Xenons for a fraction of original cost + looks great too

[FZ6biker]

It was a nice sunny :sun: afternoon and after reading all the stories on the forum feeling inspired I decided to play handyman today and do as less damage to the bike as I could today, so I went ahead and bravely changed out my lightbuklbs :mrgreen:

I was very skeptical about buying these from the seller on ebay it's just 9.99 +8.99 shpg, totals for about 20 bucks. They did ship me the wrong left bulb as my bike needs a smaller left bulb.I emailed them and am awaiting a response and resolution. But I hooked it up just for fun and am amazed at the results. The HL's are about 5 times brighter.The light is not a true blue but a bright white with a tint of blue and are street legal per the seller.Just wanted to share this with y'all.
Sorry about the low resolution pic as it was taken in the dark on the phone... hope it gives you'll an overall idea of the brightness of the lights.


http://stores.ebay.com/DYNAMIC-EFFECTS

[Manfred]

I bought a Bi-Xenon HID kit on eBay http://tinyurl.com/yump6v , put the electronics in my fairing. It is SO much brighter than a regular head light. http://www.yamaha-triples.org/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=441&photoid=4544

[FZ6biker]

I bought a Bi-Xenon HID kit on eBay http://tinyurl.com/yump6v , put the electronics in my fairing. It is SO much brighter than a regular head light. http://www.yamaha-triples.org/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=441&photoid=4544

Just curious about the price

Mark

[bigboy292000]

None of those are street legal BTW but eh... I do feel that if there is one kind of vehicle that should have the license to glare, it is a bike.

HID in a halogen housing will definitely glare.

[DaveC]

I swear by Xenon gas bulbs!
I compared the 60/55 Xenon with a 100/80 halogen and you can see better and further at night with the xenon bulb.

I kind of wanted to put one of these on. I still think 1 million candle power is the way to go!
:clap: :lol2:

http://www.offroaders.com/images/projects/lightforce/side-a.jpg

[Manfred]

Just curious about the price

Mark

My item was priced in British pounds, shipping from Hong Kong. I paid $62 total and rec'd good communication and wiring diagrams from the vendor. Bulb has a 2 year guarantee.

[treybrad]

I bought a Bi-Xenon HID kit on eBay http://tinyurl.com/yump6v , put the electronics in my fairing. It is SO much brighter than a regular head light. http://www.yamaha-triples.org/photos/show-album.asp?albumid=441&photoid=4544

I didn't get mine from that vendor, but I put in HID's on the Bandit... nothing compares to the output of a real HID conversion. I've tried to aim them very carefully to avoid any glare to oncomming traffic... I'm sure there is a little still, but I have yet to get flashed, and the output is incredible. The only trick is finding a place to put the ballast and wiring.

I'll be putting HID's in every bike in the future...

trey

[Larry_77084]

As one who is tired of being blinded by poorly aimed or over driven headlamps I would ask this, look at this link,

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html (http://www.danielsternlighting.com/home.html)

before buying anything other than a stock headlight bulb.

[Manfred]

As one who is sensitive to bright light, I am careful to make sure my lights are adjusted properly and I don't use high beam unless oncoming traffic and in front of me is clear.

Also, I have ridden at night with crummy stock head lights wherein I was unable to see much at all. That was not fun, running down Arkansas 7 after dark.

So give me responsible riders and bright lights.

[Boxercup Dave]

I agree with the problem of blinding lights be it from a car, lifted truck or bike. On a bike the owner needs to check lighting aim after any suspension change or when addtional weight is put on the back especially when going to much brighter lights.

[FZ6biker]

I agree with ya'll on the subject of glare and blinding someone. Its dangerous for both parties involved.The lights I put on are not real HID's I guess they call them xenons but its just a brighter high intensity white light with a blue tint and no kit required for these just remove old bulbs and put the new ones.

I passed a cop today who was waiting on a curved bend to catch somebody to give a ticket. I had the high beams on but I passed him with no problems.

Are these street legal like the seller claims?

Btw I took a day pic of the bike with the new HD's on the phone camera again so excuse the low resolution. It was not too cold today but a bit wet but I had to get at least a short ride on the bike today. Its Back to work tomorrow and wont be able to ride again for a while.



Mark

[Jesse H]

I'm very anti-HID retrofitting, especially in factory reflector housings (most motorcycles). You do get more light, and with that you get more glare. With these kits getting cheaper and cheaper we'll only see more and more of them.

Some lamps you may be able to get away without lots of glare, IE projectors. Even so, I had HID's in my Integra for a short while. It had projector lamps and I still went back to halogens because I didn't like the amount of glare they were throwing above the cutoff line.

I think I have the same brand of bulbs as you do Mark. They do look whiter than stock but I'm not sure if they actually throw out more lumens considering the blue tint is pretty dark (light filtering).

[FZ6biker]

I'm very anti-HID retrofitting, especially in factory reflector housings (most motorcycles). You do get more light, and with that you get more glare. With these kits getting cheaper and cheaper we'll only see more and more of them.

Some lamps you may be able to get away without lots of glare, IE projectors. Even so, I had HID's in my Integra for a short while. It had projector lamps and I still went back to halogens because I didn't like the amount of glare they were throwing above the cutoff line.

I think I have the same brand of bulbs as you do Mark. They do look whiter than stock but I'm not sure if they actually throw out more lumens considering the blue tint is pretty dark (light filtering).


So these are street legal I hope ?

[FZ6biker]

It was a nice sunny :sun: afternoon and after reading all the stories on the forum feeling inspired I decided to play handyman today and do as less damage to the bike as I could today, so I went ahead and bravely changed out my lightbuklbs :mrgreen:

I was very skeptical about buying these from the seller on ebay it's just 9.99 +8.99 shpg, totals for about 20 bucks. They did ship me the wrong left bulb as my bike needs a smaller left bulb.I emailed them and am awaiting a response and resolution. But I hooked it up just for fun and am amazed at the results. The HL's are about 5 times brighter.The light is not a true blue but a bright white with a tint of blue and are street legal per the seller.Just wanted to share this with y'all.
Sorry about the low resolution pic as it was taken in the dark on the phone... hope it gives you'll an overall idea of the brightness of the lights.


http://stores.ebay.com/DYNAMIC-EFFECTS


Just got an email back from the vendor, he's sending in a pair of H7's which I guess means to me is a smaller bulb for the left side :lol2: so I will be all set then.

[FZ6biker]

Just got an email back from the vendor, he's sending in a pair of H7's which I guess means to me is a smaller bulb for the left side :lol2: so I will be all set then.


Just got the right bulbs 1(H7) and 1(H4) in and they look great !

[Tx Rider]

One thing folks might try before spending a lot of money on headlights is to just wire your stock lights up to a relay first.

Most bikes lose a lot of voltage through the small guage wiring from the battery through the light switch to the headlights, using a relay with 12 guage wire straight from the battery or other good source and a good ground wire and using the original wiring/switch to activate the relay will usually get a lot brighter lights all by itself. My FZ1 drops about 2-3 volts getting to the headlight, meaning if my battery shows 13.5 volts my lights only get 11.5

You'll really want to wire in a relay anyway if your going to buy better lights or aux lights to get the most from them so you lose nothing if you decide to get new lights anyway.