HID Headlights

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I'm thinking of fitting  HIDs and asked my mate (MOT Inspector) about legality. His reply was the only specific criteria for motorcycles is they musn't dazzle other road users. So when I get them fitted i will take them down to his beam alignment machine and have them set up properly. I figure if HIDs are 300% brighter than halogens then i can afford to set them a little lower than normal to avoid dazzle. With regards to bulb life, i once paid over £27 for a pair of Osram H7 Nightbreakers which although fitted to a car lasted less than 5 months. Anything fitted to a motorcycle gets an hard life due to vibration, extreme temperatures and exposure to the elements. You can buy two HID lamps off ebay for under a tenner, if I had to pay £20 a year to be able to actually  see at night I'd be happy to.