He did it in an F ... Can't recall about the E ... Could be problematic though... E light has a faceted LENS .. F faceted REFLECTOR and clear lens/cover .... HID projector is meant for a clear lens far as I know about... The facet lens could wreck the effect or potentially increase it? .... About space in the bucket I have no idea.... Again theoretically possible... But could be quite cramped?

Thinking more.... Dinner time.... Reply later

Quote from: Buckmaw on May 18, 2014, 02:34:59 AM
I also do quite a bit of night riding due to the nature of my job.  I was looking for a way to see and be seen at night.  Here is what I did.

I placed a set of these on the side mount of my windscreen.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2Pcs-10W-8-Cree-LED-Work-Light-Spot-Beam-Fog-Lamp-Car-Jeep-Motorcycle-Truck-/230981198065?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item35c78d60f1&vxp=mtr


And they work GREAT!  They are not a flood beam but a 8deg spot and they really reach out there and light up the road.  They operate off a separate switch mounted to the handlebar.


I have them adjusted where they do not blind oncoming traffic.

I also have one of those LED bulbs with a fan in as my headlight.  The Hi/Lo beam does work but I am not at all impressed with the bulb in my old style, round headlight bucket. 

But in tandem, they both work well together.

thanks for the review of the led replacement bulb. I've seen a lot of people trying them, but no one ever torts back.

I have ordered this last Saturday:
http://stores.advmonster.com/h4-led-headlight/

Still waiting for it to arrive, will post a review when I test it. But for as much research as I did on LEDs, these should work great. There are tons of people on this forum:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=976505
Who got them and are very happy.

I wanted better visibility at night (but with a good quality beam so that I don't blind anybody), being more visible during the day, less power draw (unlike 100W+ bulbs that kill your battery, particularly on start-up), avoid overheating the reflector, long life, reasonable price, and no fans that can ingest moisture.

This bulb supposedly puts out 2400 lumens at only 20W power draw, and supports high/low beam operation. And the heat sink gets just hand-warm. As I said - as soon as I test it - I'll put out a little review.

Are there any LED lights out there that are actually DOT-approved? DOT standards talk about luminous intensity in terms of candelas while LED suppliers provide you with luminous flux in lumens (cd*sr). Any resources about that?

I wrote a nice, long review of that LED H4 bulb I got and then my browser crashed. I don't have time or energy now to repeat it all, so this time short:

it draws only 17W and is brighter than the stock bulb. How much brighter? hard to tell.
Low/high beam works fine, the beam of light is nicely shaped. Nothing gets hot or anything like that. It has a radiator, no fans or moving parts.
The light temperature is around 5500K. It's cool white, but no blue in it as far as I can tell.

What pissed me off it that it measures 28mm in dia, while the reflector entrance is only 25mm (or 1"). Rather than taking the front assembly off and enlarging the hole in the reflector - I resized bulb's own reflector, just in case I ever want to put a real H4 bulb in, that is made to specs.
The whole business took me 4h (did I even mention I'm anal about getting things right? and preicse?) and I'm satisfied with the results. But after spending almost $50 on this bulb, I'd rather have the evening to ride the bike, not to play around with dremel, epoxy and spray paint...

If you have time on hand - go for it. Otherwise look for an alternative. I'm just afraid there aren't any good LEDs out there that don't have electrical/thermal/optical problems, like this for example:
http://www.amazon.com/Vktech-White-Headlight-Brake-Taillight/dp/B00C9S0BE6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1402552628&sr=8-5&keywords=12V+H4+LED

stock and LED bulb before my surgery on the latter.

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