Author Topic: Is It Just Me Or Do The Lo-Beams Suck At Night? (Read 6803 times)

jbrough7 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2006, 09:37:23 PM »

you're just mad cuz the preds are out!! Am I right??

Tough luck, big guy...now you know the maple laffs cheer, "Wait till next year!!"

Jim

PaulVS · « **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2006, 10:03:43 PM »

I guess the 1st question for me would be.... what kind of bulbs do the 3rd gen's take?

Sven · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2006, 01:01:31 AM »

Quote from: "jbrough7"

you're just mad cuz the preds are out!! Am I right??

Tough luck, big guy...now you know the maple laffs cheer, "Wait till next year!!"

Jim

Ha! If I were upset at the Preds, I'd probably change my avatar in protest or something...

jbrough7 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2006, 07:14:13 AM »

Cool! Is that you?

Jim

aussiebandit · « **Reply #19 on:** May 02, 2006, 07:28:59 AM »

xenon lights, I'm not a fan of those. There's a lot of new cars have them here in Oz, and to be honest they Shyte me to death cause they seem to always be 'flashing you' and with the Nazi style coppers we have in NSW I get quite paranoid.

A mate of mine fitted a set of small round driving lights to the front of his ZX12R, very effective....

Bazza · « **Reply #20 on:** May 05, 2006, 05:38:30 AM »

Quote from: "Red01"

And here I was hoping the all-new headlights of the 3G bikes would have cured the issue the 2G owners were always complaining about. They look like the same kind of setup the V-Stroms use, and I thought those folks liked their headlights.

Do you know what bulbs your 650 uses? If it uses the same ones as the 2G, you can replace the stock halogen bulbs with HIR bulbs. (See the 2G Headlight thread in the FAQ.)

Hey Paul:

From what I recall, the new Bandits although it's hard to tell from the pictures have a stacked headlight system like the Busa. (Not like the strom) I am unsure of what bulb type they use.

I am wondering if they are using the same harness as spoken about in other posts?

Here is a link to a good headlight shot of the 2006 Bandito. I could not get the photo's to link up as this site does not use an itentity file that ends in JPG.

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/568012/

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/546116/

Red01 · « **Reply #21 on:** May 05, 2006, 05:17:21 PM »

Quote from: "Bazza"

Here is a link to a good headlight shot of the 2006 Bandito. I could not get the photo's to link up as this site does not use an itentity file that ends in JPG.

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/568012/

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/546116/

Sure, they use photos that end in .jpg - see:
(you just have to go the "properties" of the pic)

marcostn · « **Reply #22 on:** May 05, 2006, 08:45:51 PM »

I've put a Philips Crystal Vision on my '02B6N.
It is very simple to install, and it has the same specs from stock - H4 55W/60W 12V - meaning that it won't affect the system. No adaptations required.

Its beam is white, instead of the stock yellow, and specially at dark night rides, I feel a lot less tired than before. Quite inexpensive upgrade.

PaulVS · « **Reply #23 on:** May 05, 2006, 09:33:54 PM »

Sylvania Silverstar would be the first thing I'd try.

(Probably essentially the same as the Phillips Crystal Vision)

Mini4x · « **Reply #24 on:** May 08, 2006, 10:18:18 AM »

Quote from: "Red01"

HID (High Intensity Discharge) lights are quite spendy (like $350 or more per bulb) and can be a bit of a challenge on a bike since you have to find somewhere to put the ballast.

I just bought a HID kit for my BMW under $300, two bulbs, two ballasts and P-N-P wiring.

Installs coming soon.

One problem is you can only get single filamnet HID bulbs. Tought for us single bulb bandit owners.

Red01 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 09, 2006, 12:59:29 PM »

OK, so you're under $150/bulb then. You still would have to find a place to stuff the ballast and it's still a far site more than the $27 for a HIR bulb