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LED Headlight Bulb
11/03/16 at 05:13:40

I have been trying a few different LED bulbs....and the bulb and wiring and cooling fan (or copper filaments) are somewhat difficult to fit in the housing. The other issue is that most of them cause a problem with the rubber sealing boot that keep junk and water from getting inside the headlight....the shell is not sealed and will allow water to get inside. (I also believe it is important to get a bulb with a vertical cut-off on the low beam so that you don't shine your new light in other drivers faces).

I just found a bulb that might do the trick.....it does not have a cooling fan and the back is shaped like a normal H-4 bulb. The only known issue is for headlights housings that have the light shield - this bulb is larger and will not fit into headlights that have a shield over the bulb. This bulb is supposed to provide 3 times more light than the stock bulb, and uses far less energy.

If the weather holds out...I should be able to test it as soon as it arrives - as it is just a plug and play and won't require anything other than changing bulbs.

http://stores.advmonster.com/native-h4/

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #2 - 11/03/16 at 05:23:48 I Really hope that is a Winnah. I can leave my light on high beam on a country road and nobody ever flicks their lights at me asking me to dim that retina scorcher. I'm limited to about thirty MPH in the predawn hours on the back roads, because I just can't see far enough to feel safe. IDK what a Vertical cutoff is. Do I need to?
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Drestakil Full Member Offline innocent bystander Posts: 178 Southern Illinois Gender:	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #3 - 11/03/16 at 05:28:10 Gary_in_NJ wrote on 11/03/16 at 05:23:16: Looking forward to the ride report. Me too
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2690 WTF is JOG?	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #4 - 11/03/16 at 05:28:29 I agree with JOG. Our light sucks. Lowering the front end and adding an 18" rear wheel didn't help either. Is there any levleing adjustments on our lamp or am I going to have to shim the mount?
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Re: LED Headlight Bulb
Reply #5 - 11/03/16 at 05:37:36

All low beam lights should have a vertical cut-off built in that prevents the light from shining "upward" and into the faces of the oncoming traffic. This is accomplished by building a shield into the light, and it is the reason that low beams don't shine very far down the road or light up overhead signs.

High beams do not have the vertical cutoff, and they shine a much larger light pattern down the road.

Some cheap LED's don't have a vertical cut off in the low beam, and you should avoid using those.

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Re: LED Headlight Bulb
Reply #6 - 11/03/16 at 05:59:35

ohiomoto wrote on 11/03/16 at 05:28:29:

I agree with JOG. Our light sucks. Lowering the front end and adding an 18" rear wheel didn't help either. Is there any levleing adjustments on our lamp or am I going to have to shim the mount?

Recesses in the lamp bucket have adjustment screws.
The light on the garage door is a good way to adjust your lights, car, truck, bike..

Thanks for the explanation Dave.

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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2690 WTF is JOG?	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #7 - 11/03/16 at 07:07:53 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/03/16 at 05:59:35: Recesses in the lamp bucket have adjustment screws. Perfect! I never looked but knowing that will make it easy to at least adjust it back to "normal". For the little I ride in the dark, I'd be happy just to get that 20-30 feet of projection back.
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Reply #9 - 11/03/16 at 07:30:03

On page 228 of the Clymer manual there is an exploded view of the headlight bezel. Item number 5 is the head light adjustmet screw. Turn the screw counter-clockwise to lower the projected beam and clockwise to raise the beam. Even though the adjustment mechanism is spring loaded, while raising the beam I'd suggest putting your thumb on the top of the glass and give the lens a little assistance.

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Rodger Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 256	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #10 - 11/03/16 at 08:57:09 I'm looking forward to reading your report, Dave. In addition to the quality of illumination, could you please include the difference in power draw beteeen6 the LED and stock halogen bulb?
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17821 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #11 - 11/03/16 at 09:06:48 The stock bulb has a 55 watt low beam and a 66 watt high beam. This LED has a uses 25 watts.
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2630 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #12 - 11/03/16 at 09:11:28 Do we have any worry with adding workload to the rectifier when we reduce the wattage draw by ~30 watts?
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Re: LED Headlight Bulb
Reply #13 - 11/03/16 at 09:37:53

So far...we don't think so. There hasn't been anyone report that they have overloaded the rectifier by cutting the wattage down.

If there is a problem - I will most likely be bitten - currently my headlight is a normal H-4 Silverstar bulb.........while all the other lights are LED's. I don't have any front running lights, I don't have a decompression solenoid, and my indicator and speedo lights are tiny LED's. I do have my rectifier mounted to the steel Cafe fender and it gets good airflow.

Versy has been having some charging problems and he is running all LED's - but I don't believe he has been able to isolate the problem and/or determine that is was caused by the LED's.

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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	Re: LED Headlight Bulb Reply #14 - 11/03/16 at 13:59:40 You would be reducing the rectifier's load by 30 watts. Your rectifier would thank you
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