Garauld, When Are The Light Brackets Coming?

[skyway]

Just wondering when they will be ready. I'll take mine in black please.

 

[Woodstock]

Huh?

 

[twowheelnut]

Huh?

+1 :stupid:

 

[SkooterG]

Huh?

+1 :stupid:

+2 :stupid:

 

[skyway]

Huh?

+1 :stupid:

There I was thinking nothing slips by post whores.

 

[skyway]

Huh?

+1 :stupid:

+2 :stupid:

and an admin, shame on you scooter.

 

[twowheelnut]

Ah haaaa, said the post whore. :****:

 

[skyway]

Ah haaaa, said the post whore.  :****:

You're welcome. :****:

 

[Woodstock]

Ah haaaa, said the post whore. :****:

+1

 

[skyway]

Ah haaaa, said the post whore.  :****:

+1

Well, I wouldn't want you to feel left out now, would I. :****:

 

[Bounce]

Interesting. I just went with Bill McAv's variant through FJR Goodies.

 

[radman]

Got mine a year ago from G. Get your orders in early...

 

[stryg8r]

I looked at both and Garauld was less than half the price with all the quality. Care to guess which one I went with.

Garauld, if your reading this I still need a replacement right hand bracket due to a minor tip over last spring.

Derek

 

[garauld]

OK, OK, I feel the heat... I will make up some this weekend. Send me a PM if you want a set - $35 delivered. You guys are tooo much...

 

[skyway]

OK, OK, I feel the heat...  I will make up some this weekend.  Send me a PM if you want a set - $35 delivered.      You guys are tooo much...

PM sent. B)

 

[devanator]

garauld

PM sent also. I'd be interested in a pair too.

Devanator

 

[beardo]

Can someone please answer a question for me regarding garauld's auxiliary light mounting brackets? Can I use these mounting brackets to mount a pair of PIAA 910's? Are the holes in the brackets far enough out to allow you to mount PIAA 910's below the bracket without any interference?

Thanks in advance for anyone that can answer this question for me. If I can use these brackets for PIAA 910's I'll probably go ahead PM garauld to see if I could buy a set from him.

Thanks,

BeardO

 

[garauld]

Hi, if you do not want me to drill a hole so you can position it yourself, just let me know - no problemo.

 

[Warchild]

Thanks in advance for anyone that can answer this question for me. If I can use these brackets for PIAA 910's I'll probably go ahead PM garauld to see if I could buy a set from him.

Note the following: I have not seen garauld's brackets from the pilot seat yet, so I don't know if his bracket, which otherwise looks like a good imitation of the Top Gun brackets, has that small but critical support arm that attaches to the bodywork fastener. (does it, garauld?)

The reason I mention it is that when the Top Gun brackets were initially developed in late 2002, they were designed primarily with the PIAA 910 in mind. This lamp is not exactly featherweight at a full 2lbs per lamp, so when the fabricator initially fitted this relatively hefty 910 lamp on the first prototype bracket, the small moment arm that was created caused the lamp to jiggle to an unacceptable degree when rolling over rough roads, railroad tracks, etc.

So a second prototype version was fabricated, this time with a crucial support "arm" that affixes to the nearby bodywork fastener, as seen below (although note the fastener is not installed when this photo was taken):

With the support arm in place, this essentially removed the "moment arm" effect, and the 910 lamp then proved to be rock-solid even while riding over seriously rough, pot-holed roads. This version became the production version of the Top Gun PIAA bracket.

There was some initial concern that using this bodywork fastener in a support role might result in cracking of the plastic bodywork over time. This has proven not to be the case whatsoever. Dozens of LD riders using these brackets have ridden for many, many hundreds of thousands of (combined) miles with no issue with the bodywork plastic. Obviously, one doesn't want to tempt fate by overtightening the support arm fastener.

All that having been said.... if you're using the fairly light lamps like the Hella FF50 as seen in Skyway's photos above, then you could probably get away without having the support arm and not have any real problems. Experience has shown that is not the case for the big PIAA 910 lamps, however. FYI.