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Old 21-04-14, 01:27
XT Donkey86 XT Donkey86 is offline
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Looking to Upgrade Headlight bulb

Hey

Looking to upgrade my headlight and side light bulb`s as I`ve seen soon H4 bulbs on the Ebay is there any brands to avoids and which would be the best ?

Dont wont to be buying them HID Kits as they look like to much hassle ?

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Old 22-04-14, 10:48
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I've got Philips X-Treme vision in mine

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-X-tr.../dp/B00440CWBW

Still a 55W lamp, but they burn hotter so less life, but definitely brighter.


Another thing that myself and other members have done is to wire the dip and full beams together

as detailed in this thread:

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?...ve+flood+light
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Old 22-04-14, 12:06
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I installed an Osram Night Breaker. Better visibility with minor action, at a low price. More or less same stuff as the Philips X-Treme.
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Old 22-04-14, 13:12
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I installed an Osram Night Breaker. Better visibility with minor action, at a low price. More or less same stuff as the Philips X-Treme.
I have done simualr but run the osram night rider as itx brighter and designed for bikes so better with high vibration
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Old 23-04-14, 00:02
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This worth a read. Couldn't find the original RIDE article (2010), but this annotated version gives a fairly good insight into the differences between the main headlamp bulb manufacturers based on the results of a relatively scientific test using an FZ1 headlamp unit.

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is there any brands to avoid
Perhaps not surprising was that the OE Yamaha bulb was crap, but they also found Halford's own brand bulbs to be pretty rubbish too - there's one to avoid I guess...
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Old 27-04-14, 01:18
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Well I made the jump bought the phillips X-treme Visions worked out at 17 quid plus side ya get two so not so worried if one goes but will probably strech for osrams at some point :P

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