Hi Mike, How are you doing? About the break thing, here is my experience; In the euro headlight unit there is a "tinny reflector thingie" in front of the left H4 bulb. Looks like the middle of a radar or satellite dish. I don't know why it is there, the top of the H4 bulb is already black so what must it reflect anyway? That thingie breaks due the vibrations of the bike and then you get some
scratches on the back reflector. Scratches because of the free movement in the unit before you detect the problem or by removing that $#&*! thingie throughout the bulb hole (it's larger then the hole, so you have to deform/cut it to get it out of the unit). Because of bad experience with a FJ1200 headlight unit operation (patient died), I did not try to remove the probably glued glass. May be it is a sidecar related thing, because of the more vibrations those outfits creates due stiffer suspension, and the two cases I now about, are both GTS bikes with sidecars. When riding at night you can detect the problem very easily because the reflection of the light looks like your unit is filled with water and a gold fish. Without the "tinny reflector thingie" I have not noticed a different light pattern on the road. Ride safe, John Dreuning "Sidecarmaniac" The Netherlands http://home.planet.nl/~dreuning Also webmaster of the Dutch sidecarclub "Het Derde Wiel" (Sorry only in the Dutch language); http://hdw.vinden.nl Motorcycle wrote: > the problem in the euro one is that it seems to break. I can't remember just > what it is but I have talked to a number of guys that had to replace them. > > Mike Coan > > www.warmnsafe.com Home of the Heat-troller > > www.ttg-global.com Motorcycle & Travel Site
