I thought the same thing about the lights on my '87 Westy so did the GoWesty headlight upgrade kit. Less than $100 and took about 2-3 hours total.� Still could be better (light pattern of the stock setup could be much better) but a vast improvement.

http://picasaweb.google.com/bike2vcu/HeadlightUpgrade 

Stephen

--- On Sat, 1/9/10, Michael Kimball <kimballmk@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Michael Kimball <kimballmk@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Head lights
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 1:38 PM

The headlights on my 1987 Westy are useless.� Have switched bulbs with no
improvement.� Any similar problems and solutions?