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ocatoro
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 05 Dec 2018    Post subject: LED headlamp units Reply with quote

any of you used one of these jobbies

they look a bit naff but the additional light wouldn't go amiss to be honest
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PostPosted: 21:20 - 05 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Worth considering, assuming they are legal in the UK.... Cool
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PostPosted: 21:25 - 05 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very interested in this, I have a standard 7" headlight like this and would love to know if these LED headlights would fit the surround/bezel/whatever the shiny (rusty) outer bit is called. If it would fit then these are a straight swap, but I can't see how they would fit a normal headlight bowl otherwise.

They're all over ebay too, sold as fitting Jeeps and Harleys.. Anyone know if America uses the same fitting as everywhere else?
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PostPosted: 22:21 - 05 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adaptive LED headlamps specially for bikes.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/DRL-Leaning-7-Inch-Projector-Daymaker-LED-Adaptive-Headlight-for-Harley-Davidson/15020034909?iid=323281401585&chn=ps

Similar item but UK seller.
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PostPosted: 23:34 - 05 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting link from that video, see this (at 1:30):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=561spN6mFI4

It seems Harley really do mount their lights completely differently. Anyone know if you can get a bowl for this light to fit?
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PostPosted: 00:54 - 06 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

leds give more bang for your buck in terms of light output
but if it doesn't have a UK dip beam pattern it's an MOT fail.

Integral flashers in the headlamp seem like form over function
stupidity to me.
The over bright headlamp will bleach out the indicator leds making it hard to see.

Not impressed by the vid either, night to day my arse.
I've had H4s that illuminated the road better then that
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PostPosted: 01:05 - 06 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mines getting a xenon HID kit this winter. I don't really rate LED as a good way to do headlights tbh. Increase your visibility
to others, yes, but having seen OEM LED headlights in action on a motorcycle and on quite a few cars they don't seem
to have much range of their light pattern. Nothing works as well as xenons yet IMO. But you do need to keep lens clean.
Yes I know it's an MOT failure potentially, but the kit I'm after should be take outable when necessary to return it to stock.
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PostPosted: 02:55 - 06 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

grr666 wrote:
Mines getting a xenon HID kit this winter. I don't really rate LED as a good way to do headlights tbh. Increase your visibility
to others, yes, but having seen OEM LED headlights in action on a motorcycle and on quite a few cars they don't seem
to have much range of their light pattern. Nothing works as well as xenons yet IMO. But you do need to keep lens clean.
Yes I know it's an MOT failure potentially, but the kit I'm after should be take outable when necessary to return it to stock.


My experience differs from that, my current bike (FJR) has LED and they are superb, better than halogen by far, and better than a lot of cars (mine admittedly has dual lights which make a difference) my previous car had adaptive Xenons, and while they were good aren't a patch on my current car's (only had it a month) LED ones, the only thing I miss is auto high beam, which on paper seems a complete waste of effort, in practice it works very well, just as you reach for the stalk the auto has beat you too it, superb option, and way better than the auto park I'll never use, LEDs have come a long way in a very short time.
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PostPosted: 11:04 - 06 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Harley Daymaker headlamp gets good reviews, but it's eye wateringly expensive, like £600 or something for an LED headlamp.

The cheaper versions seem to be more hit or miss, although I've seen some pretty thorough comparison reviews on youtube which should make picking a good one easier.
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PostPosted: 18:49 - 06 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have something almost identical on my work rat. MOT passed with it on, only issue they picked up, bit not an advisory, was that I had no "pilot/position lamp".

It's ok. I'd probably add a couple of spots to it if I didn't know the road like the back of my hand, but the work rat only goes to work and back.
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PostPosted: 17:59 - 07 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

WD Forte wrote:
if it doesn't have a UK dip beam pattern it's an MOT fail.


not strictly true.

that would be the case if you modified an old light which had/needed a rhd beam pattern.

but more and more with projectors and fancy headlamps, cars and bikes don't have a sided beam... it's a flat beam instead, which is suitable for lhd and rhd.

my alfa I had in the summer had a little switch in the light unit which enabled switching between rhd and "flat"... flat is legal for uk as well.

what I mean by flat is the beam, when shone on a wall looks like this _____

as opposed to _____/ or \_____ for rhd/lhd beams
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PostPosted: 22:19 - 07 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

ThatDippyTwat wrote:
I have something almost identical on my work rat.

What have you got? How did you mount it?
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PostPosted: 23:53 - 07 Dec 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can get one in a 6.5"/7" sidemount. Bog standard headlamp bowl, but more room for wires because there's no reflector. You replace the whole headlamp bowl, not just the reflector and glass.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-5-Matte-Black-Metal-Projector-Daymaker-LED-Headlight-For-Cafe-Racer-Bobber-UK/232848470828?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D55148%26meid%3D08afd05116b24ebe9e1b92dcda0623a5%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26%26itm%3D232848470828&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226
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