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Harley Freewheeler - European model with no central headlamp lens - replacement?
Harley Davidson FLRT Freewheeler Central Headlamp
The European Freewheeler does not have a central headlamp, unlike the American models featured in their accessory catalogues, but has two “passing lamp” type lamps either side of the central headlamp which, in the European version, is replaced with a circular chromium blanking dome, a bit like a hub cap,
I do not like this much, and would prefer to replace the “hub cap” with a glass sealed beam unit (not wired in to the lighting circuit) for purely aesthetic reasons.
In the owner’s manual referring to the central headlamp configuration it says that a single screw holds the outer bezel, and that after removing that, an anti-clockwise turn of the bezel will remove the bezel, revealing the sealed beam unit and the retaining ring.
My question is, does the European Freewheeler with the “hub cap” in place of the sealed beam unit have a removable bezel, or is the bezel part of the “hub cap” blanking plate? If the bezel is removable, is there a retaining ring behind it that I could fix a sealed beam unit to? If there is no retaining ring behind the blanking plate, is there an HD part number that I could order and fit to allow fitting of a sealed beam unit (albeit non-functioning)?
Harley Davidson FLRT Freewheeler Central Headlamp
The European Freewheeler does not have a central headlamp, unlike the American models featured in their accessory catalogues, but has two “passing lamp” type lamps either side of the central headlamp which, in the European version, is replaced with a circular chromium blanking dome, a bit like a hub cap,
I do not like this much, and would prefer to replace the “hub cap” with a glass sealed beam unit (not wired in to the lighting circuit) for purely aesthetic reasons.
In the owner’s manual referring to the central headlamp configuration it says that a single screw holds the outer bezel, and that after removing that, an anti-clockwise turn of the bezel will remove the bezel, revealing the sealed beam unit and the retaining ring.
My question is, does the European Freewheeler with the “hub cap” in place of the sealed beam unit have a removable bezel, or is the bezel part of the “hub cap” blanking plate? If the bezel is removable, is there a retaining ring behind it that I could fix a sealed beam unit to? If there is no retaining ring behind the blanking plate, is there an HD part number that I could order and fit to allow fitting of a sealed beam unit (albeit non-functioning)?
