12-02-16, 03:41 PM
(12-02-16, 02:09 PM)crickleymal link Wrote: I've been contemplating buying some LED headlights like this
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1240/1...-white-led
or
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1211/1...00lm-6500k
I doubt very much they'll produce a good beam pattern, it's the same with cheap HID's. The reflector is the key thing here it's not just about light power, yes they will be bright but it's very likely they wont have any penetration/focus i.e. you wont be able to see much. All reflectors are designed to capture and project light in a focused (beam pattern) way their design and quality is more than half the battle in how much you can see even with quality HID bulbs fitted the beam pattern is still lacking on Fazers. The other key element is point at which the light is produced from the reflector surface a mm or so up/down/left/right/back/forward will greatly reduce it's effectiveness. I did quite a bit of work on this some years ago here:
http://fazerowners.yuku.com/topic/6192/H...r3tY63cvIU
The way these produce light and the position of the light will make a poor reflector even worse I believe.
Later