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Tail Light Fairing
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Tail Light Fairing
by rvich » Fri May 06, 2011 10:29 am
I recently picked up this tail light fairing. It is made of steel and obviously accepts a Lucas lens. Anybody know what it came from?
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by rvich » Sun May 08, 2011 7:07 am
Two days and 60 views later and nobody knows where this might have come from? How is this possible? Maybe aliens left it behind? I could be in trouble if this group doesn't know!
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by swooshdave » Sun May 08, 2011 7:14 am
rvich wrote:Two days and 60 views later and nobody knows where this might have come from? How is this possible? Maybe aliens left it behind? I could be in trouble if this group doesn't know!
They put that style of lens on hundreds, if not thousands of different bikes in those days.
You probably want to go into town, and find a up to date Jap Bike store,
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.
Matt
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.
Matt
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by platinumsmith » Sun May 08, 2011 7:11 pm
I made that from scratch 25 years ago. It was on my bike when it was stolen. Where are you? I'm calling the police!
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by swooshdave » Sun May 08, 2011 10:01 pm
platinumsmith wrote:I made that from scratch 25 years ago. It was on my bike when it was stolen. Where are you? I'm calling the police!
Amazing spot welding skills, I'm impressed.
You probably want to go into town, and find a up to date Jap Bike store,
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.
Matt
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.
Matt
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by bwolfie » Mon May 09, 2011 6:05 am
I have a spot welder, easy enough to do! 
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by rvich » Mon May 09, 2011 8:07 am
I am impressed with the quality of the hand peened lens plate! Spent a few evenings in the shop tapping that out I reckon!
How many years did Lucas make the L679 lens that fits this fairing? I was thinking it was '65 or '66 to '72, but I haven't really found anything to back that up.
How many years did Lucas make the L679 lens that fits this fairing? I was thinking it was '65 or '66 to '72, but I haven't really found anything to back that up.
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by gtsun » Tue May 10, 2011 10:24 am
I would think it could be from just about anything. Might not be British, maybe old Honda, Kawi or Yamaha stuff.
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by rvich » Tue May 10, 2011 2:49 pm
gtsun wrote:I would think it could be from just about anything. Might not be British, maybe old Honda, Kawi or Yamaha stuff.
I think I will stick with the alien theory!
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by cjandme » Sat May 14, 2011 6:43 am
how about a 400 electra? Cj
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by rvich » Sat May 14, 2011 5:37 pm
It is hard to find photos online that show detail of tail lights. I looked at what I could find of the Electra and it looked like that fairing had a rib down the center. Of course that was of a '63 (with this Lucas style lense fwiw) and I have no way of knowing first hand if different years might have had different fairings or for that matter if the photo I was looking at was original.
I looked for a variety of different Nortons from that period and didn't find any that looked right. So, assuming it is British, it could be from any of the makes, or it might have been an aftermarket piece. The thing looks new except it has a broken off screw in the threads of one of the mounting tabs. So for all I know some chopper builder back in the 70s broke the screw off on a new piece, tossed it on a shelf and it sat there until I came along.
Russ
I looked for a variety of different Nortons from that period and didn't find any that looked right. So, assuming it is British, it could be from any of the makes, or it might have been an aftermarket piece. The thing looks new except it has a broken off screw in the threads of one of the mounting tabs. So for all I know some chopper builder back in the 70s broke the screw off on a new piece, tossed it on a shelf and it sat there until I came along.
Russ
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Re: Tail Light Fairing
by cjandme » Tue May 17, 2011 10:55 am
Soooooo, what'cha gonna do with it? Cj
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