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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 13, 2015 18:58:40 GMT -5
...Fab up mounts and add a pair of LED headlights, change the oil, and oh yes, make a mount and install a genuine 1940's era ILLUMINATED SWAN hood ornament... LOL! I know, they were the epitome of TACKY (unless factory-mounted on a PACKARD...) but I got the mint chrome "goose" body dirt-cheap sans wings, and then found a NOS pair of illuminated wings. I had one of these iconic "mascots" on a '49 Ford, a '50 Chevy and a '55 Chevy back in the day... and yeah, on one Harley bagger front-fender... and I still love 'em no matter HOW tacky they are...
I need to remove the weird, rotted, "Thomas Edison" stone-age socket and bulb and convert it to a 12V LED (pretty easy; virtually "drop-in") and then figure out just WHERE on a SCOOTER the obnoxiously-nostalgic birdie should reside... Me thinks maybe up-front "in the wind" on a flat aluminum plate protruding from beneath the old Kymco's rodent-like nose... Humor me. I'm OLD... and the light-up buzzard will go well with my wide-whites, saddlebags and fishtail exhaust... LOL! Heck, a scooter can always use a little extra light for safety...
Ride safe!
Leo in Texas
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Post by urbanmadness on Apr 14, 2015 9:50:08 GMT -5
...Fab up mounts and add a pair of LED headlights, change the oil, and oh yes, make a mount and install a genuine 1940's era ILLUMINATED SWAN hood ornament... LOL! I know, they were the epitome of TACKY (unless factory-mounted on a PACKARD...) but I got the mint chrome "goose" body dirt-cheap sans wings, and then found a NOS pair of illuminated wings. I had one of these iconic "mascots" on a '49 Ford, a '50 Chevy and a '55 Chevy back in the day... and yeah, on one Harley bagger front-fender... and I still love 'em no matter HOW tacky they are...
I need to remove the weird, rotted, "Thomas Edison" stone-age socket and bulb and convert it to a 12V LED (pretty easy; virtually "drop-in") and then figure out just WHERE on a SCOOTER the obnoxiously-nostalgic birdie should reside... Me thinks maybe up-front "in the wind" on a flat aluminum plate protruding from beneath the old Kymco's rodent-like nose... Humor me. I'm OLD... and the light-up buzzard will go well with my wide-whites, saddlebags and fishtail exhaust... LOL! Heck, a scooter can always use a little extra light for safety...Ride safe!Leo in Texas What about on the front fender? |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 14, 2015 11:08:09 GMT -5
...Fab up mounts and add a pair of LED headlights, change the oil, and oh yes, make a mount and install a genuine 1940's era ILLUMINATED SWAN hood ornament... LOL! I know, they were the epitome of TACKY (unless factory-mounted on a PACKARD...) but I got the mint chrome "goose" body dirt-cheap sans wings, and then found a NOS pair of illuminated wings. I had one of these iconic "mascots" on a '49 Ford, a '50 Chevy and a '55 Chevy back in the day... and yeah, on one Harley bagger front-fender... and I still love 'em no matter HOW tacky they are...
I need to remove the weird, rotted, "Thomas Edison" stone-age socket and bulb and convert it to a 12V LED (pretty easy; virtually "drop-in") and then figure out just WHERE on a SCOOTER the obnoxiously-nostalgic birdie should reside... Me thinks maybe up-front "in the wind" on a flat aluminum plate protruding from beneath the old Kymco's rodent-like nose... Humor me. I'm OLD... and the light-up buzzard will go well with my wide-whites, saddlebags and fishtail exhaust... LOL! Heck, a scooter can always use a little extra light for safety...Ride safe!Leo in Texas What about on the front fender? Urbanmadness,
THAT would be the "natural" place, but the thing is too tall. It won't fit between the fender and the nose plastic. Mounted on a flat plate protruding from under the nose, it would look nearly the same as if it was on the fender... I'll have to see about how the illuminated wings "flow" into the lines of the nose. If it can be angled to fit the shape of the nose area, it actually could look sort of "old-school" classic. But if it looks "tacked on" it would look truly AWFUL... LOL!
No time right now to mess with it... It's pretty far down on my "to do" list... I need to pull the nose plastics to figure out just how to install/wire the auxiliary headlights. Then I can just do all the toys at one time. That is going to have to wait until sometime later in the season. I need to keep survival priorities first... Too busy right now keeping the lights on in this "Camelot" we live in...
Ride safe!
Leo
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Post by lain on Apr 15, 2015 9:53:30 GMT -5
Put it on the nose of the front fairing like a boat? Sail the asphalt oceans in style and if anyone gives you trouble load up ur cannons and brace for impact!
