I hope you've adjusted your high beam (H4) reflector then as you'll be dazzling on coming traffic and getting flashed a lot
Nope and dont get flashed. Maybe because most of my riding is in at least bright daylight if not sun. Or maybe I have adjusted it and have forgot. Also it's a boxeye remember so its crap anyway.
One of my pet hates is when you get cars coming towards you with misaligned headlights so one or more lights instantly blind you. Occasionally get them behind you as well so they blind you with your own mirrors.
Quote from: darrsi on 23 May 2020, 02:47:55 pmOne of my pet hates is when you get cars coming towards you with misaligned headlights so one or more lights instantly blind you. Occasionally get them behind you as well so they blind you with your own mirrors. Also foccin wankers on two wheels riding with their main beam on during the day thinking 'well, at least they can see me' while everyone coming towards them is foccin blinded. It seems to have become something of a trend.
Quote from: vinnyb on 23 May 2020, 05:08:51 pmQuote from: darrsi on 23 May 2020, 02:47:55 pmOne of my pet hates is when you get cars coming towards you with misaligned headlights so one or more lights instantly blind you. Occasionally get them behind you as well so they blind you with your own mirrors. Also foccin wankers on two wheels riding with their main beam on during the day thinking 'well, at least they can see me' while everyone coming towards them is foccin blinded. It seems to have become something of a trend.I don't think it's anything new, the difference is that newer bikes and scooters do have very decent lights so they really don't need them on full beam at all. Probably more likely to be the less experienced scooter riders actually.
Just to add a wee bit. There was a post from His Dudeness in January - ignition switch circuit - which had a wiring diagram for headlight upgrade using 2 relays to convert to using 2, H4 bulbs. The wiring diagram was supplied by limax2, and is easy to follow, even me . The only thing to think about is making a holder to convert H1 side to H4. I used the rubber boot from behind headlight to make a ring using fibre glass resin. Then using Dremel ,cut in a H4 bulb shape into hard resin. You can get a spring clip from Halfords to then hold a H4 bulb. Then enlarged the H1 hole in headlight to accept the H4 bulb. I used more resin to hold my new holder to rear of reflector. In the post it says "lights are 10 times better" , I would say more than 10 , even with standard H4 Bulbs. I have spots on my bike too. Since doing this to headlight I have only used the spots when it gets foggy .I also done away with that silly side light bulb and put in two LED 501 bulbs from Halfords. Ive attached a couple of pics. Hope they work. With the wiring diagram from limax2 it makes this job a lot easier, and gives the Fazer headlights that work. I do quite a lot of night riding and this makes it a lot more enjoyable .
The bulb type will make little real difference to the pattern/spread you get on the road at distance, as this is determined by the reflector. The reflector is matched to the bulb, the position of the filament or point where the light is made is crucial just a few mm out and you lose the pattern/spread. This is one reason we are seeing a lot of dazzling. H7s can quite easily not be seated correctly, which moves the filament position, the same applies to non adjustable LEDs fitted into reflector headlamps. The light source is in the wrong position, yes you get more light by looking at them but it's not concentrated into the correct pattern/spread. A H4 bulb in a H1 reflector might work ish on low beam, but not on high as the filament position will move and the reflector is set for a single filament, i.e. no movement.