In the weekend i ride it with my son and he's 8 yo and although he's quite tall for his age he couldn't reach the passenger steps (you call them pillion's ?), so a small mod had to be done.
At first i tried to make complete new brackets but after gathering the material and disassembly of the originals i reconsidered, did a online check for the price of 2 new brackets and ordered them (€ 18,- each).
A week later they arrived and started again but now using the new brackets as "donor".
basically; I cut off the steel part which holds the foot peg and tig-welded a stainless extension tube in between.
(the blue thing is the camera pouch)
I must say: it doesn't deserve a price for beauty but it works and was the only thing i could think of to solve the problem and junior is now unstoppable, every morning he asks if we are going to ride the SH
Next mod: lights!, i already bought a Philips XPmoto H4 bulb
They are supposed to be the best H4 bulbs money can buy(palladium coated top,two color beam,special gas at ultra high pressure,very close tolerances on the filament) and although it performs outstanding (for a H4 bulb) i want more.
Reconsidering my purchase: its a very good bulb but also quite expensive , i paid €22,- retail for it , online you may find them at €17,- which is still a lot of money for a H4 bulb, through in an extra 20 euro and you can buy a bi-xenon kit, not Philips quality, these start at aprox. €170,-.
So i am in the process of buying a bi-xenon HID kit (a cheap one €45,-) when it arrives i will update and will try to give you a report how it performs , i hope i will be able to shoot some photos of the light output and beam...
