High intensity discharge lights (HID)

[sAsLEX]

You could put spot lights on and driving lights wear a HiVis vest, and have brightly coloured helmet with blinking lighhts, have a christmas tree blinking on the back of your pack rack and you could have loud pipes and air horns, and they still won't see or hear you.

[ruphus]

Yeah my lights are plenty wide enough, but when lent over, i get a nice lit up road immediately infront of me, but nothing actually round the corner. Due to no height.... Does it help with that?

One thing with HIDs is that they have a very sharp cut off on them.

I'll take some pics tonight against the garage door to sow you what I mean. I've had mine installed for ages now.

Heaps better then the standard Gixxer bulbs.

[sAsLEX]

One thing with HIDs is that they have a very sharp cut off on them.

I'll take some pics tonight against the garage door to sow you what I mean. I've had mine installed for ages now.

Heaps better then the standard Gixxer bulbs.

That is not the HIDs but would be based on the reflector in the headlight unit.

[LoC]

There is no goin back once you get them, Had mine for a couple of months now, they are getting cheaper now too. Mine were 400 bucks for 2 sets, so I have a spare set that no one seemed interested in when I posted them on another thread.
Watch some of the ones on Trademe as I went though a set of dodgy ballasts! They were the slim ballasts, I replaced them with full sized ones and haven't had a problem since.
Also watch out if you have a headlight shield (protector) your headlight will cook it if it touches it.
Umm use a relay...to much juice for the original wiring loom.
Newer bikes which have lights on with ignition, some have a built in delay to crank the motor before the lights fire up, I would suggest you install a delay with hids if yours doesn't.
I'm no sparky but every forum I have read suggests doing so (well busa sites).
My sparky who did them also left the old wiring so I could go back to standard anytime.
And my busa well she's a squid fishing boat at night, not being seen just doesn't happen anymore even during the day.
Good luck all I totally recommend them.
If you are in Canterbury pm me if you need a sparky as he is half the price of shops and double the speed.
Cheers!

[scumdog]

HOW MUCH ARE THEY
I hope your sitting down!! $552nzd delivered. Check out hid50.com all the guff is on there. The price is expensive, but hey, I want to be seen out and about by the crazy tin top drivers. At least I will have a fighting chance now.
When you think about the price of them. It's only a set of tyres aye!! The HID lamps will last a lot longer than a set of tyres. In fact they have lifetime guarantee.

I fitted small 'spot' type lights to the HDs of mine and CBs, those annoyingly bright little lights people fit to the lower pan on the front of their WRX etc.

The reason I picked them?

Cost: about $90 or so the pair with kit
Cost of bulbs: about $12 for 2 @ the Warehouse
Safety: there's two of them so if one goes you've still got one working.

The bulbs are the same ones used in jewelry shop window displays etc, I think they have a 37 degree dispersion of light and they last for yonks.

The downside is that the pods that hold them might look ok on a HD but might might not suit a sprots-bike for looks.

Oh, and they work, trust me they really work, motorists notice you - especially those down side stret/driveways etc where in daylight they wouldn't notice your narrow focussed-beam headlight.

And ask anybody who has seen them about how bright they look.

[Drew]

The 999 in the garage at the moment has a swanky light of some kind in the low beam hole. It actually warms up when the key is turned on, and again when ya start it. Real bright, and very good visibility.

Has a relay and a box with cooling fins to drive it mounted by the battery. Only down side is that wired up the way it is, the bike thinks it is over charging and the check engine light is on all the time. Cant get my head around why for sure, because it is only charging at the desirable 14.something volts.