Headlight

[snowbandit]

Anyone replaced their headlight with an LED headlight?

Looking at Phase 7 Headlights & Passing Lamps | Lighting | Küryakyn and possibly doing the driving lights too.

Are our headlights 7" I have read else where that they are in fact 7" but I want to know if someone has made something like this fit before. Sick of the crappy light this bike puts out. Plus the amp load on the switch would drop...

 

[Ygransom]

The head light can be replaced by any standard 7" light. I think the stock unit has lousy optics. Once I switched mine out for a unit from Candlepower and installed an EB relay kit I am satisfied with headlight.

 

[mport]

I changed my stock h4 bulb to Sylvania Silverstar bulb. The light is much brighter and nearly white compared to stock yellowish. Lights up the sides of the road much better.I added a relay to the system to reduce draw on electrical ciruit. $20 at walmart. Money well spent!

 

[COMick]

I tried to change mine last summer, but there was no place to mount the LED. I was told I needed to buy a standard 7" light to replace what is inside the headlight and then it could be mounted. I didnt really understand and havent looked into it anymore this year yet. I just know he said the insides of our headlights are missing what they would usually mount them to. I had someone try to do it for me didnt do it myself.
I did replace the two side bar lights with LEd's and the two on the tail.
Not much help, but this is what happened with mine.

 

[Paul727]

I replaced both the headlight and passing lamps bulbs with xenon bulbs. Needed to accommodate the ballasts behind the neck cover on the left side and use a separate relay for the lamps and headlight. I wired them myself using the original passing lamp switch and for the headlight I used the hi/low switch. I have converted a bikes lights before and never used the hi-beam even when travelling the back roads in the everglades so this time I didn't worry about a hi-beam.
I just wired the headlight to the low-beam setting of the standard switch and the hi-beam setting is now an "off" position. That way, if I forget to switch it on I have a blue indicator light on the dash telling me so.
In a pack of 6 bikes I can be at the back and still light the way for everyone without blinding them in their mirrors. Also, I never get oncoming drivers flashing their lights to tell me to "dip" mine so no problem there.
They look the same as the high end cars with the blueish light. It really is a great setup.
As a bonus they actually draw less than the halogen bulbs after the initial startup but, as stated, you definitely need to run them through relays.
Since I bought mine the price of this system has really dropped and they are readily available at auto parts stores. Let me know if you go this route and I can be of help.
I have been stopped loads of times at bike events, several times at Biketoberfest, by people asking about my lights. (It's always nice to be different.)

 

[slidderhd]

Got a parts list?

 

[xhdskip]

It's always nice to be different.

Amen.
I'll second that it's always nice to be different.
Some less insightful individuals don't care for change,
myself, I'd rather stand out in a crowd than be part of the herd.