If you are looking for real-deal British mod spotlights, you gotta get Lucas (so you know, I didn't. More on mine below...). ebay.co.uk is likely the best place for these now, but you can also look for shops in your area that restore old British cars - many run spots on the front fender. Similarly, a shop that restores British motorcycles might have something. Or, UK scooter shops sell them online. Allstyles, Scooter Emporium, and Beedspeed are a couple to check out.

I bought my lights at jpcycles.com - their vintage shop has a good selection of repro spots made for Harley riders that work well (and the chrome is nice). If there is a shop in your area that sells parts to old-school, DIY biker types - perhaps a chopper shop, but at least a place where lifers go - they probably will carry spotlights. In Chicago, there are two to check out: White's Pit Stop and Throttle Masters. Motorcycle dealerships probably will not have what you're looking for, or very often have no clue about what you're trying to do. They mostly carry stock parts for stock bikes. Motorcycle swamp-meets are good for lights, and you can find something old and unique there.

This is what I picked up at JP:
1938-61 Big Twin Early-Style Spotlight Assemblies
I mounted these to my crashbar with no problem. The assembly is a bit big, but I like 'em... has an on/off switch on the back of the light assembly, so that offers a few switching possibilies. I know a guy on a Stella who runs these off the bike's wiring harness and turns them on and off with the built-in switch.

1968-84 Spotlights & Sealed Beams
These have a smaller profile - not as thin as some of the the Lucas spots, but close. They fit great on a front rack, that's where I have 'em.

If you're mounting lights on a crashbar, any clamp you get at a motorcycle shop is probably going to work. They don't sell clamps that fit the front rack, or at least I haven't found them. The w-clamps that scooter shops sell for mirrors work great for lights as well - although they stick out a fair bit with these clamps. I've improvised with the smallest motorcycle clamps I could find and then drilling a screw through them and into the rack to secure the clamp. Use a strip of rubber as a gasket if you're working with clamps that are too large. That seems to help some.

Write me at jj(at)modchicago(dot)com if you have any questions.


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