CEV indicators

My 850-T is fitted with contemporary polished alloy BMW indicators which just look wrong and are wrong.
Worse still the rear ones are mounted on the rear number plate via a Cali pannier rack mount.

I want to fit the proper CEV indicators, but I haven't found any for what I consider a reasonable price for indicators, not even repro CEV.
At £80-£90+ for just the heads, I think that's too much!
On top of that I have yet to source any stalks at any price.

If anyone has a tidy second hand set that they would like to sell I would be interested if you're not going to rob me..   

In the mean time I am considering fitting a set of pattern Lucas ones like on my Triumph. They are within a squint of the CEV design if you don't look too hard and under half the price.

My Question is.. Will a CEV lens fit onto the Lucas head?
The Lucas lens diameter where it fits the head is about 67mm (Obviously an imperial size originally.)
The screw centres are 54mm.

Would anyone out there be kind enough to measure a CEV lens please?

If they could be made to fit, I reckon I could fool most of the people some of the time with a set of CEV lenses on Lucas indicators, even myself probably..

Thanks in advance.

Thank you Min, I'll try and give them a call in the morning. So I will.

Meanwhile I've been searching and discovered that Laverda fitted Lucas indicators on the early SF1 until they went with Bosch for a while and eventually the early rounded back CEV design

Also looks like finding a set of lenses might be more expensive than a set of indicators.
Lucas is looking better all the time!

My 1972 loop has Lucas indicators which are factory fit. There are lots of repro versions around but better to buy at a show where you can see what quality they are. Some are better than others.

Many thanks for the historical references to indicator evolution on Guzzis
It seems to echo what I found out about the Laverdas.

I've got a feeling that The Italians didn't consider winkers necessary back in the day until it became compulsory in some of the Countries they exported to.
Good old England appears to have been ahead of the game at that time and were able to supply a ready made product.

Thanks for the heads up to the set in the Netherlands Phil, but I think £150 for that scabby lot is outrageous!
That's silly money for a set of indicators in any condition and I point blank draw the line... Sorry.

I'll be getting a set of pattern Lucas ones which will be much better than the German items currently fitted and have a little historical credibility with what I now know.
I wonder if BMW indicators are worth £150 a set?

Just a minor matter of checking the threads in the headlamp and making a mirror stalk type adapter from 7/16ths UNF or UNC To M10 or M12 depending on what I find.
It'll be a small two hole dropper plate on the rear as I don't want to drill the hole out in the chrome grab rail.

Thanks again to you folks on here. Your help is invaluable and greatly appreciated.

Brilliant.

Bless you for thinking of me Gianni.
I managed to have a little sale on ebay recently and I've now got a set of Lucas pattern indicators coming, hopefully on Monday.

Which one of those Aprilia indicators has the correct lens?
They are actually more than new pattern CEV ones by the time I've got another two and matching lenses. Not to mention stalks. My 4 new ones were less than those 2, complete with shiny stalks!
When I get the Lucas alikes fitted I'll see how much I can get for the BMW ones I'll be taking off, Y'never know I might be able to afford a set of CEV if it goes well.

"And to think I had a full usable set of four which I gave to a friend restoring an old Cali..."

Ha ha! There's always the one that got away..