HID Conversion - Thoughts?

[TheArchitect]

My last bike had HID kit already installed when I bought it. I personally thought it was great. Much whiter light and throws a lot further. And it looked a lot better on the bike too compared to the stock yellowish lights.

Bike I just bought has stock lights and I'm thinking to install HID kit.

But before I spend the money I wanted to get people's thoughts on HID kits in general and their worth.

so...type away...
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Don't.

Lots of fucking around with ballasts and wiring involved with retrofitting. Decent (Cree based) LED's bulbs, or Osram Nightbreakers. Both are much whiter than your standard 35/35 yellow crap. You're looking round 6000-8000K when looking at the colour temperature in the specs. After that it starts to go blue, under that, orange/yellow creeps in.

[TheArchitect]

The GSR750 I previously owned had awful stock lights. I installed Philips X-treme Vision bulbs and to be honest it didn't make that much of a diference. The tint of the light changed to be slightly whiter but didn't do much for brightness or throw.

Are the Osram variety good, as in tried and tested and results confirmed?

Edit: is this MOT friendly?
https://www.osram.com/osram_com/news-and-knowledge/automotive-special/motorcycle-lighting/performance-motorcycle-lamps/index.jsp
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[Beehive Bedlam]

It's a lot of fucking around.

https://i.imgur.com/RREeL6f.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FnhdKqu.jpg

But it's worth it.

https://i.imgur.com/pp0RtrU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/AGSDOw0.jpg

[TheArchitect]

007 - why the oven?
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[Beehive Bedlam]

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[Polarbear]

Two candles would be an improvement on a 600 Fazer standard setup.
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[KTMTony]

HID's all the way the brighter the better. 4300K kit is brilliant white 6000k and above will have the blue tint to it. All depends on what bike you have if it's a pain in the ass to do. I fitted mine the other night in 15mins plug and play on a Gixer K6 thou. I had nightbreakers on my jeep and didn't find them that great.
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[Polarbear]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Supermoto_Fan]

HIDS are a lot of fucking about and LED bulbs don't always end up as an improvement if said reflector bowl was not designed for them.

I've just stuck in a Phillips Extreme Vision +130% 2 for £22 and some LED sidelights for £4.95. Now all the old looking yellow halogen light has gone and I have nice whiter and also noticeably brighter lights!
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[Beehive Bedlam]

[tsmith]

Osram Nighbreaker Unlimited H4 made a massive difference for me.
But I did raise the bulb adjustment up a bit after fitting it. They tend to come aimed too low from the factory. I had it checked by the MOT guy and the beam pattern was still legal.....just

[TheArchitect]

Thanks for input all. I did enquire with my regular garage and they reckon its only about an hours work (if that) and not as fiddly or prone to issues as one might get think.

I might however, try the osram bulb first and see how that goes for a while. Perhaps as tsmith mentions, adjusting the angle will make more of a difference.

Will try to report back win pics/results.
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[onlyJaz]

[TheArchitect]

[talkToTheHat]

Do try the osram nightbreakers, they work wonders on my bandit.
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[iooi]

[KTMTony]

[Dave_80]

Where is best for upgrade bulbs?the headlight on my CB throws about the same kind of light as a candle through a piss soaked bed sheet.
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[smegballs]

Had a play with a LED bulb that I was gonna buy off a mate and it was wicked, instant switching, really bright white light and way better than the standard 60/55W halogen in there.

The only issue..... The thing was just too long (weeyyyy) to fit in the headlamp shell. The combined heatsink/fan assembly was in total about 8mm to long to fit in my headlight. The same bulb (he bought a x2 car kit from china- hence me able to buy the second one) works well in his BMW tho.

Interestingly depite being sold as 55W LED Bulb, it only draws 35W on the bench power supply. Thats "Chinese watts" for you

[Rogerborg]

[KTMTony]

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