blaisew Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 This weekend I had to do quite a bit of night riding and discovered that my stock high beam is nothing less than wimpy! You just can't see what's ahead on country roads and I had to ride very slowly indeed. On my old RT, an 1100, I used a 100 watt high beam but that was a dual filament lamp. The 1150 is, I presume, a single filament. What are folks doing to fix that, other than HID. I don't particularly like the blue bulbs, and the high wattage dual filament I used before was the warm normal lamp color. I need to see at night! Link to comment
OoPEZoO Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 so buy an HID kit that is white instead of blue Link to comment
Mr. Frank Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Go to powerbulbs.com (a British company) and look up the Osram Night Breaker H3 bulb. It is claimed to give 90% more light than the standard bulb. You can buy online. Link to comment
moshe_levy Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Or just add lights - under the oil cooler, above the mirrors, on the fork legs, or all of the above. -MKL Link to comment
philbytx Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 FYI - There is a contact issue with the starter/cut-off switch that can cut your headlight output. Stripping and cleaning could help. Link to comment
Boxerdad Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 How about an Eastern Beaver kit? Link to comment
mikeR1100R Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I went with the 100W high beam (dual filament) lamp. I also installed the relay kit from Eastern Beaver. I now have a nice bright high beam. Eastern Beaver also has a relay kit which will leave the low beam on together with the high beam. Heat may be an issue if you go that route. Link to comment
AndyS Posted July 23, 2009 Share Posted July 23, 2009 I need to see at night! One of the first things is to uprate the wiring to the headlamp assembly. Fit a relay which is operated from your normal light supplies and this will then feed a (fused) chunky cable and its related volts and amps (minus a few delinquent ohms) to your high beam and low beam bulb connectors. Most importantly fit a chunky earth/ground wire from the headlight housing back to (preferably) the battery post. Next step is to fit a higher output standard bulb to the high beam and also the low beam. It is not compulsory to have a blue colour. White is equally do-able. The HID route is a possibility. I have done it, but I must say for me the light pattern from the Dip beam is too unwieldy to control the HID and it annoys & blinds other road users even when the headlight is adjusted way low. I would advise fitting other lights as many others have. These can then be selected on as you really need them. Andy Link to comment
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