Saturday, June 13, 2015

Headset removal

I have been dying to get inside the headset ever since I brought this girl home and this week I finally gave in to the temptation.  Opened her up and found some real great stuff.

Original headlight glass and rim.  The pictures are rough as all I had was a bad cell phone camera.  You can see the SIEM logo on the glass (which needs to be cleaned up).  On the headlight rim is just the word "SIEM" in plain letters which is common on the old rims.  The newer rims all have the complete logo stamped on the the headlight rims.



The reflector is shot and needs to be replaced.  The original (or at least a very old bulb) was still in the socket.  Check out the asymmetrical shape of what almost feels like a piece of hand blown glass.   Sadly the bulb is shot and not worth much.  The socket is in excellent shape and very usable.



Here is a photo of the inside of the headlamp cavity (very clean) and then the entire headset with handlebar.  I love this stuff.  It is like opening up a time capsule.







 

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