Install a Daymaker Headlight in a 1984 FXRT Sport Glide
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Install a Daymaker Headlight in a 1984 FXRT Sport Glide
I am updating a 1984 FXRT and am thinking about installing a Harley brand Daymaker headlight. Based on the little I know it is likely going to require some modifications to make it fit.
I am wondering what the modifications are and how difficult they are to make. If anyone has already installed a Daymaker headlight in their FXRT can you please let me know what it took to make it fit?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I am wondering what the modifications are and how difficult they are to make. If anyone has already installed a Daymaker headlight in their FXRT can you please let me know what it took to make it fit?
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I put one on the Sportster. The unit is too long to fit the bucket as it comes. It has a whole lot of cooling fins on the back side. I cut most of them off (SHOCK), rearranged the wiring in the bucket a bit, moved the flasher module, which was replaced with a solid state one anyway, and it is all fitting now. Been fine for several years. The other option that I didn't think of at the time is that I think the newer bikes have an extension piece that goes between the bucket and the headlight. It is longer than just the regular rubber ring. That might give enough clearance. I didn't find these extensions until after I had installed it, so I haven't explored that possibility further.
Last edited by Dr.Hess; 10-28-2016 at 11:33 AM.
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Here is a link to a mounting ring for a 7" L.E.D. headlight: https://www.denniskirk.com/j-w-speak...prd/218637.sku
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