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Creative temporary lighting on TXC - Old Dodge headlght?

andyman

andyman

Husqvarna
AA Class
So I want to ride in a night poker run at our Loretta Lynn Annual Spring ride. Trouble is... I don't have a headlight! They allow creative lighting and actually give away a prize for the most... ahem... "creative"....

So I figure I can probably figure out something. I have this old Dodge Ram headlight lens and a 9004 bulb lying around... I figure I can mount this up without too much trouble, but the issue is getting power to it. Can my stator run something like this?

My fall back plan is to duct tape a 4 D cell maglite to my front fender. Either way, I will also be gluing a couple of maglite 2A mounts to an old helmet and sticking them on there.
 
Get yourself a Trailtech MR16 helmet light. Can keep it to work with any bike, is an amazing light and all you need for trail stuff. In the open you would need more for speed but the single light is better than most headlights on bikes.
 
that's a cool light, but this is more-or-less a one time deal. There aren't night riding opportunities around here. This is actually the first opportunity I've ever had. I was thinking more along the lines of cobbling together something just for the fun of it and getting to play with some buds.
 
Maybe head down to the local camping store and check out some of the head lamps. I have used one of these for night rides before. It is not ideal, but certainly better than a mag lite taped to the fender.
 
20$ home depot 1 million candle power lamp taped to fender. follow up with more little ones all over the place for a flood beam.

used to ride dunes on my '77 maico 440 with cheapo flashlights taped all over me and the bike....took a few minutes to turn them all on and off etc...kinda funny.
 
pvduke;84050 said:
used to ride dunes on my '77 maico 440 with cheapo flashlights taped all over me and the bike....took a few minutes to turn them all on and off etc...kinda funny.
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Got any pix, i have to see that.
 
not sure. was before even them box cameras came out. usually left the nice camera at camp cuz it was huge and fragile. ill do some diggin and see what i can find and scan, if i find something..it was pretty silly but it worked for plonking and poker runs, 3 on the lid, one on each shoulder, a bunch on the bike ...energizer dirt biker :p
 
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