Headlight swap

[xxwaldoxx]

I have an 83' GS 450. I recently decided to change out the headlight with an H4 replacement light. I ordered it from Dennis Kirk and when i went to swap it, it was too big. It seems that my headlight isnt a 7" light as its labeled in Dennis Kirk.

Right now i have a headlight bucket on my bike from a 76 CBR 750 but its too shallow. I need the extra depth that i had with the old bucket but i cant seem to find one. Does any of the bigger GS models have a 7" headlight bucket that is as deep as my original?

Id like to pick one up on ebay if the bigger bikes have the 7" bucket that i need.

Thanks

 

[Anonymous]

That's right, you have to get a bucket AND LENS replacement for the 450 if you want to go H4. I got one off a 650 and transplanted it. You should probably do something similar.

And I think Dennis Kirk will accept a return on the thing you bought. They're supposed to be good about that.

 

[bwringer]

I've got one of these headlight buckets from CRC2 on my bike:
http://www.crc2onlinecatalog.com/head_and_tail.htm
(The first item on the page.)

It's real metal with real chrome (not plastic) and it's not all rusty and nasty and incomplete (not a used eBay part). Well worth the $60.

There's plenty of depth for that %$#@! rat's nest of wires -- more than most stock GS headlight buckets, although it still took me a little while to get everything safely tucked away.

CRC2 is highly recommended by many forum members.

 

[xxwaldoxx]

Thanks for the info.

Ill see if i can find a bucket and trim ring from a 650.

Its too late to return the light to dennis kirk. Unfortunately, when my regulator went out it burned out my only headlight. Thats why i ordered the H4 as a replacement. Because i was in a bind i stuck the H4 in an old bucket that happened to work out. (although it isnt deep enough, i have a few wired heavily loomed and pushed just outside the bucket)

As of right now the bike has a fair amount of rust on it, so a bucket and trim ring off ebay with lite rust will blend in I plan on tearing the bike down in late fall. Id like to repaint it and clean everything up.

Thanks for the link to the chrome headlight assembly. Depending on what i do in the fall i may be intrested in picking one up.

 

[bgmart450]

Hmmm.....The H4 (with some tin trimming around the holder) fits right in my 80 450E. And it has the same original bucket (as far as I can tell) as our 450S of the same year.