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Before looking for more than standard, make sure you have all you should AS standard...
Which is as above, basically; its a motorbike; they only have one headlamp, unlike cars that have two; you need to learn to look, not blindly track-follow; this may mean heeding highway code and riding at a speed low enough you can stop in the distance you can see to be clear.. rather than naively assuming that if the sign says 50 or 60 that's how fast you should go! This is all part of the learning to be had from a learner bike.
Beyond that its still a learner bike, and not a very new one; little bikes have little generators as that's all their little engines can spare the power to turn... you'll be lucky to get the full allotment of 9Kw that engine was designed to make from it, and probably have to use pretty much all of that power to hold a respectable road-speed.. without robbing any to turn a heftier generator.. which will only deliver 'more' power if the engine's reving out to let it make it....
Tip; avoid short shift tendencies, use revs not gears; forget you have a 5th gear, keep the motor spinning for 'response'ad give the genny best chance to make all the power it might, as well as best chance to keep battery charged, and give yourself best throttle response and likely best speed A-N-D likely far fewer and much smoother gear changes.
Continuing with the clean the lens phlosophy; check the bulb, common for folk to try putting n higher wattage bulbs looking for more brightness, and ending up with less, as genny doen't deliver the amps to light them. Make sure that what light the bulb is delivering is being chucked through the lens by a decent reflector, not one that's discoloring or starting to break down or covered in grime; make sure that the lens isn't robbing more from being chipped or etched or just plain dirty; THEN take it to your local freindly MOT man and stun them asking if they can put it on their alignment tool to point the darn thing where it should be! No point having more light if its not lighting up what you want to see!
All pretty basic stuff, but far more likely to make more real world difference, and help more than just in the dark, learning good riding and maintenance habbits, which is what little learner bikes are supposed to be about.
Alternatively... get a bigger bike, (and licence if necessary to ride it!) with beefier generator and engine with the oomph to spin it, and a headlamp with brighter bulb, and probably larger, better reflector and lens, if not two of them.. and STILL you wont see much more, unless you learn to make the most of it and keep lens clean and look where you are going, and ride at speed you can stop in distance you can see. Principles learned on learner bike, transfer directly to anything else, and learning this stuff is still what they are supposed to be about. ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
Current Bikes:'Honda VF1000F' ;'CB750F2N' ;'CB125TD ( 6 3 of em!)'; 'Montesa Cota 248'. Learner FAQ's:= 'U want to Ride a Motorbike! Where Do U start?' |
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As above, if it's a steel and glass headlight, put in a 55W techno-bulb and go LED elsewhere. If things melt, replace them. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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cresad wrote: | took enough juice out of the battery so I had to charge it up every week |
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc?
cresad wrote: | The battery is less than a year old |
Your battery died. Your new battery needs charged on a weekly basis.
Does anyone want to...?
cresad wrote: | the amount of light doesn’t change with revs. |
OK, I'll get this one.
cresad wrote: | The bike gets cleaned and checked at least once a week. |
Does this checking involve putting a multimeter across your battery terminals with the engine running? I'd suggest you do that and see what voltage you're getting, because I'll wager one Internets that it's not the 14.5V+ that you want. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Copycat73 wrote: | save your money .. pass a test and buy a bigger bike ..
125cc have always had crap lights .. |
I can't agree with that. I've had ZX7R on which the low beam was a joke. The projector was in perfect condition, I put in a fresh light bulb, ... and it was still crap. All I could see at night were the white markings on the road, the traffic signs and nothing else.
If you really want a good and cheap headlight, go big or go home. CBR919RR has two huge lamps equipped with cheap H4 bulbs. That motorcycle has even better headlights than many cars on the road. On a naked bike there's nothing easier than just swaping the headlight for something larger in diamater. More powerful bulb isn't always the answer.
Faster you go, better the headlight/s should be. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Courier265 wrote: | what the fuck are you on about? My CB250 idles at 2000 revs, I can stop just fine with NO fucking over run.... |
Why would you let your engine idle at 2000 rpm? Especially with air cooled engines, you want the idle as low as it's possible and reasonable, for cooling purpose and fuel efficiency. Even with a liquid cooled engine, having the idle speed at 2000 rpm is not the best idea.
Reduced engine braking isn't really an issue. Unless you're living in a mountainous area and do a lot of descents. Cooking up your brakes si not cool, m-kay. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 161 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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