Quite Strange Headlight Question

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randomsquid · #1 Post by **randomsquid** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:51 pm

Been tatting about today and went for a bimble to see if I'd broken anything. I adjusted the light so it wasn't pointing at the mudguard. Is it normal for the headlight pattern on the road to jiggle up and down as you're riding along? Been a long while since I had a bike with a frame mounted fairing and non soggy forks.

fastasfcuk · #2 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:02 pm

oh dear. check your head light fairing bracket for cracks where it bolts to the frame. i had the same problem but i was on the A1 70 mph and the whole front end dropped.

Aladinsaneuk · #3 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:11 pm

and if it is buggered - pray - they can be very hard to source....

(but i have heard that the hinkley refugee may be making some.....)

randomsquid · #4 Post by **randomsquid** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:11 pm

Oh dear indeed...
I'll have a poke about tomorrow, cheers.

randomsquid · #5 Post by **randomsquid** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:14 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:and if it is buggered - pray - they can be very hard to source....

(but i have heard that the hinkley refugee may be making some.....)

Must be bodge back togetherable though, surely?

#6 Post by **Kwackerz** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:17 pm

I wouldve thought so however it'll be a high stress area so job'd have to be a good 'un..

randomsquid · #7 Post by **randomsquid** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:21 pm

Kwackerz wrote:I wouldve thought so however it'll be a high stress area so job'd have to be a good 'un..

The folk in the tool room at work always look bored...

Willopotomas · #8 Post by **Willopotomas** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:48 pm

randomsquid wrote:
Kwackerz wrote:I wouldve thought so however it'll be a high stress area so job'd have to be a good 'un..
The folk in the tool room at work always look bored...

Don't be fooled by their natural persona..

If memory serves, it's made from aluminium.. Unless you know what grade it is (high stress should be a T6 grade) it'll be difficult to weld.. Ally welding is a PITA at the best of times.. Know only of two people who can do it, and do it well.

randomsquid · #9 Post by **randomsquid** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:01 pm

Willopotomas wrote:Ally welding is a PITA at the best of times.. Know only of two people who can do it, and do it well.

Don't suppose either of them works with me?
Thinking old guy, miserable, smells of wee and Werther's Originals.

Willopotomas · #10 Post by **Willopotomas** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:16 pm

randomsquid wrote: Thinking old guy, miserable, smells of wee and Werther's Originals.

Fit's the description of a few people I know, but unfortunately not welders..lol.

randomsquid · #11 Post by **randomsquid** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:53 pm

Willopotomas wrote:
randomsquid wrote: Thinking old guy, miserable, smells of wee and Werther's Originals.
Fit's the description of a few people I know, but unfortunately not welders..lol.

Fits the description of everybody at work, even the wimen.
Googling alloy welders turned up ABR specialist welding in West Brom. Apparently they're known to do bike parts.
I should be able to find out what it's made of, according to the company website we have some amazing metallurgists...

D-Rider · #12 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:03 pm

certainly aluminium - but what variety I don't know

Willopotomas · #13 Post by **Willopotomas** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:18 pm

Ian at '4 Fabrications' is bloody brilliant.. Managed to repair an old cast ally brake plate from my old Triumph.. Did a brilliant job.. had Mark at Watsons Metal Polishers polish the flange.. lovely jubley...

Nooj · #14 Post by **Nooj** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:35 pm

It's not just a loose bulb is it?

tommy · #15 Post by **tommy** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:53 pm

Mine does this. Fairing bracket is fine though. I put it down to stiff springy bits