The great/rubbish light debacle...

[Fuzzy]

Ah, okay thanks, glad I haven't missed a new thread or something as been away from the forum for a bit. Will keep the thread bookmarked 

[papercutout]

Interesting thread.

My Fazer has this on, with a bright phillips bulb, and it thoroughly outdoes the stock lights. My mate with a Honda Hornet was annoyed the other day, because it was brighter than his bike too.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120877230329

[midden]

It's my understanding that Jehovas refuse blood transfusions on the belief they will take on the personality of the donor.  I hate to take on the personality of a BMW driver :evil

[dcurzon]

Followed up, reply:

[color=rgb(31, 73, 125)]Hi Darren,[/color]
[color=rgb(31, 73, 125)]I’m working on headlights again tomorrow and my estimate is that we can finish your headlight this week, so it will arrive probably at the end of next week! [/color][color=rgb(31, 73, 125)]J[/color]
[color=rgb(31, 73, 125)]Kind regards / Met vriendelijke groet,[/color]

As i've previously pointed out, i'm in no hurry and the fella is fitting this around his paying customers work (although admittedly i thought it'd be done by now).  At least it should mean that an all in one DIY kit will be readily available

[davidkent]

It's my understanding that Jehovas refuse blood transfusions on the belief they will take on the personality of the donor.  I hate to take on the personality of a BMW driver :evil

I drive a 3 series and ride a foxeye 600, what does this make me? Lol

[dcurzon]

Update - parcel arrived, complete with loads of loom.  I'm going to have to try to make head/tails of the wiring...
12v for the angel eyes will come off the sidelight.
12v from the battery to the ballasts
Light wiring to trip the relay for lights on/off
High beam wiring to trip the hi/low

Shouldnt be too much trouble if i'm honest.  Other than not much room to move in the garage and trying to find some time.  I'll probably wire them up 'off the bike' initially.

[davidkent]

Get on it and get some pics up

[ChristoT]

Watching with great interest! 

[dcurzon]

Fairing off, headlights fitted, tested all 'off bike'
I'm indecided wether to use their loom or not.
Advantage - it runs straight from battery and will use the stock connector just for tripping the relay = good clean power.
Disadvantage - theres a lot of loom! It's well made though.

I think I'll keep their loom in the drawer and just hook up from stock connectors. We'll see, time isn't an issue

[MarkWales]

These look really good - cannot wait to see them in action

[JoeRock]

Fairing off, headlights fitted, tested all 'off bike'
I'm indecided wether to use their loom or not.
Advantage - it runs straight from battery and will use the stock connector just for tripping the relay = good clean power.
Disadvantage - theres a lot of loom! It's well made though.

I think I'll keep their loom in the drawer and just hook up from stock connectors. We'll see, time isn't an issue

[JoeRock]

To be honest mate, with how old the headlight wiring will be now, I'd probably bypass it and go straight to the battery for the best power possible.

That said, I'm pretty certain the draw from HID's is actually lower than the standard headlight bulbs, so you might well be okay.


Or, if time really isn't an issue, rewrap the loom, taking out the old headlight wires?

[dcurzon]

Fairing and light unit fitted more or less, still got the bits that the mirrors bolt onto to fit.
Angel's both wired up
I'm going to use the rhs for tripping the hi/lo, for now I've just pushed the wires into the h4 socket, I need to get a couple of h4 male's, 1 for the hrs for hi/lo, and the other for connecting the lhs to the relay.

Late night and a flat battery stops play

[dcurzon]

Jump started from the car, still only temporarily wired up as swmbo is whining about time I'm spending in the garage... About 1.5hours this week...

[dcurzon]

Jump started from the car, still only temporarily wired up as swmbo is whining about time I'm spending in the garage... About 1.5hours this week...

[dcurzon]

Time actually worked out to not be on my side, with a tube strike and a few issues at home to contend with.

So I'm going to order some 2way amp connectors and sort the wiring out another time, should be a doddle but would rather wait until I have the connectors that I want.

So I've wired thus:
Both halos
Left light dipped beam
Right light dipped and full beam

I'll take some night time shots against a garage door later

[Sannox]

Arrrggghh, I'm blind! Nice work, thought about getting this done on my foxeye

[davidkent]

Arrrggghh, I'm blind! Nice work, thought about getting this done on my foxeye

Me too, looks costly though

[dcurzon]

They're complete kit for the z750/z1000 is 215€ that's everything - 2yr warranty, bulbs, ballasts, looms, modified plate etc, so I'd expect it to be a similar ball park. I won't disclose what I paid, but I already had bulbs and ballasts anyway

http://www.retrofitlab.com/retroquick-ki...mh1-1.html

[apage16]

How did you get the flash/pass button to work?


I wired mine up so the main beam flipped the solenoid as you did, but this just resulted in a 'click' from the solenoid if the headlights weren't switched on already.


Moot point for me really, as I'm going back to standard.


Stupid EU rules. Auxiliary driving lights, here I come!