Well nuts. I've had headlight bulbs last 10 years. Just went out to start the CB in the garage, fired it up and noticed there wasn't a light shining on my work bench.Walked around front. Darkness. Flipped high beam switch and high beam came on. So low beam is out. Good thing I leave for the rally NEXT Monday and not this morning.
Guess I will ride up to the shop tomorrow and hope they have a bulb in stock.
Been a few years since I changed out a h/l bulb so I went to Randy B's excellent pic/tute in the how to section for a look see. Looked simple enough.
http://www.cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=595
Instead of waiting for dealer to open tomorrow I went to O'Reilly's Auto Parts. Nice parts lady walked me back to bulb section and handed me a stock H4 replacement bulb. $10.66 with tax. Took it home and it took maybe 5 mins to change it out.
Both eyes are working again! Yahoo
Thanks Randy for the tute.
Good job. Curious how much an official Honda replacement bulb would cost, assuming it even had a part number. I like your solution mo betta.
My VW Passat went through taillight bulbs faster than a fat man chasing the ice cream truck.
What brand is the OEM burnt bulb Ferret? Is it a Stanley (Made in Japan) ?
In the parts listing it says Stanley
Actually the one that came out of mine was a Phillips. The replacement was an Eiko or something like that
(05-22-2017, 08:30 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Actually the one that came out of mine was a Phillips. The replacement was an Eiko or something like that
Yup...those are the cheapies that we sell. They work well enough, but I went for the ZXe's.
(05-22-2017, 05:53 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Been a few years since I changed out a h/l bulb so I went to Randy B's excellent pic/tute in the how to section for a look see. Looked simple enough.
http://www.cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=595
Instead of waiting for dealer to open tomorrow I went to O'Reilly's Auto Parts. Nice parts lady walked me back to bulb section and handed me a stock H4 replacement bulb. $10.66 with tax. Took it home and it took maybe 5 mins to change it out.
Both eyes are working again! Yahoo
Thanks Randy for the tute.
NP.
Pterodactyl blew his low beam on the ride and we bought a replacement in a service station in the middle of nowhere. Standard car bulb, I think.
In france you have to carry a spare with you... used to anyway. Since riding there I've always had a spare under the seat. proper annoying when they go.