xenon bulbs

[phatstorage]

i'm curious as to what these are........

take for instance the H11 bulb for the headlight of my hornet,
55 watts and with a blue tint on the glass apparently to stop the yellow of the light from being produced in the beam.

however these bulbs are cheaper yet give out more light.

they have some xenon gas in their mixture that causes this increase in output yet they use the same amount of power.

if this is the case why are they cheaper than, say a standard halogen which is twice the cost?

anyone have experience of these cheap but seemingly superior bulbs?


https://www.aceparts.com/product.php?productid=16160&cat=274&bestseller

VS

https://www.powerbulbs.co.uk/default.asp?prodtype.asp?PT_ID=85&strPageHistory=cat

i know the philips ones run twice as long but apparently they aren't as bright

[ram_doom]

Dude, I wouldnt bother with any bulb other than osram or phillips. Those cheapo ones seem to always have a naff cut off, giving a crap beam pattern
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TL1000s, KDX200

[phatstorage]

fair one ram
the price was appealing that's all.

cheers

[Cillit-BANG]

For that sort of price it might be worth a try.

[phatstorage]

ok so what about the real deal xenons, H.I.D systems,

https://www.hids4u.co.uk/products.asp?cat=13


i know they are astronomical in price but if they give you 3 times more light than a 55 watt halogen can and last longer with less power drain (35watts) are they worth getting for the winter?

not that i could really afford it right now

[Cillit-BANG]

If you ride a lot in winter then yes, they are money well spent. Halogens appear so very yellow after you get used to a nice white light.

[Finglonga]

[ISLAND GIRL]

Noticed the other night when I was coming home from a ride in the dark how crap my lights were on my hornet, even on main beam. Whats the best alternative that I can safely use bulb wise, whats the number of the bulb, can I get one from Halfords or will it be a specialist thing?
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Live on the Isle of Wight and ride a CBR600F

[ram_doom]

[phatstorage]

[ISLAND GIRL]

My hornet is a 2002 half faired, if that helps.
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Live on the Isle of Wight and ride a CBR600F

[phatstorage]

had a look round, couldn't find anything, sorry
https://www.norbsa02.freeuk.com/
try him though,

obviously a honda dealer would know straight away,
the reason i am interested in getting re-lamped is if i blow my bulb i would like a spare as most of my riding is now at night.
(still at work now )

[ISLAND GIRL]

Ok, cheers anyway. Thx for the link, will also check out consumabulb.com as have purchased from there before, very reasonable too
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Live on the Isle of Wight and ride a CBR600F

[Finglonga]