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[Boatman]

Chief-

Wait for Jim's pictures but you can also see the cylindrical excitors in Don's pictures on the 1st page of this heading.

You probably have 2 of everything, but my cylinder is tie strapped to the RH lower wire harness next to the clutch cable/throttle cable.  It would have been nice to have 6-10 more inches of wire off that cylinder that plugs into the headlight wires.


Regarding the fairing removal, it is not a hard job at all.  Every time I think it will stay on for a while, one of the wise guys on this site finds something new to put under there.  Hope I don't need to take it off for a while though.   May be in luck as Don/Jim have no more room under theirs.  

On the 1st install, my cylnder was actually touching the side of the radio and I don't have the Harmon Kardon like Don.

[Fired00d]

Sounds like you've created a self-contained black hole.

You'd have to see it to believe it. I don't think there is room in there for a toothpick now.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Chief]

Chief-

Wait for Jim's pictures but you can also see the cylindrical excitors in Don's pictures on the 1st page of this heading.

You probably have 2 of everything, but my cylinder is tie strapped to the RH lower wire harness next to the clutch cable/throttle cable.  It would have been nice to have 6-10 more inches of wire off that cylinder that plugs into the headlight wires.


Regarding the fairing removal, it is not a hard job at all.  Every time I think it will stay on for a while, one of the wise guys on this site finds something new to put under there.  Hope I don't need to take it off for a while though.   May be in luck as Don/Jim have no more room under theirs.  

On the 1st install, my cylnder was actually touching the side of the radio and I don't have the Harmon Kardon like Don.

Mine are ty-rap'd to the audio harness under the radio. Sounds like yours are attached to the harness for the handlebars. I'll be happy if it is the round ballasts, and not the square ignitors, because I have them stuck to the top of the XM and CB modules on top of the radio. They fit real nice there, but I originally thought that was the culprit. Maybe it;s the ballasts instead. Sounds like some testing is in order.

[Twolanerider]

Sounds like you've created a self-contained black hole.

Well that would suck !!










 

[erniezap]

Jim,

Where did we put mine?  I'm not getting any interference or noises.

[naitram]

which style HID are you using? 2lane used the digital system which i also used in my SERK

[Twolanerider]

You'd have to see it to believe it. I don't think there is room in there for a toothpick now.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

You'd be surprised D00d.  Before the parts got liberated I'd already done a layout that had two more sets of the ballasts in there for the HID spotlights.  It was close, but it fit  .

[hd-dude]

Jim,

Where did we put mine?  I'm not getting any interference or noises.

I put them down low on the right side of the fairing. Don't remember exactly what i mounted the igniter to. The ballast is double stickied to the inner faring.

[hd-dude]

which style HID are you using? 2lane used the digital system which i also used in my SERK

That's the one, Xtralights sent me by mistake on an order a pair of the standard non-digital ballasts. They are about 5 times as thick, and overall larger than the digital and weight lots more. We'd all have a hard time finding a place for them.

[Chief]

which style HID are you using? 2lane used the digital system which i also used in my SERK

Same ones, digital ignitors coupled with the round ballasts. Ignitors stuck on top of the radio stack and ballasts ty-rap'd to bundles under the radio so the leads are right at the rear of the bulbs. I may add some wire to lengthen them and move them away from the radio.

I'm afraid to attach them to the outer fairing braces because those already break too regularly. I don't want to add any more weight on them to shake around.

[Boatman]

Chief-

I actually think the noise/interference is from the ballast but it travels thru the cylindrical part attached to the ballast that I'm calling the excitor.  To be honest, I don't know what the wiring harness was/is that I tie strapped it to-looking from the front it was just left of the clutch/throttle cable and the cylinder laid just under it along the lower edge of the fairing.

Naitram-

We are all using the ballast pictured and it has a cylindrical excitor that comes off the one lead from the ballast and then 2 leads go from the cylinder excitor to the headlight bulb(s).

Just for everyone's sake, I have the bi-xenon setup for the stock 05 H4 bulb like Ernie's and not the dual setup bulb like most of you have.

[Twolanerider]

Those new digital ballasts were what really made this a simple proposition.  The prior options had kept me from doing it.

Then these things hit the market and after they'd been out for a bit (to suggest they weren't crapping out terribly) it was time to bite the bullet and get good light.  Small, light, almost no heat, surprisingly low power requirements.  Just about perfect for our needs (too bad they're not cheaper though).

[Boatman]

Chief-

Don't be afraid to use the supplied double sided tape on the ballasts-I think the inner fairing will break before the ballasts would come loose.  

Jim/Ernie-

It sounds like mine is mounted as you did Ernies.

[Boatman]

Don-

These are quality looking parts compared to Kuryakyn's and the MOCO's.  The MOCO doesn't even have a Xenon high beam option.  Thanks for the homework otherwise i'd be with the stock light.

[Twolanerider]

Don-

These are quality looking parts compared to Kuryakyn's and the MOCO's.  The MOCO doesn't even have a Xenon high beam option.  Thanks for the homework otherwise i'd be with the stock light.

I'd been looking for a long time Bob.  Neither the Kuryakyn nor the HD options intrigued me at all.  And both even more expensive when considering you're really only doing on beam.  Then saw these.  Ran the specs on them and was pretty quickly satisfied they'd do what was needed for our environment quite well. 

So far and so good.  And the light is great.  Damn it's nice to be able to see at night.