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| Birdy68 | | Thor |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 18:28 Post title : LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird | | | While at my dealers this evening I saw their latest modification - a HUGH single lamp!
Looks nice actually... Reminded me of the Speedmaster.
Interesting...
Hope it helps someone with their ideas!
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| Sam | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 91 | | Location | : | Lansdale, PA, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 18:44 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Birdy68) | | | I can't decide if it looks like there was a surplus sale at a lighthouse or if someone chromed the eye from on top of the tower in Lord of the Rings...
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| daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 19:09 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Birdy68) | | | Thats what i wanted on mine at first. But i grew to appreciate the stock one more. Odd how that happens. I wonder if i put that one on if i would eventually appreciate it more than the stock. Do i even like anything about the looks of my bike or did i just get used to it?!
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| SeanS | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,179 | | Location | : | Matlock, Derbyshire UK, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 19:22 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Birdy68) | | | I like it Lee.
Any idea what make model etc?
Not sure about the indicator mod though....
Regards
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| paladin | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 20/04/2010 | | Posts | : | 172 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 20:06 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Birdy68) | | | Birdy, with the twin tbars on this bike are they the standard, they look a little taller or maybe just
the pic angles
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 20:34 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: paladin) | | | @ Sean,
Not 100% sure on the make/model. Will be going to the dealer again tomorrow (hopefully) to collect my Speed Triple Fly Screen thingy! So I'll make it a point to squeeze out all informations.
Regarding the indicators: 
@ Paladin,
They are the standard OEM Accessory TT-Bars. Strange how the camera angle makes you think and wonder.
I just find it good/interesting to see new ideas - changes - challenges.
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,709 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 20:47 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: paladin) | | | definately not taller. The Tbars are lower and back a bit compared to stock
| 2010 Blue/White Thunderbird, "Brutus". 1700 kit, short tors, gutted cat, UNI filter, filter seal off, custom tune. Brutus in his native habitat: Link
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| fasteddy | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/10/2008 | | Posts | : | 963 | | Location | : | Wisconsin, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 20:59 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: daz) | | | It is a spot on for an America or Speedy, just went and had a look at mine, including the base mount.
eddy
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| ezrider3 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 21/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 505 | | Location | : | Maryland, United States |
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| | Posted : 06 Jul 2010 - 22:56 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: fasteddy) | | | If you turn it upside down it makes a great ashtray!
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| bigbikelupo | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/05/2010 | | Posts | : | 185 | | Location | : | Frankfurt, Germany |
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| | Posted : 07 Jul 2010 - 07:56 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: ezrider3) | | | The mounted turn signals from Kellermann looks ugly on the Tbird, way to small i think.
Probably bar-end-turn-signals from the same company would look good.
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 07 Jul 2010 - 07:57 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: fasteddy) | | |
fasteddy wrote:
It is a spot on for an America or Speedy! |
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Thanks Eddy!
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| DVR | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 651 | | Location | : | I'm Denis, from Belgium |
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| | Posted : 07 Jul 2010 - 09:43 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Birdy68) | | | Dutch member Speed_Bird has done the same mod and posted about it some time ago.
Can't seem to find his post but here is a picture taken from his album
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 Jul 2010 - 13:27 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: DVR) | | |
DVR wrote:
Dutch member Speed_Bird has done the same mod and posted about it some time ago.
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That conversion when seen on the bike as a whole looks pretty good (I'm still a HUGE fan of the stock light though) but those up close pictures look like a surplus search light and strapped it on the front of the bike.....
Thanks for bringing these pics back up Denis. It definitely puts things in perspective.
(oh, and I gotta say, I'm not a fan of the q-tip (cotton bud) turn signal mod though)
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| ray548 | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/02/2010 | | Posts | : | 299 | | Location | : | sylmar, CA, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 Jul 2010 - 17:42 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Thatch) | | | Same thoughts here, at first I thought a bigger light would be better. But I got used to the stock light, and it fits with the mid screen good. And I like the look with the screen off.
I do ride the America to work some days, and look at the light and think, boy it it big.
Then again, I thought the same thing with the gas tank. Now the America tank look so small, and the TB tank is just right.
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| paladin | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 20/04/2010 | | Posts | : | 172 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 07 Jul 2010 - 20:08 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: ray548) | | | when I first got my bird, i was hell bent on changing the light did not like it at all
but like a lot of things with this bike it justs grows on you.
I now think the standard light is a nice custom piece and provides a distinctive look
unmistakeably T Bird
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| DVR | | Chaac | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 651 | | Location | : | I'm Denis, from Belgium |
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| | Posted : 07 Jul 2010 - 20:50 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Thatch) | | |
Thatch wrote:
I'm still a HUGE fan of the stock light though
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Same here ! Looks just perfect to me.
paladin wrote:
I now think the standard light is a nice custom piece and provides a distinctive look
unmistakeably T Bird
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Well said 
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| Keets | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/02/2009 | | Posts | : | 453 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 Jul 2010 - 00:25 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: DVR) | | | I Like where this going....ALL ABBBBBBOOOOOAAAARRRRRRDDDDD,
| Cruisin' on thru the junction i'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound
Noticin' peculiar function i ain't no roller coaster show me down.
I turned away to see her woa! she caught my eye
But i was rollin' down movin' too fast;
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 08 Jul 2010 - 07:13 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Keets) | | |
Keets wrote:
I Like where this going....ALL ABBBBBBOOOOOAAAARRRRRRDDDDD, |
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| Brian | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 44 | | Location | : | Herford, Germany |
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| | Posted : 08 Jul 2010 - 16:10 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Birdy68) | | | I think the larger headlamp makes the Bird look a bit more aggresive. The Q tip indicators from Kellerman are ugly and really expensive however they do make them now with built in rear and brake lights for the back ! I talked to my triumph dealer about fitting the front forks from the Speedmaster on the Bird to make it look a bit more brutal but he said that would mean a hell of a lot of conversion work (money).
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| garlem | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/01/2010 | | Posts | : | 35 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2010 - 12:50 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Brian) | | | does anyone know the part that's on the front mudguard??
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| Thatch | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2010 - 13:20 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: garlem) | | | Looks like the front edging for a Rocket III fender..... where is should stay.
Ok, that's not true. They should take it off the Rocket as well....
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 09 Jul 2010 - 15:54 Post title : Re: LARGE Single Lamp On 'Bird (Re: Thatch) | | |
Thatch wrote:
Looks like the front edging for a Rocket III fender..... where is should stay.
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Well said Thatch! It's not my cup of tea either 
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