DT125R Lighting! (1992 model)
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Just took delivery of mine last week, I utterly love it!
I didn't much like the ride I took out on it over the country road at night to visit my brother, though - it was like riding holding out a candle in front of me and I fairly crapped myself a couple of times as oncoming headlights ate up every detail from in front of me.
Anyway after taking some advice, I changed the headlight bulb for a significantly brighter one, as per the upgrade discussed elsewhere here some time ago. Not been out on it at night again yet, but it certainly looks a whole world better even in the daylight.
So now I am wondering, is there a similar upgrade/brighter bulb available for the side/parking lights, and also the instruments illumination without having to do the LED thing? They look WOEFULLY dim as they are.
Cheers me dears!
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Don’t know about upgrade, but I only use Philips bulbs if I can help it. Or an Osram for the headlight.
I bought a headlight unit from an XT that doesn’t have the sidelight hole in it. It was the only genuine NOS unit I could find at a reasonable price (no 50% dtr tax!) having a decent reflector helps. Oncoming traffic still eat up my vision though, only on wet dark nights.
Getting the beam in the right place helps as well. Too high and it’s dispersed and wasted, too low and you can’t see far enough for safety…Cheap bulbs are just shite!
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OMD! You have an electric start bike as well. 12v D/C lights (3 phase stator?) lucky sod! You should try running with A/C lights! -
@SpookDog The 'Upgrade' was to fit a Lucas 100/80 watt, in place of the original 45/40 watt.
However after I ordered mine, at a cost of 13 quid plus, I saw some xenon/extra-white ones at 100/90 watt and dirt cheap at 6 quid a pair, so I got those too. They arrived first, so it's actually a xenon 100/90 in there now.
To be fair the reflector seems just fine on this, and since there's enough power for it, the bulb swap/upgrade is the simplest 'fix'.
And NO! The bike IS an electric start model, but it still runs a separate AC coil for the lighting! No revs, no glow. I don't know why they did it this way, unless it was to protect the battery charge for the YPVS? Fook Nose!
Cheers !
Shaun
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Oh well, commiserations on being stuck in the ‘dark side’ …
Lucas are supposed to be good as well, I’d try fitting it when it comes. The Philips push-in bulbs have made a hella difference to my dials and idiot lights. Premium bulbs are worth the extra money, in my experience…
I had some (12v D/C from battery) LED driving lights fitted for a while. MOT man made me remove them because they ‘strobed’ (high, low & flash) and I never got around to rewiring them back in. Just having one angled down and towards the ‘curb/bank’ side of the road can help stop you ‘loosing’ the road! Without blinding oncoming traffic…
PS: the 3 coil setup was old~available and cheap! The later D/C only 3 phase stators are the bogs dollox!
When I bought a 94 TZRr it was with half a mind of converting the Dtr to e-start and better lights, then I kinda fell in love with the doner bike…
