Xenon lights

[Spooks]

Sorry but i have been told these are illegal on a motorbike yet there fine on such cars as Honda Civics, am i the only one who doesnt see the logic in this?

They say you want your bike to be more seen so why not allow xenon lights legally its beyond me.

[Faldo]

There are certain laws regarding automatic height adjustment and washers. I think as long as you have those you can have xenons. I think xenons are a factory option on some BMW bikes?

[Kickstart]

Hi

Not sure that they are going to make a bike more visible than normal lights!

Any vehicle with HID lights must have some way of keeping the headlights aimed (ie, self leveling suspension or automatic headlight adjusters) and also a headlight washer. They also need to have the appropriate E markings on the headlights. Pretty much no chance that any car of bike fitted with aftermarket HID kits will comply with these rules.

https://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/hidheadlamps

All the best

Keith
____________________
Traxpics, track day and racing photographs - Bimota Forum - Bike performance / thrust graphs for choosing gearing

[Faldo]

Agree with Kickstart. Properly fitted Xenons aren't designed to make you more visible to other traffic, they're designed to give you better vision at night, and they do. You really can tell the difference coming from a vehicle with Xenons to one without.

[Spooks]

Ok so you need a system which adjusts the lights to the road and say if i was to put the xenon bulbs in a honda cbr they would work right?

[Kickstart]

[Faldo]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Sorry, think we are talking at cross purposes. I meant you shouldn't be able to tell the difference between normal and HID lights when they are coming towards you.

All the best

Keith
____________________
Traxpics, track day and racing photographs - Bimota Forum - Bike performance / thrust graphs for choosing gearing

[Faldo]

[Faldo]

[Kickstart]

[Grimnir]

I inherited an HID setup from Mr Tot (aka Titz) - was great apart from it 'switched off' when you hit a bump - he did admit that is wiring skills were a bit lacking...
On my 176,000 mile ZZR600 I had 140/100 bulbs fitted which did the business!

[Spooks]

Ok so last question as i dont care about being pulled and getting a slap on the risk, if i brought some xenon H7 bulbs and put them in my 2001 cbr 600 would they work? or just not effectively as they are not made for it

[MarkJ]

They'll work, but will probably give off a lot of glare, like the car on the left:
https://www.ludehawk.com/pics/glare/5.jpg

[Kickstart]

[Walloper]

HID lamps run hotter than 'standard' lamps so may overheat the light's housing/s
Also the current needs to be higher to drive the HID lamps so has to be heat resistant and capable of carrying the extra juice.
Kits are available on Ebay for about £60 where the 'Booster Pack' which steps up the power to drive them is about the same size as a fag packet. Easy to hide. Some lamp holders need to be cut to get the wiring in and allow heat to vent.

They will probably be illegal but if you don't ride like a twat flap then probably no-one would bother.
____________________
W-ireless A-rtificial L-ifeform L-imited to O-bservation P-eacekeeping and E-fficient R-epair

[yandy_yay]