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RE: Worst headlight ever. - Nachodaddy - 01-08-2024
I wonder if switching to an earlier CB1100 headlight would be an easier and less expensive option.
RE: Worst headlight ever. - 17-CB-002 - 01-08-2024
(01-08-2024, 12:41 AM)Nachodaddy_imp Wrote: I wonder if switching to an earlier CB1100 headlight would be an easier and less expensive option.
Switching from 17' to a 14' headlight requires lots of modification to the harness inside the headlight bowl since the 17' uses a "Yazaki" 8-pin connector v/s a regular 3-pin H4 connector for earlier models.
As previously mentioned an external auxiliary light is much easier.
Worst headlight ever. - mvk24_imp - 01-08-2024
To follow up these are the lights I have on mine. They're off brand LED pods but work fine, I opened them up and hit the threads with silicone grease to waterproof and bolts with locktite. Comes with a handlebar switch.
Motorcycle Driving Lights 12-60V 40W 3600LM LED Fog Lights for ATV UTV Bike Car Truck Boat Forklift Waterproof LED Spotlights with 6 CREE Light Beads High Low Strobe Beam Switch Universal 2 Pack https://a.co/d/bA4Qznr
Theres a $5 coupon for it right now. Makes it $35 for the set with handlebar switch.
2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
RE: Worst headlight ever. - Nachodaddy - 01-08-2024
Thanks, Alain Lee. Good info.
RE: Worst headlight ever. - jtopiso_imp - 01-15-2024
(01-05-2024, 11:22 AM)Whoops_imp Wrote: So I took the 2017 EX out the evening before last for a short ride before the snow set in here and for the first time on the bike, I happened to get back just a touch after sundown. What I experienced was downright scary. The LED headlight on the EX has to be the worst headlight ever to grace a motorcycle, LED or not. It is a silly afterthought and really not up to Honda's design and engineering standards. The small rectangle of illumination was completely inadequate. Once I got closer to home where the street lights are few and far between, I found myself laughing incredulously in between white knuckling my grips in the sweeping turns where I struggled to even see the road at all.
Has anyone here replaced their EX headlight by chance? Is it even possible?
I would love to go back to the incandescent light that was on my 2014 Std. That was a wonderful light by comparison. I can say that until the light on this bike is sorted, I will only ever take it out in daylight, or else be on the FJR if I have to ride after dark. Heck, the FJR headlight is better than most cars I have owned. What was Honda thinking?
It is really bad for night driving. I hope at least it's good to be seen!
In addition to that, my high beam swith is starting to fail. I guess some moisture has been able to get into it. I'll have to open and clean the contacts, like this was an old bike...
I guess this is why some on the press call it "neo-classic". Bad headlight and random electrical issues... like in the old times.