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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.
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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.
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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.
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No need to wonder LR, its $101.02 list. Here is a link to Ferret's bike:
http://www.partsfish.com/oemparts/a/hon/.../headlight
Wait, thats not the bulb, the bulb is $30.95 list.
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What brand is the OEM burnt bulb Ferret? Is it a Stanley (Made in Japan) ?
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In the parts listing it says Stanley
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Actually the one that came out of mine was a Phillips. The replacement was an Eiko or something like that
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(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.
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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.
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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.
