TALES FROM THE SHED
One of the most irritating features of my entirely unique Best Bike In The World (official) has been the lunatic headlamp arrangement. I mean, just look at the stupid thing! And no, you're not suffering from some strange deja vu experience - I did indeed start talking about sorting out the headlamp a couple of months ago, but was distracted - which is very easy where I'm concerned - by The Return Of The Magneto, and my urgent and indeed pressing need to fit it to the mighty Matchless and ride off into any available sunset. There are a couple of snags with this, of course.
So, to the magneto ...
The more I looked at the stupid headlamp, currently perched on a worktop sneering at me - a two-way process in this case - the more determined I became to bin it and fit the least wrong of the depressingly wide range of headlamp shells available.
Available in The Shed, you decision time - and off with the monstrosity!
Which is easy enough, as you may already know, being a true expert (essential to being an RC subscriber!). Two bolts. And the wiring. A few switches to disconnect and ... it's easy. Undo the left hand bolt and remove it. There should be a spacer between the fork ear and the shell. And there was. I heard it ricochet off several things metallic as it made a successful - and surprisingly energetic, all things considered - bid for freedom. There was a reason I failed to catch it - because of course I knew there would be a
