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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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Default What did I do wrong?

I have a 06' Ultra I put the Trim Rings with Visors on all front five lights tonight.

Turn Signals - no problem.

Spot Lights - I guess the engineering depends on the compression.

Head light - I think something is fudged up. May not lined up right? Again its an o6' Ultra part #69733-05

Here are some pics of the Head Light - any help would be appreciated.

This picture shows the gap at the bottom....



Here is a picture showing the gap at the side of the lens.




Here is a picture of all the lights...



 
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 10:22 PM
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Default RE: What did I do wrong?

welcome to what the rest of us have been dealing with for years.

you didn't mess up, the MOCO did

poor fit is normal for that part
 
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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No mess up, that's to let the water out, silly!
 
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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Default RE: What did I do wrong?

Just put a set on my 06. I was wondering the same thing. Guess it is "normal".
 
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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actually i can see in the pic that the running light ones are crooked, looks like you put them on verticaly while the bike was on the stand, is this the same case for your headlight?

Kinda like the batch of 06's where the factory put the headlight logos on crooked on liek 5 bazillon bikes
 
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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Default RE: What did I do wrong?

The gap at the bottom of the headlight is normal. My RKC had the same thing.

The gap on the sides of the headlight don't look right though. Have you tried placing your hands at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock on the trim ring and giving it a real hard shove? It looks like it didn't snap completely around the stock trim ring.

Be careful not to shove the bike into whatever may be behind it.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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You are NOT alone, trust me, i had the same problem, answer, you need at least 3 hands and 15 fingers.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:48 PM
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ORIGINAL: Unamed

actually i can see in the pic that the running light ones are crooked, looks like you put them on verticaly while the bike was on the stand, is this the same case for your headlight?
After your post I looked at the pictures and thought "he's right" I went out and checked and they are straight. I think it is just the angle of the picture. I did the install onthe stand.

Biggzed - I just went out and tried that. I popped it pretty good and the bike went through the garage door and down the dirveway.
It is laying in the street. No worry's though, I threw a couple of orange cones on each side of it for the night. Actually, I did go out an give it a good pop. It didn't change anything. It seems to be in the groove. I still think it's probably something simple in the alignment that I need to get right. Weather permitting I will ride by the Harley shop tomorrow and see if someone smarter than I can figure it out.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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Default RE: What did I do wrong?

I pretty much agree with all the above posts.
However, the gap between the headlight and the trim ring is a good indicator that your headlight is out of adjustment.
Mine was so far off it was obvious the dealer didn't check it during setup. Your service manual will tell you how to adjust it but itsobvious.
 
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Old Apr 14, 2007 | 02:44 AM
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Did you also purchase the replacement keeper to swap out for the one on the top of the stock ring?

If you still have the packaging for the new visor it states on it the # for the part you want. I believe this was the answer to rectify all of our wailing about the poor fit of this visor ring. (me included) It isn't stated in the Big parts book in the text for this particular visor, but IS now on one of the packaging labels for the ring.
It wasn't available when I bought the same ring so I modified the internal headlamp mount ring to solve my 'fit' issue.
As I saw it, the stock ring rode too high on the nacelle making the visor not fit as it should. I filed out the screw holes to lower things a bit so the visor sat as it ought to over the stock ring.

CN
 
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