Triumphrat

djr · 09-22-2004

Riding home the other day and something flew over my head. I never thought much about it till i saw the front of my bike. headlight unit busted, must have been a bit of glass that flew over me. glad I wear a full face helmet.

anyway, my question is twofold
1) Does the triumph manual show how to align the headlights, (you know the put a chalk mark on a wall etc etc), or do I need to pay the dealer to do it?

2) any good headlight protectors out there?

knarf · 09-22-2004

Headlights on ebay.co.uk

Hope this helps

KuzzinKenny · 09-22-2004

checkout www.powerbronze.co.uk i think they do headlight protectors.

as for the alignment, i know BigStripey will have that info for you.

KK

djr · 09-23-2004

thanks for the info guys, BigStripey?

BigStripey · 09-23-2004

David,

The dealers will use (or so they say :razz: ) an alignment tool to set them up. But it is simple to do yourself

With the bike on level ground, measure the height of the centre of the lenses from the ground. Transfer this height to a vertical surface (garage wall ?) and put a line of tape or a cross of tape on it at this height.

The main beam should be just a fraction below the line and pointing straight ahead regardless of how far the bike is from the wall. The low beam you should aim to have hitting the ground about 30-40ft in front of the bike and in your case slightly to the right (seeing as you drive on the wrong side of the road out there! :razz: ) Just bakc the bike away from the wall that distance and then set the beam down and to the right slightly.

The adjusters are pretty good, and you will find that they don;t need much adjusting after you have fitted them into the headlight frame anyway.

Touratech do some lens covers that are 'robust' looking but very effective, Powerbronze ones are a lot better looking!

hope this helps?

Jim

blacktiger · 09-23-2004

Quote:

On 2004-09-23 16:19, BigStripey wrote:
David,

The low beam you should aim to have hitting the ground about 30-40ft in front of the bike Jim

Yards or metres surely??

BigStripey · 09-23-2004

Ooops!

I know what i meant! :razz: ....you're right H, metres will do!

paulie · 09-23-2004

Cee Baileys makes headlight protectors,

www.ceebaileys.com