I put the dual headlights on today and now I need a wider tire and to put on my carbon fiber flyscreen then I will be done till I get something else.

looks good!

cool ralph you do good work I always look forward to see what your gonna do next.

Next comes my sporty looking seat. I have one ready to go. I almost slid off that sucker the other day when I was messing around and hitting the throttle without preparing for the slide. I am going to mount the flyscreen tomorrow.

looks good on that wide-glide front end.

i think the cats eye type of head light would have looked better. now that looks like a sports bike.

that looks really good with the wide glide front, and bars

Looks good Ralph, you won't have to cut your flyscreen now. I don't know if the attach brackets are the same for your screen and mine but I will get a pic of them tomorrow if you like. The brackets have special rubber mounted captive nuts to keep the screen from cracking, you should be able to pick them up from a Buell dealer cheap.

I am still toying with the alien cateye or some ducati dual lights. This is what I have for now. I also like the refector tyle and that might eventually be the one that stays. Just playing right now. They look really cool from the side. The count can be used for the small projector lights as well.

Ralph you do exceptional work, i feel a 4.5 Adjure or Headwinds single light would suite your bike style better IMHO.


Although those Cateyes would be kewl as hell with the flyscreen.:D :D :D

thats nice dude...

As much as I like much of what you do Ralph, I like the single light better. I'm not oppossed to duals or alternative lights for sure but on the bike the way you have it I just think the single looks better.

Looks good Ralphie....but be cautious at night. Cagers see those dual lights and think its another cager further away. You'll be cut off pretty regular.....but that's just another 2 cents out of Pirate's booty.

Pirate

I put the dual headlights on today and now I need a wider tire and to put on my carbon fiber flyscreen then I will be done till I get something else.

Those lights look awesome!!! :clap

Dual lights look best with the wide glide front end. Your paint scheme matches well with the lights!

Definitely nice!

OK ralph, My 2 cents worth...........
I really like the lights. They look great between the forks.
IMO though, those risers are just too much.
I think the whole front end would look so much better if you got rid of them, and lowered your bars, especially how you have the rest of the bike set up. Also, I think the flyscreen would look and fit better as well.
just me,
Swankster

Lookin' good man, lookin' good! :banarock

I like your bike both ways. The single light is a little classier while the dual is a little more fun.

Looks good Ralph!

I decided to order an alien cateye as well so I can see how it looks. I need the right light but the original never really did it for me(hey kev, it is a guzzi light. 6 inch round).

I liked the single light better... i guess i'm just wierd.

I would ike to see that dual light coming at me in the next lane over, I bet that would get their attention.

With dual lights, the Harley riders will probably stop wavin' at ya...

Overall I like.

I dig the functionality of more light, plus a backup if one bulb goes out.

Those pics make it look very different though from different angles.

in the 3/4 side view it looks great, very well balanced.

On the straight on view the lights look a little small which is making the front end look a little boxy (to many hard lines from the downtubes to the triple trees to the bar risers etc).

I think I'd like it better if the lights were both a little bigger, to break up the squareness of the front end.

I decided to order an alien cateye as well so I can see how it looks. I need the right light but the original never really did it for me(hey kev, it is a guzzi light. 6 inch round).

Alien cateye? hmmm can't picture it...

You got a link?

Kev

more light is good.i ride a lot at nite going thru the country.dont see as good at nite.not much difference between brite and dim light.my lightbulb was only a 45 ,50.i installed a 55,100,works great and only cost me about 12 bucks.

Looks Good !!!!!!!!

I am going out on a limb here and say I like it. It's different, and I like different.

It don't look to bad, I do like the single headlight alittle more though. But like said earlier it is nice to have a backup if the one bulb would burn out.

Your an inspiration Ralph. Keep doing what your doing.

Well, they are wired up and on for now. I will drive it like this for a while and get a feel. It does not look how I pictured it so I am gonna let it sink in for a little while. I really like the mini projector ion lights and I will keep looking until I get exactly what I want. Maybe when the alien cateye arrives it is the one. here is the alien cateye. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140028486584&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

here is a pic of what it will look like after the weekend. http://www.clubchopper.com/photopost/uploads/7566/Picture_0031.jpg

Here is another angle. Sorry for the giant pics. http://www.clubchopper.com/photopost/uploads/7566/Picture_0042.jpg

It looks better in the second set of pics. I kinda like it now.

I personally like the single light better.

Very cool! I like the 2 headlights much better than the old single light. That flyscreen finishes it off perfectly.;)

Like the look from the side better than the front view. Think that fatter tire you want may make the front look better as well. I have seen that alien light on bikes before and was going to get one for my bike but the bikes I saw it on didn't really look so good because the light looked to small for the bike. But they were texas choppers should get a different look on a sporty with it. Just curious which projector light you were talking about? Is it something like this:
http://www.dragspecialties.com/fatbook/1728/245/2374617
http://images.dragspecialties.com/images/catalogs/Fatbook/2006/products/display/42f97f0e-5494-420d-9197-ae03cc118242.jpg

Looks good!

I like the look with the wide glide and the skinny tire. Keep the skinny one!

