Tail Light Fairing

rvich

rvich

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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?

Tail Light Fairing
 
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!
 
rvich said:
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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They put that style of lens on hundreds, if not thousands of different bikes in those days.
 
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!
 
platinumsmith said:
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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Amazing spot welding skills, I'm impressed. :mrgreen:
 
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.
 
I would think it could be from just about anything. Might not be British, maybe old Honda, Kawi or Yamaha stuff.
 
gtsun said:
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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I think I will stick with the alien theory!
 
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
 
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