VTX head light adjustment

[mtn rider]

After adding a 6 degree rake on my 1800 VTX it appears Im out of room to adjust the head light down far enough. Any suggestions. Thanks

 

[Smoken'JOE]

After adding a 6 degree rake on my 1800 VTX it appears Im out of room to adjust the head light down far enough. Any suggestions. Thanks

Are you adjusting the whole light or just the 2 front screws? I was able to adjust mine after adding rake with the adjusting screws.

 

[mtn rider]

Thanks Joe, I adjusted both the head lite bucket and the 2 adjusting screws on the side of the bucket and was still high. After much thought I went out to my shop and cut 2 spacers on a 45 degree angle from 1/4 inch to nothing then:wave4: placed them under the mounting bracket tightened them down and was then with in the limits of the adjusting screws on the side of the bucket. As they say "necassity is the mother of all inventions" lol ThumbUp

 

[Smoken'JOE]

Smart move. Wonder why the difference in bikes.

 

[mtn rider]

Thanks again for your input .

 

[REOFL]

Had the same problem with my vtx1800f3, took the light assembly out (not to hard just need some patience) removed the spring in the adjusting bolt (it was fully compressed for height adjustment and pointing to low got stopped several times by the "local" as the light was not very visible down teh road unless it was on high beam, so I just and cut off about 1/3 of teh spring and put it back together, gave me much more adjustment.