Headlight size designation?

[Imreallycrazy]

The bucket for my headlight is cracking around the mounting holes for the bulb/ring and is in real need of replacement. I have been looking around for new buckets and right now it looks like it would be cheaper to replace the whole headlight assembly. The problem I am having is finding anything that denotes the headlight size on my bike? Do you measure between mounting points? Across chrome securing ring? or just the glass itself?

I'd be glad for any help, because I'm hoping to take a 360 mile road trip at the end of the month, and I don't wont the bucket to fall apart going 65mph on the Interstate miles and miles from home.


Thanks for any help!

Ben

[glenlloyd]

The lamp / reflector assembly can be removed from the housing and replaced. It should be a lot less expensive to do this rather than replace the whole assembly. Replacement lamps are out there, I've sold used ones over the years for around $20-$25 and I would think you could find one in that range. There are several makes available, Stanley comes to mind.

Standard sizes are 7" round, 6x8" rectangular and for the 82-83 GS1100E 9" round. I believe yours is the 7" round?

good luck

[Steve]

Not sure if the 550 wore a full-size light or not, but the standard light is a 7" light. Measure the glass only.

Oh, and a "360 mile road trip"???

Sorry, that's just a coffee run.

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[Suzuki_Don]

The lamp / reflector assembly can be removed from the housing and replaced. It should be a lot less expensive to do this rather than replace the whole assembly. Replacement lamps are out there, I've sold used ones over the years for around $20-$25 and I would think you could find one in that range. There are several makes available, Stanley comes to mind.

Standard sizes are 7" round, 6x8" rectangular and for the 82-83 GS1100E 9" round. I believe yours is the 7" round?

good luck

I think he needs to replace the bucket, not the lens and reflector.

[salty_monk]

The Cafe Kid has a couple up for sale....

[bwringer]

Assuming you have a round headlight (don't remember on your model, don't feel like looking it up...), all the 7" headlight buckets I've seen are that crappy black plastic, and the 5-3/4" are chrome.

So if it's cracking, I'd say that mean you have a plastic 7" headlight.

A couple of sources:

http://www.flyncycle.com/Side_Mount_s/1466.htm

http://crc2onlinecatalog.com/head_and_tail.htm

You'd want the one with the 8mm mounting holes. This is what's on my GS850G.

[Imreallycrazy]

Oh, and a "360 mile road trip"???

Sorry, that's just a coffee run.

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I know, I know, I've only been riding fo a year now and wanted to get my skill level up before I attempted a longer interstate ride with heavy traffic, so cut me a break!

Assuming you have a round headlight (don't remember on your model, don't feel like looking it up...), all the 7" headlight buckets I've seen are that crappy black plastic, and the 5-3/4" are chrome.

So if it's cracking, I'd say that mean you have a plastic 7" headlight.

A couple of sources:

http://www.flyncycle.com/Side_Mount_s/1466.htm

http://crc2onlinecatalog.com/head_and_tail.htm

You'd want the one with the 8mm mounting holes. This is what's on my GS850G.

yeah its the plastic bucket that needs replacing, sorry for the vague description. I think I have found one on ebay that is in good shape that I'll try to nab.

So Thanks all for the willing help!

Ben