Aiming Aux. headlights ??
It's something you need to be able to do yourself, imo. Yes, it does help to have an extra set of hands to steady everything while you tighten it down. I imagine the dealer would charge at least .5 hours shop time to do this. You do need to take the turn signals off, and that takes a ball-end hex wrench. You also need a slotted deep wall socket.
You can just cut a 9/16 deep wall socket with a dremel and a cut off wheel. That's what I did for mine, but I thought it looked kind of hacked up, so I asked my brother to do a few of them for me in his machine shop. I've got a few of these left, and I'll put them up for sale in the classifieds if anyone needs one. They look nice and finished, but don't work any better than the one I did myself with my dremel.
Either way, this is a very simple task that anyone can do for themself. I don't like paying for everything to be done for me.
You can just cut a 9/16 deep wall socket with a dremel and a cut off wheel. That's what I did for mine, but I thought it looked kind of hacked up, so I asked my brother to do a few of them for me in his machine shop. I've got a few of these left, and I'll put them up for sale in the classifieds if anyone needs one. They look nice and finished, but don't work any better than the one I did myself with my dremel.
Either way, this is a very simple task that anyone can do for themself. I don't like paying for everything to be done for me.
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When I did this job I used a Baxley LA Chock to hold the front wheel, so that the bike remained vertical through the procedure. Then of course the front wheel is about two inches off the ground, so I used some trigonometry to figure out where the beams from the passing lamps and headlight should be at 25 feet out from the bike. Following the service manual procedure, I made up a big piece of cardboard with the appropriate lines on it. The passing lamp design with its adjustment nut is pretty bad, because just tightening the nut moves the lamp around. Seemed to take about ten cycles per lamp.
I'll bet I spent three hours on this job, but all three lights are exactly right. After adjusting everything, I put the bike back on the ground and checked again to make sure my calculations had been right.
I'll bet I spent three hours on this job, but all three lights are exactly right. After adjusting everything, I put the bike back on the ground and checked again to make sure my calculations had been right.
Tourer
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Heh, I really hated screwing with the spots. The first couple of times, I borrowed a slotted socket from my brother. What a total pain in the *** it is. And each time, just as I got the spots dialed in exactly where I wanted, putting the last bit of torque on them offset the friggin lower signals.
I just tightened them up good and re-adjust them by hand if they ever need it.
Silly design.....
I just tightened them up good and re-adjust them by hand if they ever need it.
Silly design.....
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