Headlight protector

[eonbkuk]

Hi All

i have bought a headlight protector and have a little reflection coming back does anyone know where i can purchase anything to stop this happening

thanks

eon

 

[mrjim130]

Nippy's

 

[eonbkuk]

thanks not cheap tho at £30 odd quid

 

[Pablo1]

thanks not cheap tho at £30 odd quid

no and thats why i just flogged my protector on here, not really worth the hassle IMHO, the perspex ones reflect the light big time

 

[eonbkuk]

what do you use now

 

[Dellis]

Use some black insulation tape around the edge of the perspex and trim so that nothing folds down over the protector. A new headlamp cost circa £270 about four years ago so I'd say they are definitely worth the hassle....

Dave

 

[eonbkuk]

ok will try that ta

 

[Andy B]

I had the same issue when I fitted HID's.

Found me a piece of black plastic and cut it into the shape to fill this gap. Drilled some holes round the edge and used cable ties to secure it. Prarrrper Jarrrb!

You could always fork out for the Touratech surround at fifty quid plus!

 

[Pablo1]

what do you use now

Naff all, they are more bling than functional imo ive never had a cracked headlight in 15 years riding

 

[Dellis]

Naff all, they are more bling than functional imo ive never had a cracked headlight in 15 years riding

The more miles you do the more risk of a damaged headlight. I've had three in the last six years - Triumph Daytona £265, R1200GS £270 and a spot light on on of the GSs £50 that's £585 or almost £100 a year for the sake of a bit of perspex. I know I should have learned from the first bust headlight but I've always ended up protecting the headlight after the event one..

Oh and the best I've found are made by Ventura, close fitting and no reflections and £23.77 sounds cheap to me when compared to the alternative......

Dave

 

[Pablo1]

The more miles you do the more risk of a damaged headlight. I've had three in the last six years - Triumph Daytona £265, R1200GS £270 and a spot light on on of the GSs £50 that's £585 or almost £100 a year for the sake of a bit of perspex. I know I should have learned from the first bust headlight but I've always ended up protecting the headlight after the event one..

Oh and the best I've found are made by Ventura, close fitting and no reflections and £23.77 sounds cheap to me when compared to the alternative......

Dave

link just shows luggage racks, for 1200gs to 2010 ???

 

[NeilF]

Oh and the best I've found are made by Ventura, close fitting and no reflections and £23.77 sounds cheap to me when compared to the alternative...... Dave

+1 from me. 10 years usage, and no broken headlights.

 

[APE]

Naff all, they are more bling than functional imo ive never had a cracked headlight in 15 years riding

Got to agree with this - done a couple of hundred thousand miles and never cracked a headlight - it's bling unless you regularly follow other riders off road.

 

[Dellis]

link just shows luggage racks, for 1200gs to 2010 ???

Scroll down fill in the model details and there they are.

Got to agree with this - done a couple of hundred thousand miles and never cracked a headlight - it's bling unless you regularly follow other riders off road.

My headlights have been broken on road and not from following other bikes, the Ventura type are hardly bling and fit to the lens via velcro. Makes no beans to me whatsoever whether you use one or not you pays you money....

Dave

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

I've got a Perspex protector held on by Velcro sticky pads - £12 off eBay and no annoying reflections (with HIDs)

Andres

 

[original_concept]

Naff all, they are more bling than functional imo ive never had a cracked headlight in 15 years riding

Oooo, snap. But the GS was the first bike I've had that has suffered a broken headlamp. The stone was sat happily sung and warm in the reflector area, the darn bike was only a couple of months old with a few Ks of miles on the clock. Headlamp units are a tad expensive compared to perspex.

I can't count a Suffolk A road as 'off-road', so 100K of GSs since with the same headlight protector (2 replacement pieces of perspex, Trigger's Broom-esqe) since without any problems.

Well, apart from getting a bird wedged between the headlamp and the perspex, poor thing. At least it died on impact. Don't think TT could forsee that happening during testing.

 

[rodders]

I've had two headlights broken, one from a birdstrike and the other from stones flicked up.

 

[Farmer Palmer]

I used a Touratech perspex protector with the Touratech 'eyebrow' and the black sticker that goes on the base of the windscreen aswell as the cockpit surround with the two power sockets......!

That worked very well but I also mounted the perspex on the back of the stainless support arms which brought the guard a bit closer to the headlamp reducing screen glare.

Now i've got a Desierto 3 and still use the eyebrow and cockpit surround(the eyebrow shouldn't fit with the Desierto but it does) and i've changed the perspex protector for the 'new' removable 'angular' grid protector which looks great but won't stop wee stones but it can be removed in seconds to clean the headlight!

I've not got HID's fitted just the standard bulb.

Never had a broken headlight and don't want one but i've seen a few on GS's over the years!

FP.