Howdy folks, and happy new year to you!
Last night I finally made those changes to my headlight that I previously alluded to. I used a piece of dense closed-cell foam to bring the bulb a little further back (closer to the OEM design position). It's squishy, so when it abuts the speedo cable it can still push forward a bit. Good news! This fixes my 'split headlight beam' scatter issue. It's now very focused. Perhaps too focused, but we'll get to that in a bit.
That's the Hi-Beam above. Seems like it'll work, but unfortunately I didn't get to ride with it.
And the low beam... still has some split-beam scatter.
So I did that all last night in preparation of today's morning commute. First day back to work after the break, and I was a bit groggier than normal. Kicked it, fired up first kick, but was a bit slogging. Blipped the throttle, and the damn thing was in gear! My bike and my body lurched forward, and took a spill on the concrete beside my parking pad. Dang. That smarts. No worries, and the bike has kissed the ground before, so no sweat right? Get up, dust myself off, and I notice that my glass/plastic headlight lens has shattered. Damn. I decide that discretion is the better part of valor, and if I'm too groggy to start my bike, I have no business riding to work today. Go back inside, drink a cup of coffee, and take the cage to work.
So although I think I most likely solved my LED light issue, now I'm at an impass because I need to replace my headlight lens. The ring is a bit dinged up (third time it itself has kissed earth at slow speed), but only this last time did the lens break. So since I have to replace it anyway, i think I'm going to try and find one of those extended headlight rings. This was fun, trying to invent a new solution, but sometimes simpler is better.
Cheers,
Chuck