What have you folks done to improve the lighting on your pre-halogen lit bikes? I thought the lighting was a little weak. Then I bought the new RK, now I know what head lights should be. The 99 WG is definately weak! This is my 99 FXDWG and I think a new bullet shaped light would look great...



Thinking Kuryakyn - with H4 bulb $187


Or Harley - Which I really think would look super on the bike.. $329


But if I'm going to drop $329, thinking I may as well go $600 with Kuryakyn Xe5R 5


OR... Keep what I have and just change to new Kuryakyn lense (#2350) & H4 -$122


AND THEN, theres the import look-a-likes on ebay for under $100............
What say you?

 

I've used the Autopal headlights that are sold on ebay. They are inexpensive, but the quality is excellent. I recommend getting it with the std clear bulb, however, not the blue one in this photo:

 

anything with a halogen insert should be better

 

See post #5 in this thread. Under $100 shipped and it's bright.

 

I could not believe the light difference going from my 05-09 bike!!!

 

Thanks for that link Bry... I'm sold.. One enroute from Eastern, gonna look cool...

 

Got here already... Kudos to Eastern!
That was the good news, it isn't even close to fitting my 99 FXDWG... Are you guys all using the 5.75 x 9" model?? I'm looking at the adapter they also sell, but I don't think the 1" vertical offset is enough......

 

Glad you received your light. Eastern has always been good at shipping quickly in my experience.

There are a few different mount offsets to choose from. I didn't necessarily need one for my headlight, but I preferred the light to sit up and a little further out than it would have with out the offset mount.

I don't know how much different your front end is than mine, but that mount would provide ample room on my front end.

I'll look around on line and if I find links to any other types of mounts I'll post back here.

 

Over this winter, I had the HD Billet 5 3/4" headlight installed with a PIAA Xtreme White bulb. I had the PIAA installed on my OEM headlamp last year and boy did It make a huge difference.. but I wanted a larger headlight. I also added a pair of HD Fog Lamps with Halogen bulbs mounted on my engine guards. Now not only will I be able to see better......but during the day, the cagers will be able to see me better as well.

 

Installed a skull headlight with 50 watt halogen for low beam and two 55 watt halogen
for the high beam