Fitted the bulbs suggested by Titbird.

First commute home tonight in the dark/rain/country backroads...Brilliant*, I can actually ride at legal speeds quite safely now - very effective upgrade that.

Good find for the money Titbird :coolsmiley:





*pun intended

A few quid cheaper here (sorry to those that have already got them)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-X-Tr...7044715&sr=8-2

er-yeah. Thanks. :violence:



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Hello,

My friend Jacek mounted these to improve the headlights:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4585/lampki.jpg

these are HELLA MICRO DE.
http://www.expeditionexchange.com/hella/DSC08581.jpg

You just need to replace the standard 'H3 12V 55W' bulbs with 'H3 12V 35W' ones, because Tenere's battery might have problem with 55W ones.

To mount it he used this thing he made himself:
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2461/montaz.png

He said that this works great. I have already bought same thing for my Tenere :)

The Hellas are great lamps (although a fog beam pattern lens can/does have limited use on a bike, due to the sharp cut-off, especially when leaning over into corners...)

I saw the Vision-X Solstice lamps on the Adventure-Spec stand at a show recently, and was very impressed with the build (they are aluminium) and brightness - they are LED, and only consume 10w - so you could run them off the side-light/indicator circuit if you wanted!

http://www.adventure-spec.com/shop/v.../prod_207.html

Seriously, check them out, you'll be impressed...

Jen xx

I also have the hella's but then the ones from TT.

@JMo: i dont have any problems, as i dont go fast when its dark or foggy.
Why are those VisionX thing so damn ugly? why are they square?

Fair enough - it was really general information - my point was that a fog beam in general tends to have a marked cut off, whereas the Hella HID 'driving lamp' version has more of a round flood beam... with fog lenses, you can end up lighting the tops of trees, rather than the verge on corners...

As for the VisionX's - they actually look a lot neater in the metal - they are very small - about 2 inches (50mm) square, or rather cubed - and they idea is you can connect them together in pairs (or more, such as a four block should you desire)... and the mounting bracket can fit on any of the four sides, which means if you go for the wider angle (eliptical) beam pattern you can still mount them horizontally or vertically... They really are very small and neat, and I was impressed how well one of them lit up the ceiling in the Excel exhibition hall, when the show was open!

J x

Thanks Uncle Ricky - just ordered new bulbs...

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