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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 08:48 am | 21st Post |
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I have read a few times, on here, about folks having problems with their fitments burning out, when fitting high wattage bulbs in those lower lights Kimswang, so you might want to give that some thought, before putting those serious beasties in there.  
____________________ Pete http://www.rblr.co.uk '06 GL1800 '77 GL1000 Executive |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 11:46 am | 22nd Post |
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Agree with Pete, add a second set of small spots to be seen & save your bottom lites. I put LED's in them & they work fine.
____________________ Retired Paramedic - 35 years. If I"m riding - life is good ......Never had a bad" day riding...Just some better than others!! Double Darksider # 1138 - with Dynabeads 30,000 miles from my Formosa, '96 GL 1500 SE - 220,000 km.... (8,000 km 2011 year) - Goodyear Assurance '84 Shadow VT 750c - 32,000 km ( 14,000 km 2011 year) - BF Goodrich Radial TA '90 Suzuki Intruder 750 - 88,000 km .... (Gone) '85 GL 1200 Aspencade - 185,000 km (Gone) '83 Shadow 500 ( Gone) '70 Kawasaki KE-125 (Gone) '?? Suzuki 80 ( Gone) 2010 Alps tour pic's http://s752.photobucket.com/albums/xx164/96se/Alps_2010/ Spot Tracker "http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=225807">Alps http://www.drivingskills.on.ca skype - bob.joynt |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 03:18 pm | 23rd Post |
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Bob is right, the LED's around these days will give others a great view of you and I doubt you will lose any serious bonus from being able to see the road.
____________________ Pete http://www.rblr.co.uk '06 GL1800 '77 GL1000 Executive |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 06:27 pm | 24th Post |
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We will find out. The brand of bulbs I am putting in I also use in my headlight and in my truck. There they have last for a very long time. I did also order some LED's so we will see what works.
____________________ Summer is here, happy riding and stay safe ! |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 07:00 pm | 25th Post |
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Kimswang wrote: We will find out. The brand of bulbs I am putting in I also use in my headlight and in my truck. There they have last for a very long time. I did also order some LED's so we will see what works. You may find the problem being the bulbs are too hot for the lens in the housing, not the bulbs directly.
____________________ Retired Paramedic - 35 years. If I"m riding - life is good ......Never had a bad" day riding...Just some better than others!! Double Darksider # 1138 - with Dynabeads 30,000 miles from my Formosa, '96 GL 1500 SE - 220,000 km.... (8,000 km 2011 year) - Goodyear Assurance '84 Shadow VT 750c - 32,000 km ( 14,000 km 2011 year) - BF Goodrich Radial TA '90 Suzuki Intruder 750 - 88,000 km .... (Gone) '85 GL 1200 Aspencade - 185,000 km (Gone) '83 Shadow 500 ( Gone) '70 Kawasaki KE-125 (Gone) '?? Suzuki 80 ( Gone) 2010 Alps tour pic's http://s752.photobucket.com/albums/xx164/96se/Alps_2010/ Spot Tracker "http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=225807">Alps http://www.drivingskills.on.ca skype - bob.joynt |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 09:16 pm | 26th Post |
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96aspencade wrote: Kimswang wrote:We will find out. The brand of bulbs I am putting in I also use in my headlight and in my truck. There they have last for a very long time. I did also order some LED's so we will see what works. That's what I was afraid of with my truck too, 90/130W have not given my plastic lenses any problems whatsoever in the last two years. The H1's that are going in are 100W. Only time will tell.....
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 09:34 pm | 27th Post |
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____________________ Retired Paramedic - 35 years. If I"m riding - life is good ......Never had a bad" day riding...Just some better than others!! Double Darksider # 1138 - with Dynabeads 30,000 miles from my Formosa, '96 GL 1500 SE - 220,000 km.... (8,000 km 2011 year) - Goodyear Assurance '84 Shadow VT 750c - 32,000 km ( 14,000 km 2011 year) - BF Goodrich Radial TA '90 Suzuki Intruder 750 - 88,000 km .... (Gone) '85 GL 1200 Aspencade - 185,000 km (Gone) '83 Shadow 500 ( Gone) '70 Kawasaki KE-125 (Gone) '?? Suzuki 80 ( Gone) 2010 Alps tour pic's http://s752.photobucket.com/albums/xx164/96se/Alps_2010/ Spot Tracker "http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=225807">Alps http://www.drivingskills.on.ca skype - bob.joynt |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 28th, 2011 09:55 pm | 28th Post |
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I converted mine from white running lights to amber LED running lights because I was sick of changing the bulbs every 3500 to 5000 miles...The LEDs will last for a long long time... Then I added real driving lights to the bike for serious light in the dark...Here are a few pictures...         
____________________ Read my Motorcycle Adventure Blog here -- http://neverlost-justexploring.blogspot.com/ |
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