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#19762 vanb (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 9 adj. headlight 5 Years, 2 Months ago   sorry for a silly question but where on a wall should my headlight when on dim be I need to find a happy medium with the adjure tri bar thanks VanB   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #19763 RoadieFF (Moderator) Moderator Posts: 2594 Re:adj. headlight 5 Years, 2 Months ago   With the bike on its wheels and you astride, have a helper measure the distance from the floor to the center of the headlight lens. Pick a flat wall where you can locate the bike so the headlight is 17 feet from the wall. Place a horizontal mark on the wall two (2) inches lower than the height of the center of the headlight. The headlight beam (on low beam) should be relatively flat on the top, and may rise rather sharply at the right edge. Adjust the headlight vertically so that the flat top of the beam is just up to that line (marked two inches down at 17 feet). Horizontal adjustment should center the beam ahead of the line of the bike. Hope this helps.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #74146 depdogg271 (User) 2003 Roadstar Silverado Fresh Boarder Posts: 58 Re:adj. headlight 4 Years, 1 Month ago   Thought I'd give this a bump and maybe help out a few folks! I replaced mine yesterday and put the adjustment back to where it was originally set and tried this tip...my horizontal beam was barely off the ground!! Got it adjusted and I'm bettin it should really light up the road now!!   Logged     03 Silverado   The administrator has disabled public write access. #74224 stanag (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 362 Re:adj. headlight 4 Years, 1 Month ago   Thanks for the info. I was wondering if there was a correct setting or just guess at it until it looks good. Stan   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #298782 ajbonner (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 644 Re:adj. headlight 1 Year, 10 Months ago   RoadieFF wrote: With the bike on its wheels and you astride, have a helper measure the distance from the floor to the center of the headlight lens. Pick a flat wall where you can locate the bike so the headlight is 17 feet from the wall. Place a horizontal mark on the wall two (2) inches lower than the height of the center of the headlight. The headlight beam (on low beam) should be relatively flat on the top, and may rise rather sharply at the right edge. Adjust the headlight vertically so that the flat top of the beam is just up to that line (marked two inches down at 17 feet). Horizontal adjustment should center the beam ahead of the line of the bike. Hope this helps. I need to adjust my headlight and wondered where this info originated. It sounds official. I am willing to give it a try...just curious.   Logged     Two wheels are better than four!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #298790 Clifford (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1781 Re:adj. headlight 1 Year, 10 Months ago   Most of the instructions that I have seen tell you to have the bike loaded about the same as it is normally ridden, have it verticle and about 25 feet from and perpendicular to a wall. Measure from the ground to the center of the headlight and put a mark on the wall at that height. Adjust so that the top edge of the bright main beam is at that line. Clifford   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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