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hid headlight conversion

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  • admiral323A Offline
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    admiral323
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    hi all, hope this is the correct place to post this but has anybody tried to convert there headlight to hid.now the dark nights are drawing in i have found the headlight to be useless.
    do you wire it direct to the battery and if so how does this affect the battery
    thanks for any suggestions

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    Jens Eskildsen
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    HID are awfull in a reflector that isnt made for it, you get more light, but not where you need it.

    If our lights are DC (which i presume) a good LED light might be an option. (I have it on my xt600 and my wr250r) But each reflector is different..

    Something light this: http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/3800-Lumen-H4-LED-Headlight-bulb-_p_83.html

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  • NINJAN Offline
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    NINJA
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    @admiral323 I looked in to this with my DTR, but the cost was too much and I wasn't sure if the battery was up to it either? So I found this alternative instead;

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-HB12-410-P45T-100-90w-Super-White-Xenon-Headlight-Bulbs-12v-/191434589033?hash=item2c92640369

    Basically double the brightness of the standard bulb, with a lot simpler installation done in 5 minutes and as cheap as chips too!!! 😉

    SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!

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  • MightymanM Offline
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    Mightyman
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    @admiral323 you decided to post on here in the end, nice! 😉

    TDR 125 - 2001

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  • CalumC Offline
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    Calum
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    I ran HID kit on my dtre. Was super bright. Agree about the pattern though.

    It tends to blind oncoming drivers. The ballast needs to warm up so often it didn't work immediately.

    Other than that it was an okay upgrade, but I eventually reverted back when it took a whike to turn on.

    Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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  • admiral323A Offline
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    thanks for all the replies.i see what you mean about the reflector.think i will go with the bigger bulb just now to see what it will do

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  • admiral323A Offline
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    @MIGHTYMAN thanks for directing me here its a mine of usefull stuff for my bike

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  • CalumC Offline
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    Calum
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    I run Xenon Halogens. Really really bright bulbs.

    Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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  • NINJAN Offline
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    NINJA
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    #9

    The Xenon bulbs I linked earlier were super bright and had a cool blue tint to em too Plus you get 2 of em for £6.22 - absolute bargain. B)

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    did you get the 100/90w or the 60/55w version as need to get some better bulbs for mine

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    NINJA
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    @britshgigolo Are you asking me or @admiral323???

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  • CalumC Offline
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    Calum
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    Be careful with the 100W. That will offload a lot.of power to the rectifier. Better to.go off with a lower power one but perhaps warmee.

    Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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    Jens Eskildsen
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    Ehr, the rectifier burns uo unused current, so the more you need the easier a life it has.

    But the stator cant cope with 100W so the light will probably be dimmer than a 65w

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  • britshgigoloB Offline
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    well i ordered the 65w one so hope they will be ok nd give more light than the standard bulb

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    NINJA
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    @britshgigolo The OEM bulb is only 45W, I had a 55-60W white bulb in mine before I switched to the 100/90W one. Even the 55W was an improvement over the stock bulb, which was more like a crappy house bulb and not the regular car type ones. But obviously not as good as the 90W. Which I ran with no problems on my DTR, but then maybe some problems would surface over the long term? Only time will tell I guess???

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  • britshgigoloB Offline
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    i got the 65w bulb and fitted but not tried it yet in the dark but looks lots better than the standard bulb but time will tell

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  • NINJAN Offline
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    I spotted these on ebay, might be worth a shot and a decent price if there not to fiddely to fit???

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222325896647?ul_noapp=true

    SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!

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  • britshgigoloB Offline
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    would these not be the same as the ones posted above where the light is scattered and blind on coming vechles because of the reflecor

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  • DartyD Offline
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    My standard headlight was really good!? Just not a bright white, Ran its original bulbs for years,

    Keep it real

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  • CalumC Offline
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    The headlight on the RE is really good too I thought. Even better when I bought some decent Xenon bulbs from Ring

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