Johnny3D
XS400 Enthusiast
I was doing some work on my 1980 Yamaha XS400GS and found that the headlight was (as with quite a few other things on it) cobbled together poorly by someone in the past. Inside the headlight housing the headlight itself had aluminum foil and wadded up paper covered with masking tape (and a touch of duct tape) around it to make it "fit" inside the headlight housing. I measured the headlight housing and it looks to be about 7 inches across.
I found some replacement headlights from a couple sources (Parts N More and MikesXS), but I'm not really sure exactly which I should go for. I did some searches through the forum here, but I couldn't find an answer that told me what I need to know. Will the 7" ones I found fit? The 5 3/4" headlight is 60/37 watt, while the 7" is 60/50 watt. Or do any of you guys happen to know of a really good headlight replacement in general?
While I was working on it I also discovered that the front right turn signal light had apparently been broken off or something at some point. The hollow threaded stud that screws into the stalk on that side was way shorter than it needed to be in order to be put in properly. I'm thinking about replacing all of the turn signal lights because I think I would like some that don't stick out quite as far on the rear. So if you have a recommendation for a good set of 4 turn signal lights that will work for me, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks again guys and I look forward to hearing your thoughts about this.
I found some replacement headlights from a couple sources (Parts N More and MikesXS), but I'm not really sure exactly which I should go for. I did some searches through the forum here, but I couldn't find an answer that told me what I need to know. Will the 7" ones I found fit? The 5 3/4" headlight is 60/37 watt, while the 7" is 60/50 watt. Or do any of you guys happen to know of a really good headlight replacement in general?
While I was working on it I also discovered that the front right turn signal light had apparently been broken off or something at some point. The hollow threaded stud that screws into the stalk on that side was way shorter than it needed to be in order to be put in properly. I'm thinking about replacing all of the turn signal lights because I think I would like some that don't stick out quite as far on the rear. So if you have a recommendation for a good set of 4 turn signal lights that will work for me, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks again guys and I look forward to hearing your thoughts about this.