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 Post subject: HeadLights
PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:59 pm 
Any suggestions on headlights bulbs that will be better than the stock ones? If you are running something different, please give me some feedback on what you have. Thanks!


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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:04 pm 
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I find the stock ones pretty darn good but when a bulb finally burned out I replaced it with a GE Nighthawk. I think there's two different grades of quality. Not sure which one I got. They work very well and lots of folks recommend them.

Best thing a guy can do (for night riding) is to tie the low beam into the high beam side so both are on when on high-beam. I've never had any issue with the stock lights on this bike in that fashion.

The low beam has a very sharp cut-off point (see the reflector inside the housing) and the high beam has the same. When both are on at the same time they do a fantastic job of lighting up the road even at very high speeds.

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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:03 am 
Marvin, thanks for the response and suggestion. Could you give me some details or point me in the right direction for modifying he wiring as you suggest for having both lights on at the same time only in high beam? Does this cause resistance on the wires or drains the battery quicker with a stock alternator?


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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 12:55 pm 
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No, it works great! :top:

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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 12:43 pm 
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I have done this mod as well and I am happy with it. I too use the stock headlamps. To do the mod, all that is needed is to connect the white wire with the white with green stripe wire. Essentially the low beam power supply jumpers or bypasses the low/high beam switch so that the low beam light is always on. The connection can be done at the switch but it is very tight and there is not much wire to work with. I made the connection at the 9-pin harness connector located below the gas tank. There is more wire to work with at that location. Lift the gas tank, locate the 9 pin connector, pull out the pins of the white and white/green wires, connect the two wires, wrap with electrical tape, reconnect the two pins to the harness connector and you are done.

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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 3:44 pm 
Awesome Thanks!


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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 8:29 pm 
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what are the bulbs for these bikes bought H7 the don't fit harness prongs on H7 bulb are to close together I bought 35watt h7 hid kit flops around in housing


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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2016 8:39 pm 
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The headlights are both 12V / 55 watt bulbs and they are H7's. I believe there's a socket that fits on the bulb. Check your old bulbs, I believe it needs to be transferred to your new ones to make them fit :top:

Btw, I also bought HID's some years ago and they fit but I'm pretty sure they needed the socket?


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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2017 11:39 am 
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Hey Paul,
Which harness under the tank holds the headlight connections?
By connect the two wires do you mean to run a jumper wire between them and then reconnect the original connections in the housing?

Hoping to install the ignition cable today (when the rain stops...) and it'll be a perfect time to do this mod.

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 Post subject: Re: HeadLights
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2017 6:07 pm 
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Found my way around the wiring harness and got everything working with the dual headlight mod. Really happy to have that, should make night riding more comfortable.

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