LED Headlight installed
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I recently installed an LED headlight on my 94. I know what some of you electricians are thinking, LED is DC and won't work on AC. Well you are a right, however it works great! It does flash sometime at lower RPMs like at a stop light but i plan on doing a DC conversion later this month. It is much brighter than stock and was super cheap. Here is a link to the eBay site where I bought 2 for $36 shipped with 2 day shipping from Cali. http://www.ebay.com/itm/231045594547?ss ... 1497.l2649. I am selling my other one to my brother with a CRF 230L for his headlight for $30 . Below are some photos of the install and yes i do plan on cutting the mounting bolt so it is not so prominent :)
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How does it do at night? Got any night time pics?
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I will be posing a night picture today, It is great and a great improvement over halogen
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Thanks for posting this stuff. I've been thinking about swapping mine to LED instead of winding the stator
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Looks good. Nice e36 you got there too
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What kind of RPMs was the bike at for the night picture?
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Pretty cool! I've wondered if an led like that would work on AC.
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Thanks for this post. Looks really interesting.
Only problem I see is the lack of high and low beam, if needed. I suppose it would be easy enough to mount 2 of them, one aimed low and the other high, and use a dimmer switch to flip from one to the other.
Only problem I see is the lack of high and low beam, if needed. I suppose it would be easy enough to mount 2 of them, one aimed low and the other high, and use a dimmer switch to flip from one to the other.
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If you're handy with electronics like that I'm sure you could open it up and separate 3 of the leds from the other 3 so you have hi and lo. You'll probably have to swap out the resistors for ones with different values and add another one and a diode for the other series.
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my hi and low beam are integrated in the throttle
turn it down for low beam crack it open for high
turn it down for low beam crack it open for high
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that was idle :)rbates9 wrote:What kind of RPMs was the bike at for the night picture?
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I'm talking about high and low beams to satisfy law enforcement requirements. My KDX is plated. I would think using just 3 of the 6 LEDs would cut the light output in half @ the low setting, and would not change where the high and low beams are aimed.
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They just need to see a switch in brightness for inspection purposes but while driving around on the road you could just leave all 6 on all the time unless someone flashes you.
Does Illinois check the aim of your lights during inspection? Texas did a long time ago but not anymore.
Does Illinois check the aim of your lights during inspection? Texas did a long time ago but not anymore.
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It works because the power is DC Lighting coil is AC, goes through a regulator/RECTIFIER converting to DC.
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Since when did these bikes start getting rectifiers Fuzzy?
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Great job on this . If you do convert your bike to dc would you mind doing a write up on it?
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Actually not really sure. I was prepared to undergo a DOT inspection, but when I finally got all the paperwork straightened out, I lucked out with a road legal title. Still, If I were going to do any night riding, I would want good high and low beam capability.