Thanks guys..I'll take a look at that and let you know how it went.

Todd

 

yeah...I'm an idiot. That was it...just a simple bolt. Now it's straight. Thing is, I didn't realize that the piece that bolts to the triple tree was part of the headlight assembly. I thought it was part of the triple tree. After looking at it, I realized that it, too, was angled to the right.
So thanks for the replies. That was it. Once again, this forum has proven to be worth it's weight in gold.

Todd

 

If they angled only the bulb to the right the light would still go out in strait from the bike. the housing contains the reflector which is what projects the light out onto the road. if the reflector is strait then angling the bulb really wouldnt do anything.

Chris

 

I was referring to the bulb and the reflector...which is basically all one part on my bike...at least as far as I can see....of course, I could be wrong. Regardless, I'm not claiming to know what they do out of the factory...nor do I really care. But in my case, the entire headlight assembly (and the bulb and the reflector) was angled to the right. I looked at a bunch of other bikes today while I was at the local dealer, and none of them were like this. It was a simple case of whoever put this together didn't put it on straight. I loosened the bolt, and moved it back straight.

I've owned a number of other bikes, and countless automobiles, and the beams of all of them were always directly in front of me...in other words, the road is and has always been illuminated directly in front of me. Before I adjusted this today, the headlight beam was noticeably aimed off to the side of the road. I don't think that any manufacturer of any vehicle has had the intention of their vehicle's headlight/s lighting the sidewalk instead of the street ...which was basically what was happening in my case. Perhaps I wasn't clear about that.


Todd