1993 zzr600 crap headlight... upgrade suggestions

[ocatoro]

evening dudes, weather is shit, but it's the dark that's driving me nuts at the moment.

can't see anything at all with dipped beam, might as well be riding with sidelight on. and main beam isn't great either.

what can I do to make the road safe and easy in the dark.

(I'm not interested in illegally retrofitted hid kits)
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[wr6133]

Adjust it properly

[ocatoro]

[pinkyfloyd]

I installed Halfrauds Ice white ones. Something like 70% brighter. They do work pretty well. Not the cheapest but they help.
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[Wonko The Sane]

osram night breaker bulb works well for me on mine (1999)

It's gotten better since a spot of work on the electrics as she's now putting out the amount of power from the generator she should be (bad connection on an HT lead)

I find muck and grime on the headlight makes a big difference, I'll often give the light a wipe with my glove before setting off.
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[johnsmith222]

I had an 80/100w bulb in mine and it improved things greatly. Others have used this bulb on the forum with no problems.

[Tiff]

[smegballs]

Measure the voltage you are getting at the headlight terminal with the headlight on.

Old wiring and connectors means it's you quite likely get a good voltage drop between the battery and the bulb. This can be cured with a set of headlight relays to make sure the headlight is getting all the juice possible.

For example on my bike the voltage across the battery (engine on) is 14.4V, the voltage at the headlight bulb is down to about 13.3V

The relationship between voltage and brightness is non-linear so a small drop in voltage can lead to a big drop in brightness.

[Kickstart]

Hi

Also worth making sure the headlight insides are very clean (and check the reflector still has its silvering in tact).

We have an e model zzr600 and the headlight isn't noticeably bad.

All the best

Katy
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[dydey90]

My ER6 had the light set just fine on the MOT. Then with my tub making a considerable adjustment to the suspension, it did a lovely job of illuminating overhead gantries.
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[talkToTheHat]

Phillips xp-moto bulb or afforementioned osram nightbreaker, set headlamp aim with you on it. Google how to set the headlamp level.

Is the lens cloudy? Polish with toothpaste.

Cheap ebay led spotlights are a final resort.
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[Wonko The Sane]

I had my friendly MOT chap check alignment while I was sat on it a few years ago, a few years on and the afore mentioned wiring issue and new bulb and it's happy.

A little more light would be nice, but it gives enough.
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