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Old Feb 22, 2020 | 08:19 AM
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I have the Vison X on my Street Glide Special. Pricey but turns night into day. Great light.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2020 | 01:53 PM
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Who makes the adaptive for HD? Is the official HD unit is as good as the JW Speaker Adaptive 2?
 
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Old Feb 22, 2020 | 02:49 PM
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What year / model do you ride?
 
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Old Feb 22, 2020 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by peteperrone
Hello, I am looking to upgrade the stock 2 bulb halogen headlight. I tried a knock off version of the JW Speaker 8790 adaptive but i didn't like it. I am really considering the HD Daymaker Adaptive. Another consideration is to upgrade the bulbs to either PIAA XTreme White bulbs or Sylvania SilverStar ULTRA or LED bulbs.
Anything but Sylvania Silverstar Ultra, and by extension, any bulb that is significantly blue. Like the PIAA XTreme White bulbs, which are 100% blue.

First, Sylvania calls out its own Silverstar bulbs for causing headlamps to fail minimum legal standards. Unless you want your headlamp to possibly fail minimum legal standards, avoid Silverstar.

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Second, the Silverstars are no better than their much cheaper Basic line of bulbs.

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Also, a drop-in, plug-and-play LED bulb will be worse than a dedicated LED unit like the Daymakers.

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Old Feb 22, 2020 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Superdog3:16
HB? What's that?
Here you go


 
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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 06:19 AM
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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 06:45 AM
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Sunpie
a headlight shouldn't cost more than my first car.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 09:18 AM
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PP,
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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 09:30 AM
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I just installed the Sunpie LED headlight. Wow! For $70 bucks it's a great improvement, seeing and being seen. The only thing that's odd, a minor issue, there is a bright rectangle in the field of view on the road just ahead of the bike.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2020 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by madmustang4
What year / model do you ride?
2018 Street Glide Special
 
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