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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 06:49 PM
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Has anyone done the LED headlight conversion on their Sporty? I have a Nightster and want to do something cause the stock Halogens suck bad!!!!!
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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yup.. unplug the old harness and plug in the new harness...simple...(thats if you go with the harley LED light )
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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I forget who, but somebody did it on here. I would try upgrading bulbs. The LED headlight is not asthetically pleasing, IMO.
 

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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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someone told me that the LED thing required some electronics work (voltage or something) or is it not applicable with Harley parts? I'd like to go LED's at some point but I'm electrically impaired. Can it be changed out a bit at a time?
 
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someone told me that the LED thing required some electronics work (voltage or something) or is it not applicable with Harley parts? I'd like to go LED's at some point but I'm electrically impaired. Can it be changed out a bit at a time?
no , dont gotta do anything special , i didnt...
 
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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 08:10 PM
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Ride in the daytime.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 07:46 AM
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LED's take alot less power to run so I don't see why you would need to do anything to run them. The HD kit is plug and play. From the pix I have seen they look killer when on at night-looks like HID's, but I don't like the ricer look they have when off.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 08:44 AM
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Check out the Kuryakyn LED light. It doesn't look as partitioned as the HD one.
 
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The upgraded bulb from hd is much brighter
 
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Old Jan 14, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AaronG87
The upgraded bulb from hd is much brighter
I can just change a bulb and use the stock housing?
 
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