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Headlight adjustment
Up until today I possessed a reasonable amount of self-esteem as a mechanic, until I went to adjust my headlights.
I had fitted some more powerful halogens and I also fitted the relay to put both beams on (a couple of years ago). I do very little night riding but the other night I realised the beam(s) were a bit low and appeared really odd when swinging around bends. On checking them I discovered the headlights were miles out of lateral alignment, so bad that the beams crossed; not noticeable when riding in a straight line but weird when cranked over.
Its a real hassle taking off the fairing, fiddling with those little nuts (made myself a little twizzling tool), sitting on it to compress the suspension, assembling everything only to find it’s not right when back on the open road.
I’ve never had lights that have been such a hassle to adjust. I love the way Haynes award just one “difficulty spanner” for headlight adjustment. And, haven’t Haynes also got it wrong with there “top screw for vertical adjustment, bottom screw for lateral adjustment”?
Now that nighttime has arrived I’m going out to give ‘em another go. Can’t believe I’m only doing the headlight adjustment.
There was a time when a headlight only needed a good thump. Any handy hints will, once again be very gratefully received.
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