Splitting 750 Bosch headlight case

Replacement reflectors are available, Gowanlocks have them for approximately $400 oz. Dam has the rubber seals and the w clips as well. Mine was missing a couple
 
On ignition first position is "on", and power is ready to all the switches. Position 2 is "park" and the key can be removed (and the battery run flat), with only the park globe lit in the headlight, not the main globe.
Using relays for the headlight avoids power going via the ignition and lh switch and all the passes through the multi spade block etc, you get full power to the globe, which also needs a good direct earth.
 
Optical telescope mirrors are evaporated aluminium, there is no method to remove contamination without compromising the reflective properties. Not certain of the type used on standard Bosch reflectors. Once you could have mirrors redone with evaporated aluminium. Useless information or not, j
 
Being a US import it quite likely the headlight lens/reflector was changed to a sealed beam unit by the importers to meet US standards.
I know all the US spec SFCs came fitted with sealed beam units replacing the Carrillo headlights.
 
Thanks again- I've learned thru trial and error about "if it ain't broke don't fix it"- I was just hoping to clean that inner lens. I did however, repaint the bucket that had severe wear marks from the tach cables. I'm amazed how $$ the bucket, lens, and rim is! I treat each part w/ care due to their cost and I appreciate the machine for what it is and hope to be riding it in the spring
 
If you're willing to compromise on a few 'rivets' there are good alternatives that would look very similar and allow use of std size H4 units. I had a Kwaka 9 or Z1000 shell and rim (but they're probably worth more than Laverda ones now!), but seem to recall Ducatis Monster as an alternative ... plenty of retro bikes out these days with nice shell headlight assembles available at wreckers.
 
Metropolitan Spares at Silverwater was my go-to Wreaker, they were massive, but about 5 or 6 years back they started discarding older stock, it was just sitting there taking up space. Over the years I think they bought out competitors, or the others just disappeared slowly. Their business model was buying wrecked bikes from Insurance Auctions and selling the bits, not even sure those Auctions exist anymore. They were an institution in Sydney and I used them for decades. The pandemic closed them down. There may be 1 or 2 small online places left in Sydney, just another sign of the general decline of Motorcycling. Nobody fixes anything so why buy old parts?
 
"of the era stuff", we had a time that parts could be bought new, and used, bike shops aplenty, with big glass windows to look in and press your nose against, everyday occurrence, we could not foresee the day(s) we have now. Speak for myself, there was no "end". The sun rises and sets on all in a universe.

Just better at scrounging these days, have to be.
 
Vince said:
Metropolitan Spares at Silverwater was my go-to Wreaker, they were massive, but about 5 or 6 years back they started discarding older stock, it was just sitting there taking up space. Over the years I think they bought out competitors, or the others just disappeared slowly. Their business model was buying wrecked bikes from Insurance Auctions and selling the bits, not even sure those Auctions exist anymore. They were an institution in Sydney and I used them for decades. The pandemic closed them down. There may be 1 or 2 small online places left in Sydney, just another sign of the general decline of Motorcycling. Nobody fixes anything so why buy old parts?
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Their website still seemed to exist a couple of years ago, I remember riding along Silverwater Road looking for where I remembered them, just not there! It justifies keeping boxes of old parts in the shed, I suppose.

bazzee
 
I’ve had to winch up a few smashed bikes from Pickles and Manhiems, none so far have gone to wreckers.

Pickles Brisbane store the bikes down a concrete ramp, the only way out is a winch, going or not….. Fucken great idea by someone in an office, I’d say. 🙄
 
Vince said:
Just don't use Autosol to attempt to get it shiny again. They are silvered like a mirror and that's extremely soft. Guess how I know. BTW my headlight must be upside down as I distinctly remember unclicking it from the top with a big screwdriver and refiting it first at the bottom and pushing it closed from the bottom first and finally clicking it closed at the top. Unlikely as the wiring assess holes are underneath. Does anyone else have a headlight like that? Another Laverda mystery.
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You must look for possums and drop bears at night. Simply, the whole unit is upside down, with the wiring loom hole facing upwards a tad.

Meaning, on low beam, the lens is shining to the right. Probably not bad for oncoming car drivers, but I bet truck drivers call you a ….
 
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