Headlight bulbs

[flynrider]

In a pinch, I could probably a make clip if I had to, but I certainly wouldn't enjoy doing it!

Out riding last night, I finally had a chance to get on some absolutely dark roads...wooded area, no traffic lights, no ambient traffic. Not even any road lines!
This is where I've started to wonder how well the throw of the LED bulb compares to the stock...and I'm honestly not sure if it's an improvement.

With the LED, I find that I begin to over-ride the low-beam at around 25 mph, maybe 30. I can't remember how I did with this on the stock bulb; I never bothered to check. (For that reason, it will likely be going back in this weekend, just to compare).

The LED low-beam produces a nice, wide, evenly-lit field with no hotspots, which terminates at a distinct line about 32 feet out from my front axle.
(I measured). At just 22 mph, I'm covering that distance about every second. Beyond that line is a black abyss, which I don't remember having to deal with on the stock bulb. Maybe I was just using the high beam more often? I just can't remember. With either bulb, the high-beam solves all problems, and this is where the LED is absolutely fantastic. But if I find that the low-beam throw seriously outperforms the LED, I may go back.

We'll see!!

That sounds like my experience with the stock bulb at the factory headlight setting. I didn't like it at all. A quick adjustment of the bucket's angle cured that and gave me a beam that reaches out farther, without the abrupt "line of darkness". I think the factory setting was far too low for safe night riding.