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1st July 2012
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Biker
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Old house in an old neighborhood in Little Rock, AR
Posts: 46 Sportster/Buell Model: XL Sportster/Buell Year: 1957 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1967 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH Other Motorcycle Year: 1961
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'61 XLCH headlight switch qustion
Got this 2 owner 61 XLCH starting on 1 or 2 kicks, it's sorted pretty well just need lights and a new chain to ride. Don't know how it came when new. I have a toggle switch on back of headlight bucket and a switch on left handlebar. Toggle is on/off and the switch is an on/off, shouldn't there be a high/low switch on handlebar? Pulled it all apart and used a meter across switches and they are just on/off switches. I can wire it to run either a high or low beam full time but seems like there should be a way to switch them. Do I have the wrong handlebar switch?
No ignition switch at this time, only a kill button.
Thanks, Mike
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1st July 2012
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Senior Chief Know It All 2nd Class
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,407 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1969 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1960 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH Other Motorcycle Year: 1959
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Your bike would have come with a three position rotary switch in the headlight visor when new. (1=off, 2=low beam, 3=high beam). There would have been no hi/low switch on the handlebar. Here is a photo of this style switch on my 1959 XLCH:
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1st July 2012
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Biker
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Old house in an old neighborhood in Little Rock, AR
Posts: 46 Sportster/Buell Model: XL Sportster/Buell Year: 1957 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1967 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH Other Motorcycle Year: 1961
Reputation: 37
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Ok and Thanks, if you could sometime post a pic so I'll know what I'm looking for, will take it back to original as time permits.
For now I wired the toggle to run high beam only, pointed down just a bit(already have enough friends) and converted the switch on left bar to a kill switch.
Mike
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1st July 2012
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Senior Chief Know It All 2nd Class
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,407 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1969 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1960 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH Other Motorcycle Year: 1959
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeE
Oif you could sometime post a pic so I'll know what I'm looking for, will take it back to original as time permits.
Mike
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I did post a photo in my reply??? |
2nd July 2012
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Biker
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 7 Sportster/Buell Model: Xlch 900 Sportster/Buell Year: 1963
Reputation: 10
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I have a 2 position switch I bought off ebay that screws onto the handle bars. Very simple to hook up and easy to toggle between high and low beam. I have an extra, message me and we can figure a way to get it to you.
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2nd July 2012
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Pottstown PA.
Posts: 5,138 Sportster/Buell Model: xlch Sportster/Buell Year: 1960
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Magneto Sportster
Your bike would have come with a three position rotary switch in the headlight visor when new. (1=off, 2=low beam, 3=high beam). There would have been no hi/low switch on the handlebar. Here is a photo of this style switch on my 1959 XLCH:
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i,think it'a,vey good,picture. swich and knob,are in the lower,center. between the bolts.
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2nd July 2012
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Biker
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Old house in an old neighborhood in Little Rock, AR
Posts: 46 Sportster/Buell Model: XL Sportster/Buell Year: 1957 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XLH Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1967 Other Motorcycle Model: XLCH Other Motorcycle Year: 1961
Reputation: 37
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Originally Posted by Magneto Sportster
I did post a photo in my reply???
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Yes you posted a pic. I am on dial up still, before it ever got the pic where I could see it I had already read your note and moved on,,,,,,,,,, may get faster access someday, just don't really need it and when I do I go down the street to my wifes' house where she has DSL. My wife lives 4 houses down across the street been that way close to 20 years, works for us, besides if she lived here I probably could not have a 57 Sportster in the bedroom or a 67 in another bedroom and a 70 in the kitchen,,,,,,,,,,,,
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