Been looking for a while at LED headlight bulbs. Never liked them until driving my car at night, LED are fitted as standard on my car. I can now see the improvement over halogen bulbs.
As i search i can only find ones with Hi/Low beams but as my bike has 2 low beams and 1 Hi beam, am not sure if these bulbs will work in low beams only. Any help with be appreciated.
LED bulbs
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Re: LED bulbs
You need to go careful with a lot of LED bulbs as the LED is not always in the same position as the filament on halogen bulbs which will produce a different light pattern and cause stray light too.
It's at this point that people become blinded!
There was also a lot of speculation about LED bulbs being illegal as they aren't made for reflector units
I had one fitted to my fjr and they was fantastic and mimic a halogen bulb
I will see if I can find a link to them
It's at this point that people become blinded!
There was also a lot of speculation about LED bulbs being illegal as they aren't made for reflector units
I had one fitted to my fjr and they was fantastic and mimic a halogen bulb
I will see if I can find a link to them
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Re: LED bulbs
Retrofitting of LED bulbs is legal now but must produce the same lighting pattern as the original Halogen bulb. I've been looking at LED bulbs where the angle/ pattern is adjustable. I hate being blinded by boy racers so i wouldn't like to blind anyone either.
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Re: LED bulbs
I knew there was something that had changed but what I couldn't remember
Sounds like you have been looked at the same ones I had in the fjr
Sounds like you have been looked at the same ones I had in the fjr
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Re: LED bulbs
Could be. They are about £26 each. IRC made be nightsight.
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Re: LED bulbs
Cheers for that
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"Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light". Groucho Marx