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by erimille
Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:35 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Battery cables
Replies: 32
Views: 7541

Re: Battery cables

Back in the 80's I found an extremely high quality heavy duty switch that fit perfectly behind the battery box on my /6 and was heavy enough to handle the electrical loads with ease, so my friend Dell Ward made up some cables for me and we installed it between the negative terminal and the ground l...
by erimille
Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:02 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: /5 headlight guard
Replies: 10
Views: 2827

Re: /5 headlight guard

I see a lot of people seem to have the headlight guard installed. I am trying to see what situation would cause the headlight housing to take an impact other than a head on collision. It seems the handlebars would stop the headlight from hitting the ground on a tip over. What am I missing? In my ca...
by erimille
Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:52 am
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: Battery cables
Replies: 32
Views: 7541

Re: Battery cables

When I make battery terminals to go with my Master Switches, I use heavy duty terminals and 60 volt, 6ga cable. Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "Master Switch". I've been noodling on a quick kill-switch for my negative battery cable and curious if this might be one of those ;) --e (72...
by erimille
Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:27 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: /5 headlight guard
Replies: 10
Views: 2827

Re: /5 headlight guard

I see a lot of people seem to have the headlight guard installed. I am trying to see what situation would cause the headlight housing to take an impact other than a head on collision. It seems the handlebars would stop the headlight from hitting the ground on a tip over. What am I missing? In my ca...
by erimille
Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:31 pm
Forum: Post 1970 Airheads
Topic: /5 mirror options
Replies: 23
Views: 7237

Re: /5 mirror options

I'm running with a set of Halcyon 830 mirrors and couldn't be happier. I've found them to be extremely well made, fold in nicely, fit perfectly in 22mm bars, and provide a huge improvement over my original (long) stalk mirrors. The following pictures provide a quick snapshot of these in place. http:...