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Oct 9, 2017 | 08:22 PM

Snowlj

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head light bulb

High beams not working and I have everything broke down but need to know what bulb is best to put in. Fell free to e mail me if needed.

Thank you for your help.

Oct 9, 2017 | 08:29 PM

nobodyknowsme

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We don't even know what bike you are running? And as far as lights you can go from anything mild, ie stock to fairly pricey but much better light such as Truck Light, Daymaker and so on.

Oct 9, 2017 | 08:32 PM

Snowlj

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Dang Im old. its a 2012 Road Glide Ultra.

Oct 9, 2017 | 08:43 PM

nobodyknowsme

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Okay, not as many options as the standard 7" but since it is not a Rushmore you still have some. As mentioned, Daymaker is probably the most expensive but if you want a great bright light without any unwanted side effects it is a no brainer. Last Road Glide I just traded in was an 08. For that I ran what was called a Halo. Think I paid $350 ? for it and awesome bright but pretty sure it caused radio interference. Do a search for headlights, your year Road Glide and you should find whatever you want or how much you want to spend.

Oct 9, 2017 | 10:24 PM

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I use a 90/130 amp H4 bulb with a silicone hight heat pigtail. Works very well. About twenty bux or so for both from Amazon

Oct 10, 2017 | 05:10 AM

nobodyknowsme

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My bad. I seem to have a short circuit between the words light and bulb. Nothing to be learned here from me...

Oct 10, 2017 | 05:49 PM

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One consideration for making your choice, provided it is an H4, the brighter the light, the shorter the life. Sylvania has a goofy diagram on their packages, the standard bulb has a life of 4 vertical hash marks, like a Roman numeral 4. The brightest bulb has one mark, and is also the most expensive. Wish they were honest enough to rate them in lumens and anticipated hours of life, but no such luck. To the best of my knowledge, the factory bulb is, or is very close to the basic longer life bulb. Be cautious of the drop in H4 LED conversions. My experience is that while they are very bright, the beam is very poorly controlled. My factory reflector with a halogen bulb made a bright horizontal stripe hot spot with good cut off at the top. I could adjust it to be below the eye level of oncoming drivers and still send out a usable beam. The LED replacement made round, soft edged spot. To get good light down the road, the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the beam was above the eye level of opposing drivers, very blinding. Lowering the beam enough not to dazzle other drivers made an intensely bright spot right in front of the bike and almost no light at a distance. Went back to the halogen bulb.
The "sealed beam" full LED replacements are serious lights and also serious money, especially the various Harley units.