LED headlamp
Road Captain
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 505
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From: Edmonton, Alberta
What do you mean by UFO? It's hard to understand what is going on and how to help with stuff like that.
I have the truck lite headlight and truck lite passing lamps on my 95 Heritage. After I installed them, I backed my bike up 25 feet from a wall, held the bike up straight and sat on it. I then adjusted my headlight as per the procedure in the factory service manual.
The Truck Lite is marked which side should be up or on top. If you install it upside down, then the aim will be crazy.
I also have a pair of truck lite headlights installed on my Jeep.
They work great in both.
If you lowered your bike or put a giant wheel up front, your adjustment will be off. If you are a fat ***, then you will need to adjust it while sitting on the bike. That is how it should be done even if you are a skinny pencil necked geek.
If none of this makes sense to you, go to a very dark unobstructed straight stretch of road, sit on the bike while stopped and holding it straight up while sitting on it, and take pictures of how it illuminates the road both on high and low beam and post them here.
It's pretty simple though. A lot of people just overthink it.
I have the truck lite headlight and truck lite passing lamps on my 95 Heritage. After I installed them, I backed my bike up 25 feet from a wall, held the bike up straight and sat on it. I then adjusted my headlight as per the procedure in the factory service manual.
The Truck Lite is marked which side should be up or on top. If you install it upside down, then the aim will be crazy.
I also have a pair of truck lite headlights installed on my Jeep.
They work great in both.
If you lowered your bike or put a giant wheel up front, your adjustment will be off. If you are a fat ***, then you will need to adjust it while sitting on the bike. That is how it should be done even if you are a skinny pencil necked geek.
If none of this makes sense to you, go to a very dark unobstructed straight stretch of road, sit on the bike while stopped and holding it straight up while sitting on it, and take pictures of how it illuminates the road both on high and low beam and post them here.
It's pretty simple though. A lot of people just overthink it.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,778
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From: Badlands of ND
If you are seeing a improvement in how much light the bulb puts out, something is way off. I also think it is the headlight aim. I put a LED headlight in my old Night Train and my Heritage. Made a huge improvement in both.
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Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 146
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From: Hurst, TX
My headlight may be off in position but I should not be adjusting the lamp angle since it should be plug and play. Unfortunately for me it's not since its pointed higher. Do I adjust the angle by 2 bolts in side? But the front panel is in the way.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 1,781
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From: Louisville, KY
Most of the LED makes have wording in the installation instructions that it is likely to need aiming adjustment.
Yes, the mounting bolts on the outside are used to adjust the tilt / height of the beam on most models, .........but we don't know what model you have.
Last edited by 1004ron; Nov 4, 2015 at 12:07 PM.
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2015
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Head lights are not plug and play when it comes to adjustment. I've had to adjust head lights when it was a direct replacement - stock light replacing a stock light. I'd certainly never expect the head light to not need adjusting when replacing it with a completely different type of light.
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