Mototrans 350 Headlight Bucket Hole

[AlexM]

Hi folks,

I'm new here, and working on a 1973 Mototrans 350 Road. I've cleaned up the headlight and am wondering if you folks can help me identify a "mystery hole" in the bucket (denoted with a "?" in the picture below). Any insight would be much appreciated; I can't seem to find reference to it in any documentation or, despite some similar threads, on the web.

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Thanks in advance for the help!

Alex

[Eldert]

Hi Alex

the headlight in your picture is a 450 RT item . pretty rare .

there is a rubber grommet in that hole and the dip switch wires run thru that hole .

Eldert

[Duccout]

So the search is on for a Road headlamp!

[AlexM]

It certainly is! Thanks much for the help, folks.

[neversink]

I'm certainly no expert, but I do have an unmolested 1972 mototrans road 250. My headlight bucket looks just like yours but with the mystery hole plugged. Oh, and the chrome is not as nice and I have a small dent by the indicator lamp!

[Ventodue]

I'm certainly no expert, but I do have an unmolested 1972 mototrans road 250. My headlight bucket looks just like yours but with the mystery hole plugged. Oh, and the chrome is not as nice and I have a small dent by the indicator lamp!

Interesting ..

I had noticed that the two (Road and RT) did, on casual observation, appear very similar. Your post makes me wonder whether they were, in fact, the same ..

[AlexM]

Hmm, definitely interesting. Maybe the search is off?

[neversink]

Is your headlight ring stamped "Aprilia"? If it is it certainly seems you have the same headlight setup mine had from new.

[AlexM]

Yep, it is! It definitely appears to be exactly the same headlight.