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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 02:50 AM
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I need to do alot of night riding this summer and am wondering what the best upgrade I can do is. HID, simple bulb swap, or full LED? Thanks for the help.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 03:20 AM
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Originally Posted by jerren25
I need to do alot of night riding this summer and am wondering what the best upgrade I can do is. HID, simple bulb swap, or full LED? Thanks for the help.

Just adjust it upward, makes a big difference.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 03:28 AM
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Thanks. I'll try that.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 05:25 AM
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a couple of my friends have the harley LED headlight and that thing is awesome at night..im hoping to save some pennies and get one over the summer
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 06:21 AM
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LED is the way to go. I've tried aftermarket bulbs and HID and none give the light output of a LED replacement. Tons of light down the road and to the sides.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 06:33 AM
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Do a search here for Hella E series. iclick has some good info about them in some others threads. I put there headlight and a 80/100 bulb and it is WAY BETTER!!!! E is European and it is not D.O.T. certified. I hope to compare it to one of the HD or someone elses LED kits, but for what I spent, WOW...
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 06:54 AM
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For the money, the Hella E code can't be beat.
 
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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 07:48 AM
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Osram 80/100 watt bulb.
Plenty bright, and plenty cheap.
 
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How much money you got???

Seriously I can't see worth a crap at night so I went with HD's LED headlight. It helped tremendously.
Then I put on the auxiliary/side driving lights (whatever you call them) and they really helped also.
 
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I changed my headlamp out for the new style dual bulb halogen, and put Hella Ultra Blue (really pure white light) H9 65W bulbs in the low and high beam.

Both high and low beam bulbs burn on high beam. Lots of light and much less expensive than LED.
 
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