Xenon headlight bulbs

[Skunk]

Try living with 30W headlights...

Do not exceed 20kmh!

[Biff]

Halfords???

The UK equivilant of Repco. A lot of their own brand stuff beats a lot of equivilant established branded products and at a fraction of the price.

www.halfords.com

[Paul in NZ]

They supply no more out put,they are still 55/60,you will be hard pressed to notice any difference on the road - but cars coming the other way will be talking for days about what a cool dude you are.90/100 are illeagal - off road use only....so why the hell are they sold over the counter? melt plastic headlamps too.

Funnily enough....

You cannot buy the Navara 55/90's I used to use in the Guzzler. I've gone 55/60 but thats still a HUGE improvement over the 45/45 incandescent bulb it came with.

I have a big fat battery feed direct to 2 relays close to the headlight (Fiat 127) and it's bloody good. Even dip is fine for 100kph road stuff. (only during the daylight hours of course )

Yes! Certain plastic units cannot take the considerable heat of the megga bulbs. Be careful! Also, try to find out if your bike runs relats before putting in bigger bulbs. All that extra juice through already dodgy switchgear will root it in no time flat.

Paul N

[imdying]

A 100w bulb may indeed melt the headlight reflector if it's a plastic one. Give the Hella (or Narva) Plus 50s a go. They're the same wattage as standard, but a better design of bulb that gives 50% more light output for the same wattage. They're available from Repco, probably about $20 each. Not the cheapest, but effective.

[AndyH]

Funnily enough....

You cannot buy the Navara 55/90's I used to use in the Guzzler. I've gone 55/60 but thats still a HUGE improvement over the 45/45 incandescent bulb it came with.

Brings back memories of discovering how much faster night rides on the Guzzi were on cloudless nights near full moon. That headlight would have been better lighting a romantic dinner for two...

Nostalgia, more fun than it was at the time.

Andy H.

[Jackrat]

my bike has a 60/55W headlight bulb, which is pretty pathetic when riding at night with lights dipped.
I wouldnt mind upgrading the bulb, but don't want to put extra load on the charging system with a 100/90W bulb.
has anyone out there had any experience with the bright blue Xenon light bulbs?
I notice a lot of new bikes have these, and as well as improving the bulb brightness they have that cool blue tinge to them.

are they worth the dosh and if so where can I get one?

Ok,after much searching I finaly found the listing I knew I'd seen before.
This is how they advertise them.
Super blue high intensity,Halogen Bulbs,Bright blue light as in new sports bikes.12V H4 60/55 watt.
US$7.00 each.
If your interested give me a PM.
Cheers.

[Zapf]

In the latest RIDE mag they do a comparo/test of two brands, Halfords??? and Philips. They said the Philips put out 50% more light but was same watt rating as OEM.
I've seen a few bike shops have them for sale so I'd check out what they say. The mag thought the Philips Vision Plus bulbs were best at about $20.

I don't know if they're bluish or not.

I have installed a Philips Vision plus on 1 head light of my SV and you can see that the philips is brighter, it hasn't gone over board and gone really blue like the Narva Artic blue (as you'll see sh*t fa#k all in fog) I think the philips are worth it for the slightly extra light over the factory osram's.

But PIAA has some very very expensive Xeon bulbs.... I do wonder if they are that bright after all.

[Blackbird]

I have the same experience as What with 100/90 halogens - just superb They may well be illegal but they sure do work!

[TonyB]

I used to have an illegal 130/something in my GPX750R with twin relays, big wires etc. So long as I knew the road I could ride at night at any speed the bike was capable of...and frequently did. Bloody awesome headlight. This is years before xenon came on the scene though