Having ridden a few evenings now with my two week old Tenere and having fiddled with the hieght adjuster, can I confirm with other riders that the headlight unit just looks better than it works.

On dip the spread is excellent and certainly works well enough for a single bulb. On main beam there suddenly appears a huge whole of blackness imediately infront of the bike, the beam narrows to a single spot and the main beam seems not to penetrate any further than the dip.

If I raise the lamps so the main beam works well ahead on the road (black hole even bigger) that leaves the dip setting so high that I just get flashed by all and sundry.

I am assuming that this is just poor design on an otherwise excellent bike and that there is basically nothing that I can do about it. If I am wrong . . .

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Only having ridden my bike once in the dark a few days ago I effectively tried the lights performance. The dip is very good but unlike you when I had it on main beam I felt it lit the unlit roads fine. Yes I agree there is a big black hole immediatly infront of the bike (on main beam) but you dont look there when riding, your focus is far into the distance so it really should not be an issue. If you are going slow and require lighting closer it usually means you are in traffic and the main beam would not be on.

For me the lighting is good and perfectly fine. I have been following all threads and there is a very smart mod you can do by adding additional lighing on. It's not for me but there is as excellent solution out there and made my G.U.L.G.O. on this forum. Have a look, see if its for you.

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Yes you are correct the lights on the Ten are poop i have fitted HID dipped beam and aux lights on main. paid 90 quid for the HID from HIDS4U.com and bought the aux lights from halfords. Now i have a bike that sees well and can be seen.

Cheers

Jim

Not sure there was a problem with being seen as loads of people have been flashing me. And when parked in traffic behind someone you can see that your blinding them in their rear view mirror but thats just the height of the lens.

Think I will have to wait until after next week when I have taken the bike 'off island' to Wales and back away from our 35mph speed limits and narrow roads to make an informed decision. No doubt there will be a little more fiddling yet as well.

Cheers

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yep they are ****e, as above fitted HID and spots

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[quote=DickyC;110354]Not sure there was a problem with being seen as loads of people have been flashing me. And when parked in traffic behind someone you can see that your blinding them in their rear view mirror but thats just the height of the lens.


My thoughts on being seen are more about during the day, The HID lights stand out really well and definatley get you seen. I also put on the spotties if i am over taking a large queue of cars just for added visibility. I think any light will be seen in the dark but its the daylight i worry about a bit more.

Cheers

Jim

Well worth fitting IMO...Made a big difference have a clean white light.....

For �30 it really is a good investment....

Any chance of pictures of the difference between the shapes.
Neither is particularly cheap. But it may well be worth the investment.

I would, but when I tried it does not show as there is loads of reflection (ironically). Also the shape of the whole unit is basically identical, its just the angle of the moulding of the reflector for the main beam that differs. In the original headlight unit the reflector is just a smooth concave. In the newer unit, there is a 'crease' horizontally through it. Very subtle, but makes a big difference. Best thing to do is see if they have a 2014 model in a local show room.

Sorry.

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