I wrote earlier that I put a fog light on the two-stroke. Actually I think the technically correct name for it is a ditch light. (And I remembered the brand wrong – It’s Johnson, not Marchall).
A ditch light is basically a driving light aimed at the right side of the road (the ditch side) and it has a black built-in honeycomb mesh that narrows the beam significantly. The idea is to illuminate anything by the side of the road (like pedestrians or animals) but not to shine too brightly at the oncoming traffic. In Finland you can use them on any car manufactured 1971 or earlier.
Well, I installed the light earlier but didn’t have time to do the electrics. I sorted those out today. Here’s some pictures:
I already had a little aluminium block as a mount for extra switches under the dash. I also had this cool looking old switch.
Fitting the switch.
And here it is under the dash again.
Wiring the ditch light. I connected the light so it works only with the low beams and put a relay and a fuse in the circuit.
The old 12 Volt 40 Watt driving lights can be a bit hard to find so I adapted the light for a more modern 21 Watt bulbs that you can get at any service station. The plastic holder needed only small modification to fit in snugly.
From the oncoming cars point of view the ditch light looks pretty dim because of the honeycomb inside.
But from straight ahead the light is quite bright.
