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Old Oct 25, 2019 | 04:12 AM
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Hi all,

I was thinking to do something with the headlight from my Street Bob, every time I look at it I think there should be something different on there but I do not now what.
Are there people who have already changed these? if so let us see the photos to get some ideas, thx !
 
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That is a bit more then I was looking for but thanks,

... I'm only looking for a headlight in a teardrop shape or so like you see on some Breakouts, I was wondering if some changed to something like that.
I googled but didn't really find some pictures.
 
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What do you guys think ?

I did some photoshop and put the 7" headlight from the FLSL on the FXBB , is this a yeah that is great or hell no ?

 
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I vote no. Looks too big on that bike to me.
 
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I agree. Doesn't look right with the open fork tubes and the tiny fuel tank. A frenched trim will extend it forward a bit, which I think looks good.
 

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What about doing something with an older Fatbob dual light? It doesn't work on every bike, but it can look pretty good.

 
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Here's a visor trim on my old Dyna. Black would look good on the Bob I think.


 
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Hi guys, thanks for the input !

@Mchad that visor trim is exactly what I did in the meanwhile.

It was "a lot" of work to get it fitted since it was made for the older headlights like the Dyna and the lines of the folds were very visible in the powder coating and I completely sanded it to bear metal
and spray filler on it, sanding, again filler, sanding.... and then finished with black and gloss clear coat.

This is the result,









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Originally Posted by MoneyFor
Hi guys, thanks for the input !

@Mchad that visor trim is exactly what I did in the meanwhile.

It was "a lot" of work to get it fitted since it was made for the older headlights like the Dyna and the lines of the folds were very visible in the powder coating and I completely sanded it to bear metal
and spray filler on it, sanding, again filler, sanding.... and then finished with black and gloss clear coat.

This is the result,









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That looks really good. I had a set of Visored trims for the Aux lights on my Road King that I had to have powdered since for some stupid reason Harley thinks everyone only likes chrome bits...




Then I eventually changed to the “Frenched” ones currently on. I grew tired of the visor.

 
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