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Old Jul 11, 2019 | 01:03 PM
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Default 2019 Road Glide Headlight Adjustment

First time taking the 19 out for a night time ride and noticed the headlight is adjusted where you start out driving the light around 40 mph. Anything faster and I feel there is not enough time to adjust direction or speed if something were in the road. Is anyone else experiencing the same issue or is this what the factory wants (short range headlight). Curious what others have done before I adjust light.

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Old Jul 11, 2019 | 01:39 PM
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Adjust the headlight. Counterclockwise turns brings the headlight up. I have yet to see a HD come from the factory with the headlights set correctly.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2019 | 02:56 PM
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Had to adjust mine on my ‘16. Same deal, you could outride the light at town speeds and couldn’t really see ****.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2019 | 07:32 PM
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I adjusted mine up too. Easy Peasy.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2019 | 07:44 PM
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Good to know. I have an upcoming road trip on my new Road Glide and might find myself riding in the dark. I’ll have to check mine out before I leave.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2019 | 10:17 PM
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just in case anyone needs the procedure. quick note, item 4 in the 2nd picture says 'low beam bulb centerline'. that is for led bulbs. if you don't have an led bulb, then you would measure to the high beam bulb centerline.















 

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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 11:03 AM
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[QUOTE=skratch;18393520]just in case anyone needs the procedure. quick note, item 4 in the 2nd picture says 'low beam bulb centerline'. that is for led bulbs. if you don't have an led bulb, then you would measure to the high beam bulb centerline.














Where is that adjustment screw
 
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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by skratch
just in case anyone needs the procedure. quick note, item 4 in the 2nd picture says 'low beam bulb centerline'. that is for led bulbs. if you don't have an led bulb, then you would measure to the high beam bulb centerline.















where is that adjustment screw located?
 
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need to do this too. my 18 seems very low
 
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Old Aug 5, 2020 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by tacooksey
where is that adjustment screw located?
if you look up under your fairing, you'll see the mount that supports the fairing to the frame. in the bottom of the bracket is a hole, it's in that hole.





 
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