I've seen several change out their stock headlight for a 7". Is that a straight forward take off and rebolt to the headlight bracket? Any rewiring? What light did you get any part#?

Thanks for the help

 

no, you have to cut the wire and rewire through the new bucket. What kind of bike is it on?

 

I would like to put a 7" headlight on a 48. I wasn't sure how involved it would be.

 

not a whole lot to it. rewiring is pretty straight forward. I put a 7" fat boy light on my 48. I purchased it through drag Specialties.
http://www.dragspecialties.com/produ...oductId=244550

 

Fairly easy install , you don't need to cut any wires.
I used the one CPRacing posted the link to.
Here's a close view of the mount.





You can use the stock base mount , you should get a pair of 3/8" flat washers for shims if you do it this way , the stock mount is narrower side to side.
I opted for the Drag Specialties mount base which didn't come with the bottom bolt , the stock bottom bolt won't work with it.
For the DS mount you would need a 3/8" fine thread bolt about 1 1/4" long.
If you look closely at the first pic , I had to back cut the DS mount to clear the fork stop.
I also drilled the mount to get the bucket back a bit and as high as I could , I have just enough clearance to finger the ODO reset button.
If you're careful , you can disassemble the stock plug , weasel the grommet out of the stock housing , and fit it all back in the DS housing pretty easy , no cutting wires.
A worthwhile mod , looks good , great lighting improvement.
I finished mine with a Cibie 7" Euro spec headlamp from danielsternlighting.com
Mick

 

About the only rewiring needed to to disassemble the Deutch connector so you can get the wiring bundle out of the existing headlight and into the new one. There are you tube videos on how to do that.

I bought my 7" headlight from Dime City Cycles and it is a side mount. It came with a H4 60/55 watt bulb. It it very bright. It gives the bike a "Brit Bike" look.

I bought the headlight ears that clamp onto the fork legs. Not only does this provide a very stable mount, the headlight can also be raised and lowered.

But if you also wanna keep the eyebrow, you're gonna have to look at different options. Mick's set-up is pretty slick too

 

Awesome! Thanks for all the help.

 

Thanks to help from a fellow forum member...You don't have to cut any wires. I de pinned the stock connector removed the wire and reconnected to the new bucket using the stock connector as well. I shaved down the stock mount to fit the narrower bracket on the new bucket. This bucket fits a 7" headlamp it's not a 7" headlight. It's actually about 11" in diameter.

 

It's an easy install.

 

... Could be me next purchase !