The new LED headlamp
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The new LED headlamp
By this weekend, I'll be all LED on my bike (headlamp, passing lamps, turn signals, brake light). I guess I'll be the forum guinea pig, looks promising so far though.
For those wondering, it looks like HD went with J.W. Speaker for the LED headlamp. Much of the promotional stuff they are using is from the Speaker literature. This seems to be the model they chose (with silver instead of black):
http://www.jwspeaker.com/catalog/for...odel_8700.html
Edit: for those wondering, that would make the LED headlamp made in U.S.A. according to the J.W. Speaker site!
For those wondering, it looks like HD went with J.W. Speaker for the LED headlamp. Much of the promotional stuff they are using is from the Speaker literature. This seems to be the model they chose (with silver instead of black):
http://www.jwspeaker.com/catalog/for...odel_8700.html
Edit: for those wondering, that would make the LED headlamp made in U.S.A. according to the J.W. Speaker site!
Last edited by Dalbergia; Sep 15, 2010 at 12:20 AM.
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Not the review yet, but a few data points... The headlamp is definitely the J.W. Speaker Model 8700 (customised for the MoCo). This is good, the lens is glass rather than plastic. The passing lamps do have plastic lenses, hopefully the plastic turn signal lenses they have made for years have taught them how to make them not turn yellow (well, the ones that didn't start out yellow (amber) anyway)... I'll try to have everything installed and tested out for at least a mini-review Friday evening...
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So can I buy the JW Speaker lamp and save some money? I didn't see a $$$ but im assuming it would be cheaper than the HD?
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I am waiting for HD to start selling the LED Headlights for the Road Glide's Double Headlights.
The new LED Headlights are round and the ones in the Road Glide (at least mine) are not true round. So the 7" LED Headlights for the Bat Wing Fairing will not work.
All of the rest of my lights are already LED. (Except for the Kuryakyn Fairing lights)
The new LED Headlights are round and the ones in the Road Glide (at least mine) are not true round. So the 7" LED Headlights for the Bat Wing Fairing will not work.
All of the rest of my lights are already LED. (Except for the Kuryakyn Fairing lights)
Last edited by Ultra89Rider; Sep 16, 2010 at 01:40 PM.