Headlamp Required 1200 or 800.

[metalguru]

If anyone knows of a front headlamp for a 1200 or 800 Tiger, I would be very interested in buying it. Had a slight misfortune with mine.
PM or email funds waiting in UK south east or post.

[Bixxer Bob]

Go on Nige, tell 'us......   

[metalguru]

Ok I can tell you are all on the edge of your saddles.

The headlamp has a height adjuster on the rear to drop the beams down when carrying passengers.
I was taking eldest son to the airfield, (passed solo at 14 and one day) and decided just to flick the beams down as I have raised them from the std setting from the factory.
For once I was thinking of other road users and every time I have done this adjustment it has worked fine.
I didn't it would be important but when adjusting the lamps, they have been warm, ie on.
This particular day I dropped the adjuster down and TWANG. The reflectors are now loose inside the lamp unit???????
Being short on time I removed one of the access hatches and jammed a sponge inside to steady the reflectors.

When I returned and had more time to investigate I found the beam dropper is connected to a ball joint on the rear of the reflector.
This joint had separated. I removed the headlamp unit and tried to reinstate the joint.
This is when the heat thing happens.
The headlamps were at about 2C and the plastics more brittle.......Well, trying to pull the ball joint back together needed that ...just, a, bit, more, localised, force, then SNAP!!!
The reflector had broken and some parts had shattered although the localised force was not very high.
Being cold the plastic does not flex as much.
Being plastic, that's the stuff they said would make things cheaper and plentiful are 'kin expensive from the big T. About £200.
'Luckily' the 800 is the same unit so looking for replacement.
Having said that I seem to have lots of conventional headlamps around here so may even 'make' something different.


                                                                                                                                       

[Bixxer Bob]

Going to copy this to a What not to do 

[fraserdog]

There's one here  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-tiger-800-xc-1200-headlight-/171629192764?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts_13&hash=item27f5e5a63c

[metalguru]

Thanks fraserdog,
It's the second time this one has come up but still keeping my eye on it.