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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bug" data-source="post: 149863" data-attributes="member: 3940">So here's where the copper starts. I had been debating what color to paint it and was leaning towards copper when I tried to move the headlight from the old Vetter fairing back into the original bowl on the bike and it was the wrong size. Ok, get a different lightbulb right? Well, I still wouldn't have anything to hold it in place as the empty bowl on the bike didn't have any hardware. So I started playing around with this idea:[GALLERY=media, 26482][/GALLERY]I wanted to suspend the light with springs, kind of like those old microphones you would see in a recording studio. That made it way too big in my opinion, so I cut it smaller and ended up with this:[GALLERY=media, 26483][/GALLERY]Now, how to attach the bulb to the frame? I made a sort of chain link wire mesh thingy and used bailing wire to hold it in place.[GALLERY=media, 26484][/GALLERY]I used grounding lugs to mount the frame to the stock hangers. Notice the bailing wire going over the back center of the light? this shorted against one of the bulb leads blowing a few fuzes before I was able to trace it out. I have since woven some wire to make a sort of cradle, much like the front, and keep clear of the terminals.[GALLERY=media, 26485][/GALLERY]Close up mounted:[GALLERY=media, 26486][/GALLERY]And lit up, a bit further back:[GALLERY=media, 26487][/GALLERY]</blockquote>