I like the way the headlight looks when the bike is sitting with no one on it, but as a tall person I did not like the way it looked with me on it. I wanted to try making a head light relocating bracket.
I started by creating my basic drawing or blue print. To make the bracket I had a block of aluminum that was being tossed out as scrap.
I stayed three nights after work whittling away at the block on a manual mill. After the first night I had to cut angles onto the block to make clearance for the housing.
On the second night I only had a little left to cut away for clearance. And then on the third night all I had to do was smooth out the edges for painting.
Here is a comparison of the new bracket and the old.
I had mounted my front turn signals on the lower triple tree awhile ago. I have a couple of pictures before I raised the turn signals to the upper triple tree and raising the fork bag. You can see how far the new bracket raises the light.
Here are a few pictures with the turn signals moved.
It took me awhile to get used to the new look. I did have to align the light after the above pictures so the housing is pulled farther back now. I don't have any pictures of it yet.
The first ride I took on the bike I noticed a huge difference. Before when I rode there was a lot of wind pressure in the center of my chest at moderate speeds and I would have to lean forward at higher speeds. Now I felt some wind pressure on my shoulders. This diverts the air nicely for a tall guy like me. I even took it on the thruway (not saying the speeds) to see how well it worked. I was impressed. My arms and hands didn't get as tired as they did before from the wind pressure.
I will have to get some pictures of me riding it so that people can see how it fits my body sizes now.
