| Author | Message | ||
     Rwcfrank |
Who is running their Uly with the seemingly useless headlight guard removed? It blocks the headlight beam and wont stop anything smaller than an owl! Can I just pull the side and remove it? I don't see any bolts holding it on. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Have been for 15,000 miles. Just grab one side of it and pull it off. | ||
| Bosh |
The headlight grill is an important styling key that is essential for an adventure touring machine. Removing it will lower your bikes status to a "sport touring" motorcycle. This will of course reduce re-sale value tremendously. Remove it at your own peril!! | ||
| Lost_in_ohio |
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| Crusty |
On a trip to Colorado, the headlight on my wife's bike (a Moto Guzzi) was smashed by a piece of road debris kicked up by a Semi. If she had a guard like the Uly's, the headlight might not have broken. We don't consider it to be useless, and will be putting a guard on her Lightning. | ||
| Jwnsc |
I removed mine. Haven't missed it.  | ||
| Bobbuell1961 |
Crusty, Bob if you need one i have an extra | ||
| Hoon |
Here's the DIY/budget option:   Cable ties and Perspex,I've not noticed any loss of light-mind you the original lights are poor anyway and I've got aux lights now too. The Perspex has lasted well,I clean it every now and then and there's no scratching (it's been on for over a year now). (Sorry about the poor pictures but you get the idea.) | ||
| Towjam |
Hoon, Where did you get the fishnet stockings for the forks? | ||
| Hoon |
It's non-slip rubber matting which was in the gutter (a really big sheet of it),my gf rode past it several days in row before giving in to her knowledge that'd I'd be chuffed to have it and would find a use for it. She must love me if she's picking up wet gritty crap off the ground for me  . You can buy it from DIY stores/tool shops,car spares shops-really useful stuff. I did it to hide the shinyness. (I've seen plumming pipe-lagging used on a BMW GS,I presume to protect the fork legs or maybe for similar reasons to why I did it.) | ||
| Gotj |
For those of you using the clear headlight protectors, the covers cost you at least 8% of the already poor lighting. That is from the Oakley web site that shows their clear sunglasses lens allows only 92% light transmission. And that is with their very thin lenses so the thick protective ones used on Ulys probably reduce it even more. Below is a copy of the Oakley info. "Ruby Clear Lens: Very low light or indoor use only. Features a subtle Iridium® coating to increase contrast and reduce glare caused by artificial lighting. Light Transmission:92% Conditions:indoor Protection Index:0 Neutral / Contrast:Contrast | ||
| Jwnsc |
Thanks, that's nice to know, Gotj. I rarely ride after dark, so it seemed like a good trade-off for me. Besides, I had to get rid of that stock grill which I considered the only piece of non-functional window-dressing on the Uly. | ||
| Atoms |
What? Like owls can't fly or something? And are they not nocturnal? So if you do nail one with a headlight, it would take out that light at the worst possible time! |
