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25th January 2009
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Biker
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 15 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH Sportster/Buell Year: 1995
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Halogen Headlight
I installed some Halogen fog lights on my 95 Sportster. Now my stock headlight looks like it just barley lite compared to the fog lights.. I want to change to a Halogen headlight. Do I have to change the whole thing or do they make a Haolgen that will fit in place of the stock bulb?
Thanks
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25th January 2009
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Flat Track Racer
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Bronx, New York
Posts: 241 Sportster/Buell Model: Nightster Sportster/Buell Year: 2008
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2008 Nightster w/ some Mods...
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25th January 2009
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Drag Race Champion
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Recently moved from Holmes County, Heart of Ohio's Amish Country
Posts: 364 Sportster/Buell Model: Vivid Black XL883R Sportster/Buell Year: 2007 Other Motorcycle Model: Yamaha Virago XV500 Other Motorcycle Year: 1983
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PIAA bulbs are so very nice, but also so very expensive. I had them in a car, loved them, but couldn't afford to keep replacing them (had a bad moisture seal in one headlight assembly.)
I've heard good things about the GE Nighthawk bulbs. I'm guessing they are available in H4 and they are a lot cheaper.
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26th January 2009
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Senior Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,956
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There are plenty of brands out there.Hella,Piaa,HD
Candlepower is carried by a few shops around here.
My Candlepower cost around $40
Then I went to a 7" 
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26th January 2009
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Senior Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,956
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I wanted those mirrors,but not $300 worth.
Bought the UN lighted ones for $80  
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26th January 2009
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Senior Chief Know It All 1st Class
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Pickering Ontario Canada
Posts: 1,127 Sportster/Buell Model: XL1200C Sportster/Buell Year: 05
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Thanks MacXLN...... I really don't like the dim stock bulb and I was wondering about a brighter replacement... thanks
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26th January 2009
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Riding with Angels
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Where ever I am at the time...
Posts: 2,157 Sportster/Buell Model: XLCH Sportster/Buell Year: 1975 Other Motorcycle Model: Yamaha XT550 mutant Other Motorcycle Year: 1982
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I've used Hella H-4s for years because of the various selections of bulb available (55/100w, 90/100w/ and 100/130w), and I've never had any reliability issues except for a 100/130w that toasted a wire that got too close in the headlight bulb.
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26th January 2009
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Senior Bike Builder
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 1,956
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottgearman
Thanks MacXLN...... I really don't like the dim stock bulb and I was wondering about a brighter replacement... thanks
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Come on! What fun is just replacing the bulb?
If it is the original or a few years old,most replacements should make it brighter,no?
You may want to find out the candlepower of the spot lamps,so you know you are getting brighter. |
26th January 2009
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Dallas
Posts: 7,701 Sportster/Buell Model: XLH 1200 Sportster/Buell Year: 1988
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My 1988 Sportster came stock with a 55w sealed beam incandesant bulb. Talk about dim. I replaced it pretty
quick with a Hella H4 lens, and ran that for the rest of the century.
But, come on. Halogen is so last century. Last summer I upgraded to a HID. Riding down a dark road now is like
taking a portable sun along for the ride.
For less than $100 there's no excuse to live in the past any longer, especially when we don't have too.
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26th January 2009
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Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: So Cal
Posts: 2,213 Sportster/Buell Model: 883C Sportster/Buell Year: 2000
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What you want to do is run relays for the lighting circuit.......
See:
http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...ys/relays.html
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The Only Y2K dual-set 883C
So Cal
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