Electrical Changing Headlight

[tonyp41]

Hello All

I want to change my headlight to a Bates-Style Headlight..

1..How do I fit it to the bottom yoke, do they come with brackets or will I have to drill a hole..(Why are the called triple trees when there are only two of them??)

2...What do I do with all the wiring in the back of the standard headlight..


Again Thanks for any help..

Tony

[daddykemp]

Two forks legs and the headstock stem, ta da, triple trees!

[Hawkeye]

My bates headlight is fitted to a hole in the botton yoke. I have a wide front end and it came drill for it.
If you have std cast yokes you will only need to find a flat surface near the front to drill a 3/8 hole. Once you have that done it is plain sailing apart from the wiring, and that wont be to bad.

Sportster head lights are small like a bates but deeper if i remember my std headlight, you will need to fit it in the bates light.

Triple trees is a yank thing we call then yoke here

[Alan B]

I drilled up through the bottom yoke and made a bracket to suit. The wiring fitted in O?K just a bit crush
Alan B