The flyscreen is a nice touch that compliments the dual lights nicely, looks alot better than first envisioned.



Klown- WTH are you talking about?:laugh

Looks good.I checked out your "Cats Eye" ,and I was looking at something like that for my winter Project if I do rake the front out,It is a little different from your choice but same idea.

Umm... Ralph? Someone put a tophat on your bike. I'd be pissed.....

:sofa

:D

I wondered what a dual headlight setup would look like on my bike-just to different. I found a pic of one a while back ago and asked a buddy of mine what he though. He said: NO I still think it would look good.
I prefer the dual light to the alien style. But until I see it on your bike, I'll reserve judgement.
Not feeling the flyscreen though, kind of had the same thought that the Preach had. But that's just my $0.02
What exhaust are you running now? It's hard to keep up with you, Ralph!

My 70 dollar ebay gold find. Supertrapp 2 into 1 brushed with 24 discs and open cap.(It had a buy it now with poor description, deided to buy it and see what it was. Looked like hell but the hiour I spent with the nylon rotary brush fixed it right up.). The fly screen is for over 80 riding. It is going to look just like I want it to. My bike needs it for speed.

Ralph I think the dual lights look great!
Don't think I like the cat's eye.. too French looking for me.

Gazza

I'm diggin' the Winnie the Pooh coffee mug.

Ralph,

Did you see this bike in the black bike thread?

http://xlforum.net/photopost/data/500/Double_Headlight_95_Sporty.jpg

Gazza

Looks like the good looking sister of a bug-eyed Triumph Speed Triple.

Ralph,
Is your fly screen self-designed or store bought? Looks great with the twin headlights!

Also, are you venting the engine breather to just underneath the gas tank? How has that worked for you?
Regards,

You can get it on Ebay. It is carbon fiber modeled off the buell flyscreen. Just need to figure out how I will mount it. That should be easy enough.

They work great at night. Just tested last night. I see more of the lane now.

Ralph your amazing:banana all these mods it's hard to keep up on what's next, i think the XLF should have a poll like a office football poll to parlay your next mod.

What's next in your bag of tricks? just curious and a little anixious to know what's next for that ever evolving sportster you own.:D :D :D

Raplph,

The flyscreen definitely helps address the issue I raised before about them looking too small and the front end too square.

The alien eye light looks kinda cool. I'm VERY curious about how that's gonna look.

Heck, they're not too far from me, crap I coulda ridden out there to check it out for ya.

Keep us posted and THANKS!

KEv

The dual lights are definitely different.
Not my thing but looks good on your bike.
Reminds me of a pair of boobs, which
is not a bad thing. :D

Looks good Ralphie....but be cautious at night. Cagers see those dual lights and think its another cager further away.

Oh crap! I never even thought of that. Do you seriously think that's a concern?

Oh crap! I never even thought of that. Do you seriously think that's a concern? My daily rider has dual headlights stock. I've never had a problem, and I ride to work early in the morning when it is still dark.:) http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j176/twolaneblacktop/100_14862.jpg

It is actually kind of funny the dual headlight thing. Cars get out of the way when you come up on them on the highway at 80 or so. I think the single headlight of a harley equals slow to cars and duals equals fast and hence they get the hell out of the way.

I was thinking about the dual-headlight thing and a car's perception on the dark ride to work this morning.

Thing is, from a distance, a car can always make an assumption.

Remember that probably most of them think we're a car with one headlight out (at least at first).

Kev

have used the dual headlight a few times on jap streetfighters...

Looked at usin it on the sporty but I sorta like the single one on the sporty.... looks more balanced..

Although if I go to an upside down front end I may look at different lights..



As to yours..... I'm with Kev... makes it lok a bit boxy... got a customer who's got a similar set up on his softail and I have the same opinion of that one... the carbon screen might be a bit much unless ya colour match the paint... carbon is a good look and I'm gonna try and use a heap of it on mine but it looks a bit added on on yours.... maybe if ya just did the copper flame over the carbon base to balance it in..

I like the double light, but the cat's eye looks to ricer for me. Maybe if I seen one on a bike, it would change my mind.

I really like the new light.

I have left it on a week now and decided it fits my current rambuntious attitude so they stay. I need to find some different turn signals to go with them now. I am on the hunt.

I converted my sportster about a year ago with dual headlamps,here are some pics.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/mikenico/image006.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/mikenico/image008.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f273/mikenico/sportster.jpg

Mike Nico(UK)

I put the dual headlights on today and now I need a wider tire and to put on my carbon fiber flyscreen then I will be done till I get something else.

Looks cool. I like your comment "I will be done till I get somthing else". :laugh

I converted my sportster about a year ago with dual headlamps,here are some pics.

Mike Nico(UK)

I dig it...

What wattage do you guys use?

I figure 2 55watt bulbs would wear on the battery pretty hard.

Let a brotha know...

Adios

They are on ebay again. I was not able to make them it without having to hack up the expensive mount plate. I think a big buell light is what my bike needs with the 54mm inverted front end. Just looks tooooooo right on cjburrs bike.
here is the add.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=018&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=280070610527&rd=1,1

http://i6.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/84/a3/fd29_2.JPG

looking good yeah...... i liked it!