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Post by urbanmadness on Apr 15, 2015 17:28:15 GMT -5
Prepare for RAMMING SPEED!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 17, 2015 2:53:35 GMT -5
Put it on the nose of the front fairing like a boat? Sail the asphalt oceans in style and if anyone gives you trouble load up ur cannons and brace for impact! That's the basic idea... With a flat bar-stock mount protruding from beneath the flat nose, it should look like its a mast-head bow mascot like on an old ship. Yup... Leo (arrgghh) in Texas |
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Post by geh3333 on Apr 20, 2015 18:09:29 GMT -5
...Fab up mounts and add a pair of LED headlights, change the oil, and oh yes, make a mount and install a genuine 1940's era ILLUMINATED SWAN hood ornament... LOL! I know, they were the epitome of TACKY (unless factory-mounted on a PACKARD...) but I got the mint chrome "goose" body dirt-cheap sans wings, and then found a NOS pair of illuminated wings. I had one of these iconic "mascots" on a '49 Ford, a '50 Chevy and a '55 Chevy back in the day... and yeah, on one Harley bagger front-fender... and I still love 'em no matter HOW tacky they are...
I need to remove the weird, rotted, "Thomas Edison" stone-age socket and bulb and convert it to a 12V LED (pretty easy; virtually "drop-in") and then figure out just WHERE on a SCOOTER the obnoxiously-nostalgic birdie should reside... Me thinks maybe up-front "in the wind" on a flat aluminum plate protruding from beneath the old Kymco's rodent-like nose... Humor me. I'm OLD... and the light-up buzzard will go well with my wide-whites, saddlebags and fishtail exhaust... LOL! Heck, a scooter can always use a little extra light for safety...Ride safe!Leo in Texas Are talking about the headlight socket and bulb ? If so , I've been wanting to remove mine and add Either an h4 or an h7 type bulb , I forget which one was the same shape as the socket . it will clamp down into the back of the assembly just like the socket . I'd have to wire the new bulbs up but I'm not sure if the 55-60 watt halogen bulbs will be too much for the electrical system. |
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Post by bulldogg62 on Apr 20, 2015 22:53:57 GMT -5
Well let's see......
1. Replace the top end on my Roketa 250
2. Find some ammo boxes and first aid boxes to stuff all the wiring in on my "rat scooter"
3. Mount the headlight, taillight, and the turn signals.
4. Do something with the gauges, not sure what but i'll figure something out.
5. Build some floor boards out of expanded steel or diamond plate aluminum or maybe wood......
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 23, 2015 2:38:42 GMT -5
Leo in Texas[/quote]Are talking about the headlight socket and bulb ? If so , I've been wanting to remove mine and add Either an h4 or an h7 type bulb , I forget which one was the same shape as the socket . it will clamp down into the back of the assembly just like the socket . I'd have to wire the new bulbs up but I'm not sure if the 55-60 watt halogen bulbs will be too much for the electrical system.[/quote] No, these are strictly "add-on" auxiliary "can" lights... Single-bulb, LED. Small, light-weight but VERY bright. I just set one between the mirror and plastics to show the size. Below are pix of the lights. I hooked one up to a battery and it is indeed, as bright as the sample pic from the eBay listing (top picture).    Carefully aimed so as not to blind oncoming traffic, these should be INCREDIBLE and only draw a small amount of current. No problem running them and draining the battery. I'll hook them into the low-beam line with a separate switch so they don't run all the time. Only turn them on when needed. (My old Kymco is one of those scoots with no headlight switch) Turn the ignition on, and the running lights come on. These little lights are absolutely amazing! Ride safe! Leo in Texas |
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Post by bandito2 on Apr 23, 2015 19:36:21 GMT -5
The weather is still uncooperative here in SE MI. It snowed again today, but at least it didn't stick around for long. Still, it hasn't really got warm enough and stayed that way to be able to comfortably tackle projects. Michigan weather is what it is.... I am pretty much putting off all of my previously planned long distance road trips this year and staying around to get pressing projects out of the way. So let's see.... I have my 2007 Honda Reflex streamliner project that (still) needs work to get it at least to legal road worthy status. My 2004 Reflex that I bought back from my brother needs the stator fixed/replaced. I have the parts but just have not got around to it yet. I also have a 2001 Honda Reflex that I completely stripped down to the bare frame except for the forks. (and horn still mounted on the frame) It looked like crap , but was in fine running condition when I stripped it down. I had intentions of making it into a SHTF/urban warrior-survivor/naked rat bike sort of thing but it has been relegated to the back burner and I've just sort of lost interest in moving forward with it. I'll reassemble it enough to allow it to roll around and sell it for dirt cheap as a basket case.... Mostly it just needs a lot of plastics to make it look nice. (and the ambition to put it all back together again.) I'll probably kick myself later for letting it go but I need to clear out the storage and garage of excess scoots. (so I can get different ones to play with  ) |
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