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Posted by Dr Ivan D. Reid on April 23, 2008, 12:04 pm
> Larry Blanchard wrote:
>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:47:38 -0500, Mark Olson wrote:
>>> Larry Blanchard wrote:
>>>> The low beam on my '83 Suzuki GS450L burned out. OK, no problem, just
>>>> replace the headlight. Wrong! Suzuki used this strange headlight with
>>>> mounting ears built into the headlight. A standard headlight can't be
>>>> used. And of course Suzuki no longer makes the headlight :-(.
>>> Lots of motorcycle replacement headlights are available at mail order places
>>> like Dennis Kirk and JC Whitney, I am sure there are others. JC Whitney
>>> sells halogen replacement units in 5-3/4" and 7" diameter, yours is probably
>>> the 5-3/4" size.
>> I guess I wasn't clear enough in my first post. I can't find a headlight
>> bulb to fit because it's an oddball mount and no longer made. I need to
>> replace the ENTIRE HEADLIGHT HOUSING with another so that I can use a
>> standard size/shape headlight bulb like those sold by the aforementioned.
>> My Yamaha housing is so standard I can even buy bulbs at any auto parts
>> place - but Suzuki seems to have adopted the Sears model of marketing.
> http://alpha-sports.com/suzuki_parts.htm appears to have the sealed beam
> for about $43 + shipping.
> Looks like those ears are part of a metal ring around the bulb, which
> doesn't seem strange to me. Maybe you could pry the old ring loose and
> wrap it around a std. bulb.
I once or twice installed a Cibie' halogen insert into a headlight
shell instead of the Suzuki sealed-beam unit; both were a universal size
and things fitted together with wire "W" clips. I'm sure one was a '77
GD550B; blew both beams on the Hay Plains one Easter and continued on to
the Bathurst races after fitting in a Holden sealed-beam unit. The
advantage of the inserts was that they took a standard halogen bulb and
were MUCH brighter than standard bike lights at the time.
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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
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