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Does anyone know what kind of bulbs these Bates headlights use? Headlight

I think I might put one on, but I want it to be a good bulb, like H4 or something.

From the price and the looks of the light I'd have to go with an H1.

Ha, well, I found another. Even cheaper, which is fine with me, as I am mostly considered with seeing if I like how the light looks on the bike. If it is good looking, but the quality is bad, I can always buy the nice one, but if it is ugly, I can discard it without feeling bad.

Headlight

I liked the first one but I also like cheap. hehe

The RFY shocks how long did you get and are they any good? I've looked at those before and have been a little leary of them. My stepson is building a 79 650 into a cafe/fighter and I thought they might work well.

K, got the headlight in 1 day from ebay! Awesome! It looks great!









It mounts from the bottom, so I no longer have the chrome mounts on the side. It looks so much better. I have to remount my turn signals, but that is not hard.

As for the shocks, I used the 340mm ones. The stock shocks were 350 I think. So they are a tiny shorter. I am actually building a 79 KZ650 as well! I will prob use these same shocks. Like I said before, these are not Ohlins, but SO much better than stock.

So I went to see a buddy of mine today. He is a fabricator and has a super awesome cnc plasma table. Well, with about 15 minutes of measuring and 20 more moinutes of ideas and 5 minutes on the table, I had this dope seat pan. It is currently zip tied to the bike, but I just need to put some tabs on the frame to hold it and will be all good. Then I am gonna get it covered and it will be done. Super stoked. The windows on the side will have mess in them.







My measuring was a little off for the tank bolt hole, but the seat pad will cover that.

i like it !

can't wait to see the cover on it.

leon

Love the seat. I think I need a water jet now, hmmmm, they can't be that much right?

Ha, I really dont know about water jet, but those plasma tables get pricy. As for the seat, I wont have it covered for a few weeks. I will be posting pics of the under mounting soon tho. it will be pretty trick and clean.

So I did some work on the seat pan. I welded supports to the frame below where the gastank mounts. I welded to the square tube I put in there to reenforce the gastank support. (and yes, the right side is off a little, thats why I had to cut the front, ha, looks bad, but works fine)



I also but a support further back.



I then drilled holes that centered the pan and welded pins that drop into the supports.





I think I am gonna do this once more on the back crossmember. Then it should be all good. Also, I am going put in a few well nuts to hold it down.

Ok, so I did some good work this weekend. I removed my battery (SOOOO BIG) and replaced it with the old battery from my R1 (plenty of power for a 1000, but MUCH smaller). I also didnt but it back in the stock spot. I went to my buddies shop and he helped me make a battery box and we welded that to the underside of the swingarm. I dont have many pics, I will take more soon. Also, build a plate that mounts where the old battery box mounted and holds the regulator, starter solinoid, fuse box and ignition unit. The wires are a little crazy, but I am gonna trim them down soon.