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Paint the inside of your headlamp bucket white.

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john.b.watts
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Paint the inside of your headlamp bucket white.

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I am sure I learned this from a BMW owner as I first did this on my R69. Painting the inside of the bucket provides great visibility when fault finding on a dark road with a weak flashlight. The clarity of reflection and easy identification of colored wires is very helpful. The picture below is of my Norton Commando restoration but you get the idea. I do this on all of my motorcycles now.
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Viejo
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Re: Paint the inside of your headlamp bucket white.

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now, that's one I never would have thought of..... but it makes good sense

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Re: Paint the inside of your headlamp bucket white.

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What a GREAT idea!

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Re: Paint the inside of your headlamp bucket white.

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I did this to my first bmw , an R90SRS back in 1980.

all my bikes have 2x coats of FLAT WHITE paint .

AS well as labeling my wires. while you're in there, I'll suggest that you add 1-2-3 extra spade ends and a separate ground wire back thru the harness and to your frame. a #16 or better a #14 BROWN wire
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Gooday
Harry

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