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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: andy-gadget on March 12, 2019, 03:38:59 AM
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When I aquired my '95 Quota last year, one of the first things I noticed was how cr@p the standard headlights are.
Combined with a stern warning from Mario at Thunderbikes in Western Australia to "don't even think of fitting more powerful headlight bulbs!", for those who don't own Quotas, the standard bulb is a pair of 35/35 H4 5.75" inserts in an all plastic single unit.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-ZRPNx9M/0/eb53d2aa/XL/Andy%20HENZELL%20with%20Quota%20%2829-9-2018%29-XL.jpg)
So after my 6 week tour around Easter Victoria and southern NSW, an improvement was called for.
A Guzzi riding mate in Hobart had another mate in Perth who had come to the same conclusion, most of the 7
Quotas in Oz are in the west.
His fix was LED inserts in an Aluminium mount.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-bJn6S8v/0/43f01306/X3/IMG_0276-X3.jpg)
I wanted to be able to adjust either insert individually, and I like steel fabrication as it is more on the road repairable, and it involves triangles :thumb:
So time to stop procrastinating and get stuck in.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-trWXzrQ/0/d32257fa/X2/IMG_0250-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-FJ9r6BH/0/327a3a68/X2/IMG_0252-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-BhGGcCW/0/3311a475/X2/IMG_0253-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-zdthMBH/0/115fbf67/X2/IMG_0258-X2.jpg)
Did I mention that I like triangles :bow:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-hzjGnvN/0/85c07039/X2/IMG_0260-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-t6tJ34h/0/859521db/X2/IMG_0262-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-Wf56Xrp/0/63366698/X2/IMG_0272-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-8dBf6gp/0/fdabdfbc/X2/IMG_0274-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-9rsDx9Z/0/f751ccfd/X2/IMG_0275-X2.jpg)
A test ride tomorrow and it all has to come apart again for a coat of paint.
I am moderately happy with the outcome, but I always have regrets whenever I do one offs, as I can always find better ways of doping the job AFTER it is complete, but I will the WW2 winning "good enough, now" philosophy to live with for a while before revisiting it.
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:thumb:
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Shine on you crazy diamond
Andy M
back up and about as of today :laugh:
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I love stuff like this
Wish I had the talent
John
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It is painted and finished now.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-nCpcfns/0/1038ffcf/XL/IMG_0280-XL.jpg)
Park.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-2djZfmx/0/8f85b650/XL/IMG_0283-XL.jpg)
Lowe beam.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-GfkWsd2/0/57661a99/XL/IMG_0284-XL.jpg)
High beam.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-K5wxs2Q/0/e949ed66/XL/IMG_0285-XL.jpg)
All together.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-wfXSvdG/0/20bbef59/XL/IMG_0287-XL.jpg)
Everything on.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-HX38c92/0/5de48592/XL/IMG_0290-XL.jpg)
I took the bike for a night ride and it is a vast improvement, a nice sharp cutoff on low beam, with a wide spread, and other than a reflection back into the fairing from the bottom of the inserts, everything I wanted.
This is just coming into the low beam light.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Quota-1000/i-rGWXsZw/0/62296fab/XL/IMG_0294-XL.jpg)
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Good one, Gadget. And I thought my lights were under par. 35/35 must have been woeful.