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[Twolanerider]

Well 2lane I must say thanks again! I finally got my dual lamp housing early this week & fitted it on thursday night & went for a test ride on friday night. I must say i am very impressed, I finally got to enjoy a ride at night. I passed a new SUV on a country road who had its lights on high beam & as I was passing him I flicked mine on to high beam. Well I can only imagine the guy in the flash new SUV must have been pissed when he saw how good my light was compared with his. I am now able to ride at night in pretty much the same manor as I ride during the day, it's great & worth every penny spent. At night i wear yellow glasses & with the blue light it seemed to look fairly white to me, either way no matter what the colour is the vision is exellent. I will have to add this to my favourite mods list. The installation was also too easy & everything fitted nicely inside my nacelle, i used the small mounting brackets that came in the HID kit to mount the ballasts. There was alot more room in there than i expected.

Cheers
Aussie 

That's good news.  Having Oz all lit up before you has to make the night rides more pleasant.  If there's a better or easier option I didn't find it.  But these do a very nice job.  Congrats on getting her done and feeling better riding after dark.

[displacing air]

I'm doing an install this afternoon on an SEUC, I'll snap some photo's of where stuff ends up.

Jim,

Did you get this install done? Have you done any 06 SEUC?
I am want to get this mod. and just wondering about the noise and
position where you mounted the ballasts and exciters.

Thanks,
Barry

[hd-dude]

Jim,

Did you get this install done? Have you done any 06 SEUC?
I am want to get this mod. and just wondering about the noise and
position where you mounted the ballasts and exciters.

Thanks,
Barry

Sorry for not following throught on the report but yes I got it al done and there was not a noise issue. Done a few more since then as well. I'll post pics of the mounting locations later.

 

[Chief]

While riding in the pack on the way to DC, I heard a comment on the CB, "Wow, that red bike sure has a bright headlight." I smiled. 

[Twolanerider]

While riding in the pack on the way to DC, I heard a comment on the CB, "Wow, that red bike sure has a bright headlight." I smiled. 

Glad those are doing a good job Chuck.  It's nice to have good light.

[Chief]

Just a note of caution to anyone inclined to upgrade your spots with the HID lights. The current 881 bulbs available from xtralights.com will not fit in the spots. The glass bulb element is too long and hits the inside of the glass lens before getting the socket to seat.

There isn't anything you can do to the bulb to make it fit. HD-DUDE has informed me that the company is working to come up with a shorter 881 bulb. Hopefully a new bulb will be available in a few months. Until that time, the halogen spots will have to do. They're so dim, compared to the HID headlamp, its like they are marker lights, instead of providing actually useful lighting of the road.

[erniezap]

The HID headlight throws a lot of light down the road, and the halogen spots light up closer to the bike.  Makes for a nice combination

[Chief]

The HID headlight throws a lot of light down the road, and the halogen spots light up closer to the bike.  Makes for a nice combination

Yea, maybe if I aim my spots right down at the ground ten feet in front of the bike I may get some illumination from them. Seriously, the HID is so freakin' bright, the halogen spots are pretty much worthless. And they look funky too being all yellow and such.

I did have to aim my headlight down a bit to prevent blinding oncoming drivers. I had originally set it with almost zero drop in 50 feet. When we rode to Beaufort last month, every fourth or fifth car flashed brights at me. When we got home, I took 2 full turns out of the light to lower the beam. When riding at 5:30AM this past Saturday, I noticed the low beam is now lower than I would like, but the high beam works really well, and I didn't get flipped off once, not much traffic out that early. I'm thinking I'll raise it up 1/2 of a turn to improve the distance of the low beam, hopefully without too much additional glare for the oncoming traffic. Regardless, even at the present lowered setting, the reach of the low beam is much, much better than the factory set up. And the high beam will knock your socks off. 

[erniezap]

I did change out my spot bulbs to halogen 881/894's which are whiter (but still yellow compared to the headlight) and definitely brighter than stock...

[Chief]

I did change out my spot bulbs to halogen 881/894's which are whiter (but still yellow compared to the headlight) and definitely brighter than stock...

That probably made a big difference. I'm thinking how I can hook mine into the turn signals. 

[bisounours]

Very interesting thread for the season 

And the prices are down http://www.xtralights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1349

Are you always satisfied with this product or do you found another ?

Jacques

[Chief]

Very interesting thread for the season 

And the prices are down http://www.xtralights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1349

Are you always satisfied with this product or do you found another ?

Jacques

The kit you showed was a single-bulb H4 unit. For our bikes, you'll need a two-bulb setup. I installed the H9 units and love them.

http://www.xtralights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1344

[AUSSIE_FLSTFSE]

Very interesting thread for the season 

And the prices are down http://www.xtralights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1349

Are you always satisfied with this product or do you found another ?

Jacques

Jacques,

This lighting is one of the most useful things I have added to my bike. You will need both of these items to make this work:

DUAL LAMP HOUSING

Dual H9 HID Kit


Cheers
Aussie

[bisounours]

The kit you showed was a single-bulb H4 unit. For our bikes, you'll need a two-bulb setup. I installed the H9 units and love them.

http://www.xtralights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1344

Are you sure ? H9 units ?
I've a single bulb for high and low beams. See pic.
The HDI models have high/low beams in single bulb.

Jacques

[bisounours]

Jacques,

This lighting is one of the most useful things I have added to my bike. You will need both of these items to make this work:

DUAL LAMP HOUSING

Dual H9 HID Kit


Cheers
Aussie

Good morning Aussie,

Do you have change the head lamp for the model with two bulbs or is it stock in Australia ?

Jacques