Recent content by rockethead26

Thanks for the additional info.

Socal_jack, Great upgrade on the Nirve. Just what I wa looking for. Thanks for sharing the how-to.

Yes, it has the two LED bulbs. I wanted to go brighter, but the flashlight bulbs I have are too big to fit. I think they fit the holes in the standard bulb Nirve. Oh, well, I guess she'll live with this until I build her something else.

Raggedjim, That sounds like the simplest idea. Thanks. I may try and substitute two 9-LED flashlight bulbs for the originals while I'm at it.

Hi all, Just bought one of the Nirve 9v twin-LED vintage headlights for my wife's Electra cruiser for her B-day. The Hi-Lo selector switch on this thing is a piece of crap, which I knew from reading, but I at least expected it to work for a while. Looking at the way it's designed, no wonder it...

Perfect. Nice bike and pics.

Rooski, I don't know yet. I have about 45 minutes on the current battery, but I didn't want to burn up a battery just for the test. I am curious how fast a 6v lamp will draw down a 9v battery. Anyways, I'll always keep a spare in the tool pouch.

There are some really nice photos of mountain bike conversions being posted. Lots of great ideas. Might I suggest that when you post a photo of your conversion, that you add a bit of info about changes that you made to help all of us newcomers, like sizes/brands of new rims if any, tire...

Saverio, If the flsshlight you took the bulb from runs on 3 AAA batteries, then I'm not sure what's going on unless you have the wiring wrong, or the batteries the wrong way in the holder. I'm no electrical wiz, I had to Google how to wire my switch. Maybe another rodder can help here. I went...

Green P1, Awesome job. I think it looks great. I like the shifter on the frame instead of the handlebars, too.

Spincycle, Thanks for the excellent information and suggestions and for taking the time to do so. I need to start researching what's available in ridid suspension corrected forks. Thanks for the two possibilities. You may also correct about the brake levers, although I haven't looked at them...

Not as cool as Sorcerer's lights, but here's mine. I stole the idea from Gamebent. My Puch light is a litle different than his, but I used the same bulb. Details are posted over on the "How To" forum.

Here are some pics of the headlight mounted. I do need to make another bracket to place the light about 2" higher so it throws less light on the tire which creates a tire shadow about 3 feet out onto the road. The bracket is simply a "T" support for wood joints I had laying around that already...

Love the creme bricks! The bike looks great.

Good question, Crash. I can tell by looking that my two mountain bikes have different size headsets. I'll look forward to any enlightenment with you.