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LED Headlamp Replacement
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LED Headlamp Replacement
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Good morning

Does anyone have any experience of the following alternatives to the lack lustre 55W Halogen H4? I Have uprated to Nightbreaker but they don't last 5 minutes !

https://www.ledperf.eu/led-headlight-for...32997.html

Plus

https://www.ledperf.eu/round-and-chrome-...35510.html
or

https://www.ledperf.eu/nano-technology-l...43291.html


12-23-2024, 08:04 PM
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RE: LED Headlamp Replacement
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I have seen a few guys going from LED back to H4 classic, for a much better light at night. One of them a near and dear friend, who showed me the difference in real.
Are you really trying to go the opposite way ?

One other aspect, make sure you find a matching connector for inside the headlight. There ain't much space and cutting wires before you know ... Ledperf does not seem to provide one.


12-23-2024, 11:07 PM
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RE: LED Headlamp Replacement
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I replaced the stock bulb which burned out on a 2013 with a bulb recommended by another rider on this site. Called the FighterER H4 High/Low Beam LED.

Surface of the sun bright. Came with 2 in the box. Easy enough install. No wire cutting/splicing. Plug and play. Fairly inexpensive. Very happy with it so far.

Interestingly the bulb has a fan built into it for cooling and a decent sized heat sink to dissipate heat produced.

Box says it’s 2.5 times brighter than halogen bulbs. I believe it.


12-24-2024, 01:14 AM
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RE: LED Headlamp Replacement
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I use LEDs in all of my bikes, very similar to what m in sc listed. Good light at night and great visibility.

A simple and cheap upgrade.


12-24-2024, 01:32 AM
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RE: LED Headlamp Replacement
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It’s kind of funny that you are all looking for LED options, meanwhile I wish there was an easy way to replace the stock LED with an incandescent on my EX.


12-24-2024, 01:50 AM
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LED Headlamp Replacement
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+1 for auxito. A bunch of us have been using them also

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12-24-2024, 02:15 AM
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A question for guys that use LED H4 bulb replacement: do they blind the oncoming traffic? Did you try to have someone ride your bike towards you on low beam so you could check how bright is that for your own eyes?


12-28-2024, 11:44 AM
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RE: LED Headlamp Replacement
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Thats just mean. Or brilliant!! Smile

Pun intended…


12-28-2024, 12:57 PM
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RE: LED Headlamp Replacement
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When I mess with my headlight, I’ll park in a very dark place, get off the bike and walk way out in front of it and look at it and think, if I were in an oncoming car, would this blind me? I’ll adjust it so I’ve got a good beam on the road without being obnoxious to other drivers.

I had the forks serviced on my Triumph a few years back. Apparently the shop was careless in putting my headlight back on. A few days later, in daylight on my street, an oncoming driver flagged me down to stop.

He had a thick Scottish accent and yelled “Dammit lad, are you trying to blind everyone with your bloody bright lights?”

I looked and the headlight was aimed up a bit. I apologized and adjusted it.


12-28-2024, 03:23 PM
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RE: LED Headlamp Replacement
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(12-28-2024, 03:23 PM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: When I mess with my headlight, I’ll park in a very dark place, get off the bike and walk way out in front of it and look at it and think, if I were in an oncoming car, would this blind me? I’ll adjust it so I’ve got a good beam on the road without being obnoxious to other drivers.

I had the forks serviced on my Triumph a few years back. Apparently the shop was careless in putting my headlight back on. A few days later, in daylight on my street, an oncoming driver flagged me down to stop.

He had a thick Scottish accent and yelled “Dammit lad, are you trying to blind everyone with your bloody bright lights?”

I looked and the headlight was aimed up a bit. I apologized and adjusted it.
Thanks man, this is exactly what I wanted to know. Gonna order that LED myself.

Just to make sure: do these bulbs https://www.ebay.com/itm/375309758244?mk...media=COPY that m in sc suggested require any modifications?


12-29-2024, 03:23 PM
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