Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

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If your headlight bowl is beyond redemption the first port of call is the parts books. Virtually every manufactur­er used just a few headlight bowls over a wide range of models. As a rough rule of thumb if the basic dimensions are the same chances are it will fit, simple as that. Even borrowing a similarly diseased reflector to your own from another model may very well open up more possibilit­ies to you. For example a Yamaha RD200 reflector may very well have been used on various trail and commuter bikes of the period… something else will normally fit. And if it doesn’t then there’s always the replating alternativ­e. Google headlight re-silvering and check your options; it’s not necessaril­y cheap but at least it’s an option.

 ??  ?? 11 And there you have it in less than a dozen simple steps; a variety of lenses and a reflector bowl revitalise­d. Especially where originalit­y counts there’s no substitute for using the correct parts and if you’re restoring a bike with a view to...
11 And there you have it in less than a dozen simple steps; a variety of lenses and a reflector bowl revitalise­d. Especially where originalit­y counts there’s no substitute for using the correct parts and if you’re restoring a bike with a view to...
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The rear light lens is particular­ly grubby courtesy of decades of two-stroke smoke and road dirt. The indicator lenses are only a little better. Now you could spend ages in the sink with detergent and old toothbrush or if you’re feeling brave maybe...
9 The rear light lens is particular­ly grubby courtesy of decades of two-stroke smoke and road dirt. The indicator lenses are only a little better. Now you could spend ages in the sink with detergent and old toothbrush or if you’re feeling brave maybe...
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10/ The glass headlamp lens just needed some warm soapy water and some domestic window cleaner spray. The rear light lens also benefited from the latter. 11/ But, to really up the ante that red lens has had a session with a product designed to sort...
10 10/ The glass headlamp lens just needed some warm soapy water and some domestic window cleaner spray. The rear light lens also benefited from the latter. 11/ But, to really up the ante that red lens has had a session with a product designed to sort...
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