Dont see anything out here about headlights. Anyone here have an opinion (like thats a dumb statement) on Headlights? Specifically what is the "brightest" alternative bulb that will fit the stock bracket and housing?

Try the Sylvania Silverstar 9003. Direct swap out halogen lamp and really lights up the road compared to the stock lamp.

Good Hunting

The stock headlight is a 60/55 watt bulb.  I replaced the stock headlight in my Kawasaki Super Sherpa with a Silverstar, and it helped a bunch.  The Silverstar headlights offer more light - however they are not very long lasting.  I put Silverstars in my wife's car and she drives 100 miles a day, and they lasted 9 moths and one burned out.  That is the equivalent of about 15,000 miles.....so maybe that is acceptable for a motorcycle.

HID lights are legal if they came on the vehicle. Adding HID bulbs and wiring to a non HID housing is illegal every where in the US.

Some jurisdictions may not care, some do.

Dave wrote on 01/30/13 at 11:52:56:

We have as part of our requirements, that lights may not blind... forget the exact wording..

This is what I use. It is the highest output non HID bulb I could find, and it is vibration resistant to boot.http://www.motosport.com/motorcycle/PIAA-H4-SUPER-PLASMA-GTX-BULB

What Tennessee says..


55-9-408.  Headlights complying with prohibition against glaring and dazzling lights -- Anti-glare devices -- Mounted height of lamps.

 Headlights shall be deemed to comply with the provisions of § 55-9-406, prohibiting glaring and dazzling lights, if the headlights are of a type customarily employed by manufacturers of automobiles and in addition are equipped with some anti-glare device approved by the department of safety; provided, that the department shall not approve any anti-glare device, or any combination thereof, unless it has been submitted to a laboratory test and has been found, when properly adjusted, to prevent any of the bright portions of the headlight beams from rising above a horizontal plane passing through the lamp centers parallel to a level road upon which the loaded vehicle stands and in no case higher than forty-two inches (42''), seventy-five feet (75') ahead of the vehicle.

55-9-409.  Inspecting and testing lamps emitting glare -- Order to remove illegal lamps -- Arrest of drivers.

 (a) Any member of the highway patrol having reasonable ground to believe that any headlamp or auxiliary driving or fog lamp or any device subject to approval upon a vehicle emits a glaring light as defined in §§ 55-9-406 and 55-9-408, or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this part, may require the driver of the vehicle to stop and submit the lamp to an inspection or test. In the event the lamp or device is not of the type that has been approved by the department, the officer making the inspection shall require the driver of the vehicle to remove the illegal lamp within twenty-four (24) hours, and may arrest the driver and give the driver a notice to appear, and may further require the driver or the owner of the vehicle to produce in court satisfactory evidence of the removal of the illegal lamp.

(b) In the event any headlight or auxiliary driving or fog light of a type that has been approved by the department, by reason of faulty adjustment or otherwise, emits a glaring light as defined in §§ 55-9-406 and 55-9-408 or otherwise fails to comply with this part, the officer making the inspection shall direct the driver to make the light or lights conform to the requirements of this part within forty-eight (48) hours. The officer may also arrest the driver and give the driver a notice to appear, and further require the driver or the owner of the vehicle to produce in court satisfactory evidence that the light or lights have been made to conform with the requirements of this part.

wow....on secound thought maybe I will try that super-plazma.