Headlight Bulb Upside-Down?

[mickpark]

I have a new-to-me '83 CB1000C which came with the OEM fairing installed. I took it off and installed the original headlight but it seems like when I flip on the high beam it lights up my front tire instead of way ahead of me- Looking at the filaments, it looks like when the high beam is switched on, it's the lower filament that lights up. Shouldn't it be the the upper filament?

I've double-checked the orientation of all the headlight parts against the parts fiches so according to those, I have everything lined up right, and the bulb itself has notches that only allow for seating in one spot. You can't flip it 180.

Am I just not adjusting the tilt of the headlight housing properly? Or did the PO give me the incorrect bulb?

Thanks in advance for any insight.

 

[amc49]

You're refracting through a lens, high becomes low and low becomes high...........................................like your eyeballs work.

Regardless, if light hitting front tire with EITHER beam then the entire headlight assembly is aimed too low, raise it up.

 

[mickpark]

Thanks. This makes total sense and it worked like a charm. I just tilted the housing up a bunch and voila.