Head lights again !

[FementedAgave]

Hey NJ, thanks for posting your setup and results. Looking at the pattern (only on pavement) do you think they are hard on oncoming drivers? Pattern doesn't look focused to avoid oncoming driver blindness(??)

And yes, I am persistently trying to hijack the thread . Still interested if anyone has experience with the lights from https://www.lightningleds.nl/webshop/buell-xb-9-12-s

From the photos, I don't see much oncoming issue from the low beams. The high beams do look like flame throwing blinders. Also not wild about 6000K color. The higher the Temp, the worse for both depth perception and haze penetration (according to the research).

 

[Pitcherman]

I really wish someone would take a proper wall shot of these so we could get a better idea of pattern and lux output at distance. These seem to throw a lot of light in the foreground which gives the impression of brighter headlights but doesn't always translate down range. Guess I'm just spoiled by all the companies that do comparison tests for car projector headlights.

 

[njloco]

Answer is no, they aren't hard on on coming traffic. When I ride down my residential two way street it lights up from one side of the street to the other. When I put the brights on it focuses more to the center but still lights up the sides, I love them, way bigger improvement over stock. There is no parking light on my 08 ully, that is what the hallo is supposed to be hooked up to.

 

[FementedAgave]

Thanks Loco for the help and encouragement, and of course supporting my thread jacking.

I ordered Marcel's lights at https://www.lightningleds.nl/webshop/buell-xb-9-12-s . He tells me they are about 5000K color (lower is better for me) and have a very sharp cutoff for oncoming drivers. They are more expensive but happy to help fuel a Bueller keeping our twins thumping a bit longer.

Good idea Pitcher - I'll post 25 ft before and after patterns.

 

[TheWood]

For better or worse, I just ordered what they said was the "last one" of the KUQIQI projector LED's on Amazon.
That little trick got me to bust a move on ordering. I just now looked back, and see that there are a few more now.HaHa, jokes on me! I feel so naive,lol. I rather like the look of the stock headlight grill on my Uly, I wonder if it can be re-bent/shaped to fit? Thanks njloco for the find.

 

[Cooter]

Like this?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234116854693?hash=item368273b3a5:g:DBYAAOSwRd5fJzeT

 

[TheWood]

Like this?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234116854693?hash=item368273b3a5:g:DBYAAOSwRd5fJzeT

Thanks Shaughn, but that one apparently only works for the led assembly that they sell. I bought the headlights that njloco started this thread about. But..... I would only want to either use the stock grill, or nothing. No offense, but that cheap 3D printed plastic one reminds me of the Bat Signal in the sky over Gotham city.

 

[Cooter]

Keepin' Buell Classy:black_eyed:

There was another one meant for thinner headlights too. Also 3-D printed, but I do hear ya and agree. Can you manipulate the wire of the OE one? Seems like brazing it to fit could be a simple project and easier than fashioning some type of clip.

 

[TheWood]

LOL! Yeah, I'm pretty fussy with the details. If you need to use duct tape, at least use the Camouflage version so you don't see it.

 

[Cooter]

Once upon a time Target had duct tape with Justin Bieber with a pink background on it and I think I bought them out just to stick on other peoples stuff.

Hey, got some duct tape?
"Absolutely! Got some right here!"
Ummm, no thanks....
:applause:

 

[TheWood]

Once upon a time Target had duct tape with Justin Bieber with a pink background on it and I think I bought them out just to stick on other peoples stuff.

Hey, got some duct tape?
"Absolutely! Got some right here!"
Ummm, no thanks....
:applause:

You know... If that was all that was available to get home, I'd be rocking the Beiber tape...... at least until I pulled into the garage. Just don't speed and get a ticket; imagine the cops reaction to that. Although, perhaps it would get you out of a ticket, because he'd be laughing so hard.

 

[Cooter]

My buddy Mark forgot painters tape to tape over the lights on his R/6 at Buttonwillow. He's a legend now

 

[TheWood]

HaHa. It's good to be secure in your masculinity, right.

 

[Cooter]

Bubbles did her Ninja 400 lights up in honor of his 'manliness'.



Ya he's secure

 

[34nineteen]

So, a year later… how are these headlights doing NJ?

 

[njloco]

Good question, I wish I knew. The bike has been laid up due to the rear end collision, I'm still trying to find a license plate holder, for those of you who don't know, it's the fender like plastic piece that holds the license plate and rear brake light and turn signals on.

Sorry I don't have an up date for you but other members ended up with the same set of headlights as I bought, so maybe someone will fess up.

 

[julnz]

I've been running a set of these for over a year now, they work well and the plastic lens etc is holding up well and not discolored. I like the DRL and have tweaked the wiring on the left hand control so that when the switch in on low beam only the DRL is on, and when the switch is on high beam the high beam flash trigger is used to switch between high and low beam via a relay. In NZ the law man says you can't run DRL with the main headlight on low beam at the same time so this seemed like the best option.

 

[34nineteen]

Good question, I wish I knew. The bike has been laid up due to the rear end collision, I'm still trying to find a license plate holder, for those of you who don't know, it's the fender like plastic piece that holds the license plate and rear brake light and turn signals on.

Sorry I don't have an up date for you but other members ended up with the same set of headlights as I bought, so maybe someone will fess up.

Is it a ulysses?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/G-BUELL-UL...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

[njloco]

Thanks brother but that's not it, yes it's a ully, it's the plastic fender type thingy that holds the license plate and turn signals, I guess I could just do away with it and hood wink something up or I might try plastic welding the crack back together.

 

[34nineteen]

Thanks brother but that's not it, yes it's a ully, it's the plastic fender type thingy that holds the license plate and turn signals, I guess I could just do away with it and hood wink something up or I might try plastic welding the crack back together.

Well darn. I have a lightning one I would have given you.

I don’t know Ulysses well. Is it one of these?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-2010-...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-2010-...p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Ps. I went ahead and ordered those headlights today.