LED vs Normal lighting.

[ponters]

Day and night difference. I had better bulbs, EB kit etc but the speaker LED's **** on anything and everything. If you can,,,DO IT,,if you can't.......wait....dont do anything and then DO IT!

Hanso where did you find the extension rings?

 

[HansO]

When you get to marking & cutting those extension rings drop me an e-mail. Unless you're going to do as Ponters and Jim and move the mounting brackets outside the shell.

Will e-mail when ready Thanks Chris

 

[HansO]

Day and night difference. I had better bulbs, EB kit etc but the speaker LED's **** on anything and everything. If you can,,,DO IT,,if you can't.......wait....dont do anything and then DO IT!

Hanso where did you find the extension rings?

Chris sent me a link to a Harley PDF, the part number is 69623-99a I have ordered them thru a Harley dealer $41.95 each. Before I had the part number I had rung the dealer and the spare parts guy said he did not think they existed, had never heard of them.
Like Ponters I had gone down the better bulb road in fact I paid $165 for a set of IPF off road bulbs that were heaps brighter than std but they have caused the reflector material to blister

 

[69birdflu]

I see the light

You are right Tex, but my cheap a$$ can not come off of $500 per headlight. So I went the cheaper route, bought 42 watt LED fog lights. I paid %110.00 on ebay free shipping.
When I turn them on, it's like riding with stadium lights on.

Something tells me I'm going to get a ticket with these. They are burning the retina of small animals. (here are some pics)

 

[barbagris]

bought 42 watt LED fog lights.

So each has 14*3W LEDS. How many lumens?. Beam angle?

At a guess - massive amount of close in light. Possibly not much throw though. Depends what you're looking for. Fog lamps have a wide beam and no throw as well.

 

[barbagris]

Chris sent me a link to a Harley PDF, the part number is 69623-99a

And here's the kicker - they're cheaper and better than any of the after market equivalents I've seen.

 

[barbagris]

set of IPF off road bulbs that were heaps brighter than std but they have caused the reflector material to blister

Confirms my observations - the Triumph units can BARELY put up with the heat from a 55/60W H4. If you look carefully you can actually see the mirroring above the lo(dip) beam vaporise opposite the shield on a warm day using standard bulbs.

 

[69birdflu]

Pics to follow

So each has 14*3W LEDS. How many lumens?. Beam angle?

At a guess - massive amount of close in light. Possibly not much throw though. Depends what you're looking for. Fog lamps have a wide beam and no throw as well.

Yes you are right on target about the beam of light. I have not gone out when dark, when I do I'll show pics with the lights on and off.

I upgraded the original headlight with a HID replacement for better lighting and relay issues. For the $60 it was worth replacing.

 

[R3Tex]

My plan is to put led fog lights on as we'll when I get my bike back...hate riding in the dark

 

[Power-Tripp]

Do these act like normal projector lenses with a sharp cut-off line, in that if you are leaned over hard into a corner, you have no illumination in the corner?

It is for this reason that I feel that projector lenses are fine for cars, but not for bikes - unless you ride like grandma at night. The projectors on the Triumph Daytona 675 are absolutely the worst I have seen... or not see with at night.