And another thing.....is there a replacement high power headlight bulb pair to make night time riding over 50 mph a little less hazardous!

Thanks again. (still new2buells)

These are not bad & are better than standard lamps

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT

I got a set from Halfords when they had buy 1 get 1 free, £20 for the pair. I've just checked their web site, they are now £25 each, but they are very good:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_710165_langId_-1_categoryId_165582

Go for Hid they are GREAT mine shows light pattern on the road in daylight


about 300 times brighter than halogen

and boy can people see you coming if they bother to look at all

only need to fit the 35watt ones

Recon the best safety thing I have fitted for many a year

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HID can be a bit dodgy electric-wise on a bike, and there are legal issues to do with it requiring self-leveling. Don't think you can fit them to high beams either?

Big discussion on this with lots of butthurt a few months back, try searching.

Personally, I went for the high power Halfords bulbs - easy to fit, better than standard (I'd say about 25% brighter in the real world) - makes an OK distance.

What YGH said. These are the best road lamps, about £40 a pair in any size/type, and very good. I have used the Motovision lamps and they are better than OEM lamps. The "low beam on with high beam" mod is a great help at night.

Thanks very much for all the advice guys. will check these out over the weekend,panz out.

Head Lamp?? Headlamp!!
Xtreme?? Extreme!!

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Oh yeah, you can change a couple of pins in a wiring connector under the flyscreen so that both bulbs come on for full beam. The downside is that low beam comes on instead of parking light when you are in 'steering lock + light' position on the key.
Noone really uses that though.

There is a more complicated way of doing it that doesn't have that drawback.
I couldn't be arsed.

The self levelling is a PITA. But then again so are small plates and other stuff.

ALL headlights really need to be wired into relays. It's ruddy amazing how much more light you can get out of standard 55w halogens if they're fed by big fat wires.

The only issue I've found with HID is that they need good voltage to fire up -if your battery is dodgy or alternator a bit feeble they sometimes wont fire up. Once on they're way better than any Halogen. Also it has to be said that blue-ish tinted HID's are not friendly towards plastic reflectors/lenses.

There is another option for non-H4 users - LED bulbs. These are now appearing with decent wattages and lumens output. I've some H3 on order for testing in fog/driving lights.

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I fitted some of these to my car and Firebolt. Really cheap and good quality for the price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HID-XENON-Slim-ballast-DC-KIT-H7-H1-H11-H4-HB4-H3-6000K-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f01d9c3e0QQitemZ270613988320QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

I connected them via a relay with some 'fat' cables directly from the battery so they work reliably. One of them switched off sometimes before I fitted the 'fat' cables and relay so would be recommended
But they should be switched on after the engine is running, don't think they like the switch-off when you start the engine.
I have both lights on at the same time, so no Hi beam but never had a problem with not enough light like that.

I also bought some for my 1125R, to be fitted at some point.

Have fun

I would deffo do this if your going to run HID lamps. This is because HID lamps are designed to stay on once started. It cuts the life of the lamp and starter unit big time if you keep switching them on/off a lot which you would be doing on starting the bike.

Myself, on the XB, I would run a HID on dip and a PIAA on the main beam. Also HID lamps do not like vibs much and we all know what a Buell can be like. Remeber if you lose a HID lamp your not going to be able to pick one up at any place like a std lamp.