Chopper Headlight With Only One Wire? It Didn't Even Shock Me!
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- A Chopper headlight with only one wire?? It didn't even shock me!!! I've wanted to do this for a while. I wired up the headlight high and low beam with only one wire leaving the bucket. Nice and reliable! (In theory.) Next we're onto a seat pan and cover, then paint and powder before final assembly for the SmokeOut!
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I may be an older lady now but in my heyday day (the 70’s) dated a guy with a beautiful chopper! Oh the memories, hip hugger bell bottoms, long hair and the rides! Such good times! Your videos make me feel young again. Thank you!
Me too! Brings me back to flat guts thick hair and good times 😂
@@jenniferleslie4450 CCR!
Right on! I’m glad they make you smile!!!
The dog ate a frog. ive been on death watch for an hr, 🤣🤣🤣 I just about pissed myself i was laughing so hard, good lord that is some funny shit, Monk, leave the headlight, it Ooozzoes old skool chop, im not quite sold on the bars yet but the rest screams classic 70's chopper. Just my 2 cents. Cheers from the Great White North 🇨🇦
I tend to be old school and I remember the choppers I used to see when I was in high school. I definitely like the simple look of the plain round headlight. And the way you have it wired up is genius!
If you run one of the other headlights you could mount the switch behind the ignition switch.
Yeah, but then it’s not a one wire.
Go go juice is always good with metal shavings, especially before you might shock yourself. Just say, I really wouldn’t know lol.
My wife’s Tri-Glide as well as my Ultra have the 2 aux lights grounded to the buckets
Light looks perfect! Don’t put a stupid LED on there!
And I really like what you did with the switch. The “polar” opposite of the complex luxury of a modern FLH. I really enjoy my FLH but I get the old school chopper thing. A simpler time when our entertainment threshold was a lot lower.
I personally didn't think I would like the bars Im a ol school guy with upsweep fishtail pips and ape hangers for bars but yours is getting a great look and I like the headlight.
The red is high beam.A toggle switch points through the switch to the wire it is connecting and activated, so when you flip the top of the switch toward the blue wire the bottom inside the switch is pointing and making contact to the red wire🤫
The blue light turned on because you pushed the switch towards the blue wire but the contact made connection between the red wire and your positive
How many wires do you want? Wires cost money! Take the wire use it as a positive and put another on for ground!
Keep the round light you can put a LED 4H bulb in it. I have a spare if you need it (came in a 2 pack). From when I switch the bulb in my V-Star to LED. The triangle and rectangle lights are so overdone on chops these days.
Omg.. your lil fur baby is already 120lbs!?
Coming along nicely!!
What about a Rick Fairless (Strokers Dallas) paint job?!
Or,
Maybe incorporate all the colors that are on your other bikes on this bike?!
I have those perch and levers from ktech they are awesome
I wasn’t going to run a front brake on my build but I liked the ktech perch and levers I decided to do
It looks great
Nice job on the one wire set up Monk! I've done similar jobs on off road lighting and it works out great. Especially for a cleaner look...
Work bench is a step up from the trash can.
😂😂
Us aspiring bike builders live vicariously through your trials and tribulations Sir !!😆
It’s a lot of fun though it’s a pain.
Bike is looking awesome. I think that if the headlight housing was brass it would balance out the other brass parts.
Just my opinion. Still looks great.
Steve
I'd get one of those rubber covers for the switch so it lasts longer...dust and water etc. Not crazy about the bars but I'm loving the rest. It's classic old skool chop.
totally digging the look and like the light..great vid and keep up the great work.
Great job it is coming together nicely. Love the thin clean long front end you got going on. I'd go blue instead of red, but im sure whatever you decide will look killer...
Loving the look of the chop so far. I've built a few in my time. Old and arthritis now so have to suffer pain each time I touch the tools nowadays and even after riding. Enjoy each day bud...seeing the project come together n then first start up n ride is a great feeling as you know. I miss those days..All night beers n no sleep putting it all together ..then back it out n start it up n off down the road...pride and happiness every mile.
I think you are doing a great job on her . I think Natalie is looking down and is happy with what you are doing .
hi da Monk.
It's really progressing nicely, good job.
It's gonna be better than you think.
Splenda is horrible for you, sugar is better for you. Switch to Monk Fruit or Stevia.
McMaster-Carr toggle switch boots. Seals the switch from the weather. You can order different colors also.
Head lite looks perfect just needs to be a lot brighter.
