My GSX1400 Restoration

[grog]

SA, aim was perfect. Can remember few yrs back sorting that out. Cut off on low was as it should be, remains the same with diff. globes. Just below car windows in front. We have one of those testing machines at work, yeah, its good. Simpler way, someone on bike sitting, High beam, walk up to light, put finger on your clothes where it shines, walk back 4 metres, should be on same spot. High is straight ahead, Low just dips to left. Have done that test multiple times for car roadworthys. Test machine always agrees.

[Hooli]

SA, aim was perfect. Can remember few yrs back sorting that out. Cut off on low was as it should be, remains the same with diff. globes. Just below car windows in front. We have one of those testing machines at work, yeah, its good. Simpler way, someone on bike sitting, High beam, walk up to light, put finger on your clothes where it shines, walk back 4 metres, should be on same spot. High is straight ahead, Low just dips to left. Have done that test multiple times for car roadworthys. Test machine always agrees.

I do similar on a wall & just roll the bike back sat on it to check the height doesn't change.

[SA14]

I was just out there trying to shift it a bit to the right and the little screw wasn't doing anything that I could see and I was turning it a lot and now I've lost my position so have to start again. Ugh. The beam is so wide I can't see an edge. I've never actually seen an aiming machine anywhere. Wouldn't know where to go.   

[KiwiCol]

No, not saying that. I'm saying if you orientate your headlamp more to the right, the low would be too far to the right.   Ya can't change where the filaments are in a bulb, so that buld just aims a bit far to the left on high.  The Narva man may be able to suggest a remedy or other bulb that points different.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

No, not saying that. I'm saying if you orientate your headlamp more to the right, the low would be too far to the right.   Ya can't change where the filaments are in a bulb, so that buld just aims a bit far to the left on high.  The Narva man may be able to suggest a remedy or other bulb that points different.

The original headlamp assembly has a small adjuster at 9oclock position that angles the lamp left or right in the housing.  The adjuster underneath angles up and down, don't forget to undo the side mounting bolts as otherwise you're distorting the housing.

[SA14]

No, not saying that. I'm saying if you orientate your headlamp more to the right, the low would be too far to the right.   Ya can't change where the filaments are in a bulb, so that bulb just aims a bit far to the left on high.  The Narva man may be able to suggest a remedy or other bulb that points different.

The original headlamp assembly has a small adjuster at 9oclock position that angles the lamp left or right in the housing.  The adjuster underneath angles up and down, don't forget to undo the side mounting bolts as otherwise you're distorting the housing.

Yeah, that's the adjuster I've been turning with no discernible change in the light's horizontal angle but I didn't know (or read anywhere) about undoing the "side mounting bolts"; which bolts are those? The ones that screw in the chrome ring that holds the lamp in? Do you mean loosen slightly? If so I'm guessing tightening them back up would also distort the housing and aim? Is it a bolt, screw, adjust, aiming "dance"? It doesn;t have to be super accurate I'm guessing. Could you elaborate a little?

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Sorry Baz, shouldve been clearer.

The two M12 bolts holding the entire lamp on the bracket.

On mine the lower vertical adjuster is also nearly maxed out with the bike 3.8m from a vertical wall.  See photo of the low beam from my LED headlamp.t