Indicators on a 99

HELLO I WOULD OF NOT DRILLED THE HEADLAMP BRACKETS you could of fitted two flat bars drill to take the bolt that fits the headlamp and at the other end of the flat bars drill a hole to take the indicators and wire up into a separate wiring loom just for indicators yours anna j

hi Robert,

I am in the process of fitting indicators to a 1959 Jubilee De Luxe and I was considering the replica Hella bar-end mounted indicators a la Norton Electra. Just a suggestion.

Patrick

Hello well use some otherproduct that will fit without having to drill hole in the headlamp brackets if I can do this you can do this, it's about using your head on a problem where there is a will there is a way and you can us flexichrome cable cover to cover your exposed wiring , yours anna j

Rob,

It's done on commandos just like you think it is, the welded in nut in the headlamp shell accepts the threaded hollow portion of the indicator stalk, and there is a nut on an exposed threaded portion on the outside of the headlamp, outside of the headlamp bracket, that pulls the headlamp mounting brackets up to the headlamp to provide the horizontal hold to the headlamp.

Please don't use flexible chromed plastic cable sheath anywhere on your venerable norton (as suggested above) or the NOC lynchmob will find you and insert a pineapple into a bodily orifice of your choosing.

Kindest regards

Marty

Previously Martyn Watson wrote:

Rob,

It's done on commandos just like you think it is, the welded in nut in the headlamp shell accepts the threaded hollow portion of the indicator stalk, and there is a nut on an exposed threaded portion on the outside of the headlamp, outside of the headlamp bracket, that pulls the headlamp mounting brackets up to the headlamp to provide the horizontal hold to the headlamp.

Please don't use flexible chromed plastic cable sheath anywhere on your venerable norton (as suggested above) or the NOC lynchmob will find you and insert a pineapple into a bodily orifice of your choosing.

Kindest regards

Marty

Hello DID I in anywhere in my thread mention the word PLASTIC !! try reading before putting finger into gear, yours ANNA J

Just a thought, some of the bar end mirrors can be used with the Hella's:

Or run your mirrors off the headlamp bolts like the Albert mirrors:

Actually the Albert mirrors have a threaded end that replaced the bold & uses a lock nut to hold it in place.

I too prefer the Hella bar end turn signals. Each side has both front & rear lenses, so no need for 4 turn signals for front & rear. I had them on my /2 BMW & loved them, and were standard fitment on my Electra as well. I think the electra was the only Norton with a Hella part from the factory?

Anyway, the units fit insside the handlebar & when tightened up, expand outward for a tight grip. The genuine Hellas have a small rectangular bit, that fits into a small notch you cut in the bar which keeps them from rotating. The replica ones dont use the notch feature.

The single wire from each lamp gets fed inside the handlebar to the center bottom of the bar, where you drill a small unseen hole & file the edges smooth & the wires from both lamps exit the handlebar at the bottom & can then easily end up inside the rubber grommet on the headlamp where all the connections get made. Nice & tidy.

Christmas tree lights to get noticed? It's obvious to me you need a red light on the port side and a green light on the starboard, a gangplank for disembarkation purposes and a crowsnest up the mizzen mast for your sandwiches, and a pirate flag.

Land ahoy me hearties!!

I must stop sniffing this glue.

I was looking at those indicators at Bristol, and was wondering if the view gets obstructed by the rider at all?

Ps Martin, not much point in putting a crows nest up the mizzen mast!

Previously Dan Field wrote:

I was looking at those indicators at Bristol, and was wondering if the view gets obstructed by the rider at all?

Ps Martin, not much point in putting a crows nest up the mizzen mast!

Is that because it's mizzen? (missing) Boom Boom!!!

I knew you had a sense of humour!!!

Yeah .... but that was awful!

I'm here all week.

In the UK? What part of the country?