Hi all...
I'm a fairly new Buell owner, having picked up a 2000 X1 a few months back....it had the usual upgrades in place from the previous owner, such as a race ecm, Buell racing exhaust, forcewinder intake, and a few cosmetic upgrades....or what he thought was upgrades (I'll leave my custom Kydex undertail for another post ;-) )
I have always liked the style of the big sealed beam style light the tubers are equipped with, but after riding this rocket at night....I was left wanting something brighter, and perhaps something with a little bad a** look to it as well. While perusing options online, as well as this forum I came across a variety of Led options...for some reason the JW Speaker 8700 style halted me in my search. Marketed as a true 7" replacement bulb, I knew it wouldn't fit the factory X1 headlight housing. After much searching, and inquiring I found a 7" headlight bucket with very similar style and dimensions to the factory housing....I believe its manufacture by Emgo, and sold as a "cafe or Lucas style" 7" headlight bucket...anyway, it was a near perfect fit. I literally had the old headlight unit removed and the new one installed in 10 minutes with zero modifications, other than cutting and taping up the Buell factory city light that was no longer needed.
Id love to hear what you all think...I have yet to give it a real trial at night, but I'll be sure to post an update asap.
Jeff (teet)
I'm a fairly new Buell owner, having picked up a 2000 X1 a few months back....it had the usual upgrades in place from the previous owner, such as a race ecm, Buell racing exhaust, forcewinder intake, and a few cosmetic upgrades....or what he thought was upgrades (I'll leave my custom Kydex undertail for another post ;-) )
I have always liked the style of the big sealed beam style light the tubers are equipped with, but after riding this rocket at night....I was left wanting something brighter, and perhaps something with a little bad a** look to it as well. While perusing options online, as well as this forum I came across a variety of Led options...for some reason the JW Speaker 8700 style halted me in my search. Marketed as a true 7" replacement bulb, I knew it wouldn't fit the factory X1 headlight housing. After much searching, and inquiring I found a 7" headlight bucket with very similar style and dimensions to the factory housing....I believe its manufacture by Emgo, and sold as a "cafe or Lucas style" 7" headlight bucket...anyway, it was a near perfect fit. I literally had the old headlight unit removed and the new one installed in 10 minutes with zero modifications, other than cutting and taping up the Buell factory city light that was no longer needed.
Id love to hear what you all think...I have yet to give it a real trial at night, but I'll be sure to post an update asap.
Jeff (teet)
