7" Headlight on a 450

[Guest]

So I was able to score a 7" headlight assembly off a XS for a mere $7. After some sanding, painting, and cleaning I've got a nicely sized headlight on my 450!

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Obviously some aligning needs to take place but initial thoughts are looking up! Definitely improves overall look of the front end, as for lighting it seems to be slightly brighter, haven't had a chance to take it out at night yet.

The thing I look forward to most are the relatively inexpensive H4 conversions readily available for 7" headlights. As soon as payday rolls around!

Let me know what you all think!

[pete]

Nice one Jeff! Didn't notice that in the other post... definitely an improvement.

I put a generic 7" H4 light on mine but the shell was too deep so I had to knock a dent in it to clear the ignition switch. Looks like the XS shell is a much easier replacement...

[overboostin]

that's a nice lookin bike you got there!

[jeffasaurus2]

Thanks Pete,the bucket just clears the instrument cluster with mm's to spare. With the XS bucket though I had to knock out a dent that is purposely placed on the side to clear something on those Yamaha's. It doesn't look very attractive from the bottom...but who will ever see that.

[pete]

Good stuff, sounds like the reverse of what I had to do... haha