Do these ears look wrongly fitted. I need a second opinion please. I am having trouble getting the Speedo and tacho cables to fit behind the headlamp.
Thanks. Sorry to be a pain. I will get this bike going soon👍🏻
This a T3 or similar? They look right to me, need to slide up higher of course. The cables just take a bit of messing around with to fit.
It’s a Le mans 1, 1977. A different top yoke for handlebars has been fitted.
As far as I’m aware, one of them has a slight indentation. This is on the RHS on mine which is validated by the part in Guzzibits:
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Right hand headlight bracket, supplied in a black base coat for final finishing**
See SUA17700 for mounting rubbers (two required per side). Note crease as per original part
Position looks correct. Mine has the original bars so the brackets are flush with the bottom yoke with the clip ons flush with the top. However - the small brackets that hold the cluster are above the clip ons which would make them about 20mm higher than your clocks - i.e. just under the top yolk.
Thanks, I will look for the indentation.
Steve, i think your error maybe that the ‘egg’ shaped Instrument Brackets should be directly under the Top yoke with the Clip Ons under them and then the Headlight Brackets. Obviously you dont have Clip Ons fitted so you would need to make spacers! Also the Headlight Bracketas are upside down, i think!!!
Regards, Nik
I agree with Nik, the ears for the clocks should sit below the clip-ons, however models that do not have clip-ons had longer sleeves to the headlamp brackets. You can get around this by using a clamp on the stanchion either above or below or both above and below the headlamp bracket instead of the clip-ons, whichever suits the height you want the clocks to sit at.
I have made spacers out of stainless steel to do this that do not clamp, above and below the headlamp bracket there should be thick rubber washers with a tapered edge that fits to the headlamp bracket, this keeps the bracket away from the stanchion and so isolates it from vibration. I use large O-rings as I cannot source the the original rubber ones.
A plain spacer could be drilled and tapped for grub screws or cut so it is a split ring with a bolt(s) so tighten it onto the stanchion. On my bike I have non-standard headlamp brackets with clamps and my non-standard clip-ons clamp as well. You should experiment and see where it all fits best, or get some 850T headlamp brackets that are longer.
The clock brackets are pointing up making the clocks too high in the photo above. But resolved in the photo below with the addition of spacers I found in my spares box but forgot to fit!.
That’s what I said… Probably didn’t explain it very well
I like my set up for the handlebars, and I think the ears are the right way up. I don’t want the instruments any higher. It does look like I have the wrong cable, with too shallow a bend under the speedo.
I have ordered the 90 degree cable drive gears from Italy, so I hope they do the trick.
Thanks for all the input guys.