xtz lights Dim Headlamp
 

Just ridden the several miles home through dark country lanes and found the main headlamp beam on my ten a bit lacking in power. Getting on a bit and doing a lot of night time riding would like to illuminate the warts on the rabbits noses. (if you know what I mean)

Does anyone know of a simple mod (Brighter bulb) that would be easy to fit and give brighter illumination.

I don't want to go to the expense of additional lights. The problem seems to be that when on main beam the road in front of the bike i.e. first 10ft or so is not properly illuminated and appears dull.

It would be handy to have both bulbs illuminated and have the benefit of all that light on the road.

Has anyone any suggestions:BangHead:

I know what you mean but compared to my ttr the tens lights are amazing, I am currently looking into fitting an extra light mounted near the towing eye so it points the beam in the direction of the front wheel. Hope you find a fix as I too want to upgrade mine. Halfords do a good range of upgrade bulbs but i am always a bit sceptical.

Yep I know what you mean about the lights, though they are a fair bit better than a lot of bikes I have had, Ive been riding home the last few nights in the dark, a good 50 miles of unlite motorway and country roads, I think a weekend trip to Halfords could be in order, I will post if I find anything any good

Here's a 'crazy' idea... how about replacing the front indicators with a pair of Touratch projector driving lamps (mmmmmm... nice) mounted there, and wire the side lights as front indicators using orange bulbs?

xxx

Do it! Not legal here but I sure would like to see it. =)

XT660zrider
Read your post and thought you may be interested in having a look at this HID Lighting link http://www.bikegear.co.za/202f7e2b-d445-4981-9db0-437fc7020cb6-9.html
If you cannot get the link to work go to www.bikegear.com and look at the HID Lighting. This is a South African website.
Hope you find what you are looking for.
Cheers Geoff

Did you get my reply about the HID Lighting and if so what do you think?

Did you ever saw this link?I think that it might help.

GStry cheers for the link one of those looks great and at a decent price I wonder if anyone in the uk does these to avoid postage/customs costs.

Great ideas,
 

Thank you to everyone who took the time to reply to my post. I like the one about the HID bulbs but have no technical knowledege. I checked out the website but couldn't find any prices.

I've been away on the bike camping this weekend and used the new Yamaha panniers. Unfortunately the key broke in the lock and rendered them useless. Fortunately, the panniers weren't on the bike and I was able to send them home in a friends car.

Consequently my headlamp mods have taken a back seat. I will write more on the panniers in the luggage section over the next day or so.

Many thanks xt660zrider:WellDone_OROQR1:

Sorry to hear about the panniers that seems crap when they cost so much.

As for the HID I have found a conversion kit in the uk for just shy of �100,(the ones from SA work out about �65 but when you factor in the costs of getting them to the UK its not worth the bother) its too much for me at the mo so I am going to try a brighter bulb from halfords and see if it improves things in the short term.

Just found this kit http://www.consumabulbs.com/files/bdet.php?id=616 at �65 all in it seems pretty good anyone any ideas if the XTZ will power this kind of stuff without any problems I am also fitting a socket for heated clothing ?

so did anyone have a go at this HID conversion???? ?

Hi to all.
This is my first post and thought this could help.
What i did was put in a diod between the dim and the bright positive wires, so that when the dimm is on then the diod would not allow the current to flow to the bright, but when the bright is on ( dim switches off ) the power can flow to the dimm as we'll resulting in both lights on. Hope this could help in you regard,
Ps i love riding at night.

Gents..it's not the power of the buld that is at fault here.

No matter what power buld you put in it wonlt work all that wel. The Tenere lens is pants and the light sprerad is very poor.

The only real way to fix this is extra spot lamps.

Mike

Exactly!!!
Compare highbeam....

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High and spots....
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