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| Shannona1989 | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/08/2022 | | Posts | : | 25 | | Location | : | Geraldton , Western Australia , Australia |
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| | Posted : 30 Dec 2023 - 14:25 Post title : LED headlight | | | Thinking about switching from candles to LED, country riding so needing a bit of distance compared to the old candles
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| AZCactus | | Taranis | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,524 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 31 Dec 2023 - 12:49 Post title : Re: LED headlight (Re: Shannona1989) | | | The difference between candle and LED is amazing, not to mention daytime visibility for safety. Pics show single 7" LED headlight off/on.
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| Shannona1989 | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/08/2022 | | Posts | : | 25 | | Location | : | Geraldton , Western Australia , Australia |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2024 - 13:22 Post title : Re: LED headlight (Re: AZCactus) | | | Wow that is a bloody big difference
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| Timbo | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 27/05/2019 | | Posts | : | 10 | | Location | : | Southern Missouri, United States |
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| | Posted : 19 Mar 2024 - 02:09 Post title : Re: LED headlight (Re: Shannona1989) | | | That's amazing! We have SO many deer here in southern Missouri that I don't ride at dusk/night/dawn unless I absolutely have to and not even during rut during the day. I've pasted several deer driving my Tacoma in the past several years to the tune of over 12K dollars in damages and two years ago, a deer came running out of the woods and ran into me on my Triumph. Fortunately, it was a small whitetail, most likely less than a year old and I was able keep everything upright though I thought I was going to have to clean out my nappies after that episode. No damage to the bike except my front left directional got spun around a bit and I lost the lens to it too. I was able to loosen the clamp, put the light where it belonged, ordered a new lens and I was good to go.....and lucky. The deer did bruise my left leg a bit but it could've been a lot worse.
Oh, I was going to ask you before I started rambling on, what head light that is? Is it a whole assembly or just a replacement lamp?
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While I'm riding, I'm glad to be alive. When I get done riding, I'm glad to be alive. ~Neil Peart~
| | Post edited by Timbo on 19 Mar 2024 - 02:14 |
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| AZCactus | | Taranis | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,524 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 20 Mar 2024 - 08:39 Post title : Re: LED headlight (Re: Timbo) | | | Replacement lamp - J.W. Speaker Evo 2 LED and an aftermarket 7" light bucket. I took the mounting brackets from the TBird bucket and modified the 7 incher. It looks factory and the JWS LED quality and beam spread are excellent.
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| | Posted : 21 Mar 2024 - 20:25 Post title : Re: LED headlight (Re: AZCactus) | | |
AZCactus wrote:
Replacement lamp - J.W. Speaker Evo 2 LED and an aftermarket 7" light bucket. I took the mounting brackets from the TBird bucket and modified the 7 incher. It looks factory and the JWS LED quality and beam spread are excellent. |
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Do you have pictures of how you did the mod? I have the smaller LED headlight, but I have a side mount 7" bucket handy that I could use.
Also, is there a way to clean up the wiring? I'm amazed that in 2010 they were still putting wiring inside headlights. My 82 Maxim had that going on.
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| AZCactus | | Taranis | | | | Reg. Date | : | 01/05/2013 | | Posts | : | 4,524 | | Location | : | AZ |
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| | Posted : 22 Mar 2024 - 15:28 Post title : Re: LED headlight (Re: Big_Bird_Canuck) | | | I'll check for photos, mod was done years ago.
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