Broken headlight
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Refer to previous threads because according to the EXPERTS on the forum the WC models DO NOT need Headlight protectors as they are an unneccessary waste of money and the WC headlights NEVER get smashed because they are almost bullet proof.
Obviously this photograph is a fake
Obviously this photograph is a fake
A glass headlight? How quaint.
Nikonnigel
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Sit down there young sir, a tad over £800
There is no headlight protector for the standard headlight
Maybe I should be fitting a headlight guard. Funnily I had one on the F800GS and the lights were only 3 Shillings
The led headlight "glass" seems to be a polycarbonate and not glass
from the dark side this was sent
from the dark side this was sent
Ozz
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I fought that the 'glass' for the led headlight was lexan.
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Remember this thread
Some on here had better ideas..
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showth...e-or-unnecessary?highlight=Lc+headlight+guard
Some on here had better ideas..
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showth...e-or-unnecessary?highlight=Lc+headlight+guard
stephen.stallebrass
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Shit the bed! Bet you'll be getting a guard next time.... maybe I should get mine sorted a stop dawdling.
No, the non LED light is definitely glass. Only glass would splinter that way and glow a little when attacked with a Dremel.
I've now removed the rest of the glass and have found a couple of alternative lights to fit in the empty shell until such times as I feel the need to refit an original light.
A few years ago I was having an F800GS MOT'd - during the inspection I was asked how long the headlight glass had been broken? What are you talking about says I? Turns out the glass had taken a whack from a stone when riding the bike in the couple of miles for the MOT. Luckily it was only cracked and not broken like the unlucky OP's.
I'm surprised. I'd assumed glass had been banned from vehicle lights on pedestrian safety grounds. The last modern bike I had with glass headlight lenses was a 2002 Tiger 955.
That definitely looks small enough to pass through my Touratech protector!
1/4 inch solid steel plate should do the trick.
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