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Looking for best, most cost effective alternative for replacing front cracked headlight housing/lense. I see several aftermarket ones on ebay for $126-130. What has your experience been?

I was hoping someone had an answer for you on your question. I have been watching for a reply because I need a replacement also.
Did you ever come up with anything?

I've had a cover on since the bike was new, but I've been keeping an eye out for a replacement (just to have one) but have never seen one.
Good luck.
Just to let you know people are reading your post

I've also been hoping someone had some input on this. Mine ('07 R1200R) has been cracked for a long time. I couldn't justify the $300 dealer price so I put a very thin film of clear silicone over the crack to keep water out. It works but the crack is kind of ugly.

On mine I never remember hitting anything to cause the crack and just kind of noticed it one day. There's no sign of any impact. When I asked the dealer about it they claimed they never saw anything like that before.

Gary - your dealer is feigning ignorance. The '07 had a defect in the headlight lens that would cause it to crack, usually with a single long vertical crack. Most dealers at the time covered it under warranty. My '07 did that on it's inaugural long trip before the flaw was known, so I got stuck paying for the replacement. I've had a Cee-Bailey shield over mine ever since (once broke the shield on a cross-US trip..) and haven't experienced any more cracks. Unfortunately, Cee-Bailey stopped making stuff for motorcycles.

$300?? Really? I picked up a stone a few years ago that cracked mine and the lens insert was only $180 from the dealer and can't be more than 30 minutes to install if you have them do it.

Yes, they're around $300 with the tax now. Max BMW has them for $276.

It looks like there was a design change in 2015. When this was no longer a regular production item the price probably went up.

I guess this is FYI for someone looking for a headlight shield;

I lost the aftermarket shield I had on my headlight for a lot of miles to an unfortunate encounter with a pot hole in Northern California, didn't notice it was gone till I did the after trip clean up. The original one I had came from a company in Australia that I put on in 2007 when the bike was new and it did take a few good hits over the years.
I replaced it with one made by AeroFlow, it's actually a nicer design and it's still available.
Scroll down: http://www.aeroflowscreens.com/HeadLigh ... tm#R1200R_

GTS29640 wrote:Yes, they're around $300 with the tax now. Max BMW has them for $276.

It looks like there was a design change in 2015. When this was no longer a regular production item the price probably went up.

Hmm, that's concerning. I thought the $180 was bad enough. Thanks for the info!