Would it be too much work to somehow wire your light switches through your handbars, to the end of your left handgrip? Similar to a heated hand grip switch but with the low, off and highbeam? Sneakily hidden but still functional.
You could, but it’s not really my style. Neat idea though!
Is that switch waterproof?
My wife is Latina also, and apparently frogs are the scariest creature on the planet 🤷🏻♂️
9:07 - 🎶 "There's a hole in the bucket dear Liza dear Liza" 🎶 Sorry (not sorry) couldn't resist.
15:45 - To me, this is the beginning (beautiful) look of the t-shirt seen at rallies and dealerships of the skeleton riding a chopper. The build is looking awesome!!!
Maybe you should have shot the video before you finished the second can of jitter juice 😂😂
That alleyway light looks awesome. Thanks for that. Ordering now.
Right on!!!
Personally I like the headlight you have on it that looks old school chopper
that style of light are know to crack at the mount were its riveted to the bucket .
It’s not riveted. Nuts and bolts…
I really like that light on it. The triangle lights just seem over done these days.
Nice ride..
Love it!
Very nice
You make me laugh. Love your content
Nice lead in to a one wire headlight 😎
Man I love these updates
Screwdriver to stir coffee. I think we’ve possibly stumbled onto the root cause of the “Florida Man” problem.
🤣😂
As a tow truck driver.. PLEASE replace all the bushings on both trucks.. its so cringy watching you attempt to operate those trucks 😬
What trucks? Is this comment for the right video?
Bike sure is coming along. Just 2 question. Are you keeping the flat trailer fender? You had mentioned ordering a fender with a curved tip. Wouldn't you need to have the other fender mocked up for the seat pan/ cover? MLLR
I decided to just reshape the trailer fender. The new one isn't quite wide enough for the sissy bar strap...
Great update love how this bike is turning out 💯
Nice clean problem solver Blends in with fork springs
Why do you keep cutting out when you’re talking and then it it goes to the next little scene and you’re still talking over yourself… It’s like you don’t finish one thought… And then you fade out and start a new thought…
Cause I’m stupid.
Looks great. I can't wait to see the finished product.
Me neither
Love watch your videos. So Entertaining ✌️❤️🙏
Thank you!
Not hating I’m just wondering shouldn’t it of been wired on the switch so that you can go from low to high without having your headlight turn off
On a chopper you want to be able to turn the light off. In the. Old days the headlight can be turned off.
Nice job. But most of all. Your chopper is looking awesome.
Thanks 👍
Looking good. It may just be me but I did not see a difference in brightness between hi and low
Not much.
Coming together NICE
It's only 12V, how much harm can it do to you?!
Not much, but it can blow bulbs, tying plugs. Etc.
Looking good! Like the lines. What paint you looking at?
Not sure yet
As a trucker I’ve used ink pens for years to stir my coffee. Not so much now that we are on E-logs, maybe that’s why my coffee seems to taste different these days. 😂😂 bike is looking very sharp!
Less inky?
@@ProfessionalMonkey perhaps. Definitely not as dark.
Lookin good!
Shorten the switch threds so there's nothing showing
Can’t. Not enough room.
My old man always carried a (one specific) pencil for stirring his coffee. He always had it with him. He swore it made the coffee taste better. Thanks for bringing up a a good memory.
Now free coffee the hand outs just never stop unbelievable LOL
Eh, it sure why it would bother you.
@@ProfessionalMonkey To be honest I'm just bustin balls with you I love the videos but i've been thinking lately that i pay full price for all the parts I buy for my bikes and so do most of the other guys that watch videos and these companies handing out parts like water to all the youtubers we are the guys paying for them when we purchase them just give it some thought.
Take the high beam down to your highway Peg and do and old school high beam foot switch.
Vanilla Crown Royal and coffee 🥴
TJ I love the simplicity of what your doing in a shade tree kinda way
If it works for you great go with it. Now here's why I couldn't do it ;
Answer this question "what path is the current taking to ground"?
The answer is stem bearings, and possibly clutch cable and throttle cable ,
not things you want electrical current connected with just sayin.
But if there is no short, why would that be a problem?
Looking good sir
geezus dude, can you squeeze in any more brand names? I feel like im watching the fucking shopping channel.
Huh? No sponsorships or anything so not sure what you mean?
@@ProfessionalMonkey always enjoyed you and your vids but the last one I watched, holy crap, you mentioned product names endlessly so I gave up.
@@CabinGuy k, still don’t know what video you’re referring to, and no one is paying me so I guess just watch someone else?