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I am looking at the bracket that mounts underneath the top triple and attaches to the headlight bucket through the rubber grommet. I notice mine is not symmetrical. Actually, it looks bent. I finally decided to mount my headlight and was having a hard time getting both bolts in the bucket. I was wondering if there was something up with my new triples. Then, started looking a bit harder and noticed the bracket looks bent.

So, im thinking its not supposed to look bent?
 

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looks bent to me too man. i think i have a spare if you want it. would have to check tho. also might be a few days before i could get it out.
 
Why don't you heat it up w/a torch & make it fit?

I did not want to go medieval on it with a BFH, pliers, and a torch until it was verified that it should NOT look the way it does. It seems pretty obvious that this is not the way it should look but, you know the old saying about assumptions. Figured the safe bet was to ask first.

G, thanks for the offer. If I destroy mine I may take you up on that.
 
Looks OK to me! :biglaugh:
 

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My triple clamp is at someone elses place getting a speedo mount made, so I can't check, but I'm guessing the bolt holes on the standard triple aren't central.
I know that the bolt holes on the lower triple (where the brake fitting goes) are off centre.

Prez, in our "medieval" stories there is always a blacksmith.
So in english, medieval and blacksmith have a mental link.
 
They are very flimsy and can easily be manipulated around. Plus the stub fits into a rubber grommet on the headlight which allows for a lot of flexibility. I think you'd have a hard time noticing even a very bent bracket with as much play is in the headlight bucket.

Sean
 
Cheap metal often fatigues quickly if it is cold-worked while in my experience the heat makes that stuff plastic-enough to manipulate to the shape you need, followed by a quench to restore the temper.

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My triple clamp is at someone elses place getting a speedo mount made, so I can't check, but I'm guessing the bolt holes on the standard triple aren't central.
I know that the bolt holes on the lower triple (where the brake fitting goes) are off centre.

Prez, in our "medieval" stories there is always a blacksmith.
So in english, medieval and blacksmith have a mental link.

Im a grandson of TRU blacksmith - grandpha was a real one!!!
 
Looks like I may not need to do anything to the bracket? According to the pics bazwell posted that is the way it should look. His is the same as mine.

I took a different approach and bolted the bracket to the headlight instead of the triple. Seems that it lines up fine. I was able to get some long bolts into the top triple but there is a gap that would require a spacer. I didn't measure the gap but would guess it was 10mm or so. See picture attached

I will send Roy an email and see if maybe there should be a spacer or ??

On another note, I was curious how big the gap should be between the head light bracket and turn signal crown. Anyone know how big this normally is? I've got a pic attached, looks normal to me but its been awhile so I may be wrong.
 

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Yeah, the headlight gap looks good. It's a little hard to see in black, but as long as there is a bit of clearance, I would keep it like that.
Would need a little leeway to adjust the size of spacers, or bend the bracket maybe, just to set the angle of the headlight. That's what I'd be thinking.

Love it, it's a fine job! :punk:
 
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