter at a guess
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Post by pwmotorsports » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:36 pm

found another light the other day carbon tek site had them they look like the right sorta thing ?

http://www.carbontek.com/asp/prodtype.a ... hCriteria=

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Post by trixynut » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:19 pm

Looks cool!

But don't you need a main and dip beam plus a 'pilot' light, for MOT?

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Post by pwmotorsports » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:34 pm

dont think so i know if you have them there they have to work though

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