Today I am pottering around Vincent.
Lynne has mentioned that she is having trouble with her knees as we ride,
So into the workshop I go and find a set of floorboards,
That look as if they will fit.
But they don't fit as they should,
so I add some washers to pack things out a bit and the problem is sorted (for now)...
At the moment I need to move teh left side pannier backwards.
by tying the side straps around the saddle bag carrier
Broken Zip Bodge !
Till we can get to a rally and get new Zips on the side panniers.
I am not sure if I am strapping the side panniers on properly.
as it seams there are clips missing.
But for now it will do..
Now I am gonna see if I can fit extra front lights !
As the headlamp is as worse than my old FS1E was !!
Mounts and lights.
I brought them as from a VN1500. 88
But I have yet to be convinced of this.
After removing the horn mount plate, I offer them up to see if the holes line up ??
They are not even close :( :(
I suspect this light bar is from the VN800,
So I remove the lights from the bar
As it does not fit Vincent.
There is no point in keeping the mount bar.
I will take some pics and use tape measure were needed and get it listed..
So I sit back and look at the light shell and Vincent
and an idea springs to mind.
So into the workshop to find some slightly longer 6mm bolts
and I offer the light shell up to the Horn mount bolts.
But the shell sits on the front end and I just can not get the holes to line up..
So it's time to sit back again and have a rethink.
and before long another idea springs to mind :) :)
So back into the workshop to see what useful mounts I could find..
And found these :) :)
I undo the bottom air box cover and bolt up the larger light mounts I had found.
But nothing would line up :( :(
So back off it comes.......................
So I try the original lamp mounts. And altho tight they bolt straight in .
I may have to bend them slightly when I test the lights.
To make sure they do not blind oncoming traffic
and they light up the road were the dip beam should be..
So i quickly nip round and try the other side and it fits as well :) :)
Altho I have not stripped the light down yet.
I am getting very tired now so nip in doors grab a drink have a good wash and hit the bed.
And I am soon zonked out.
If its another nice day tomorrow I will find some spade connectors and some wire and wire them in and reset the lenses to were they should be.
Hopefully be well enough to go for a ride and when it starts to get darker - adjust the lights :) :)
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