Windjammer Headlight
- Thread starter Kynan C.
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rob.lafady
Vetter Aficionado
Ok thanks, so I need to remove my headlight and see for sure what it is.
Larry Fine
Moderator
Yes or no. 
You may be able to look through the lens and see the inner envelope if it's a separate bulb, rather than just the sealed beam's filaments themselves, possibly behind a metal cap.
You may be able to look through the lens and see the inner envelope if it's a separate bulb, rather than just the sealed beam's filaments themselves, possibly behind a metal cap.
Terraplane Tom
Vetter Aficionado
Yep, they say right on the lens what type of bulb you have like H4.
M. Dan Schalk
Grasshopper
I just purchased this; Truck-Lite 7'' Round LED Headlamp, Complex Reflector Optics Design
from http://www.levineautoparts.com/trucklite-27270c-7-inch-headlamp-led.html
Fired it up in the garage and it has very good "daytime" light. I can't figure out why i have a little flicker when it's on high beam at idle.
Will try tonight to ride out on some of the back roads to adjust the height and see how much better it is. A little spendy but it's a mount and go application and it looks good on the bike.
boone
from http://www.levineautoparts.com/trucklite-27270c-7-inch-headlamp-led.html
Fired it up in the garage and it has very good "daytime" light. I can't figure out why i have a little flicker when it's on high beam at idle.
Will try tonight to ride out on some of the back roads to adjust the height and see how much better it is. A little spendy but it's a mount and go application and it looks good on the bike.
boone
michael_pickell
Learning the Ropes
See http://www.digikey.com/en/articles/techzone/2012/jul/characterizing-and-minimizing-led-flicker-in-lighting-applications
You might want to get a power supply that will take your pulsating DC and give you a clean DC power.
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brianinpa
Five Star Vetteral
Welcome to the forum Dan!
Larry Fine
Moderator
The flicker could also be the voltage regulator switching in and out at low RPM. Some cars do it, too.
M. Dan Schalk
Grasshopper
Thanks Brian!
M. Dan Schalk
Grasshopper
Michael/Larry thanks for the info. My main concern with the flicker was will it cause any issues with the MC's electrical. Not much of an electrician so any info you guys can give me, I'm all ears.
I bought the headlight with the idea to plug and go. The light is incredible with a nice wall of light on the pavement and with the low amp draw, I don't see the low/high beam dimming while at a stop light. The light is consistent, turn signals continue to flash even though I have the brake lights on. I installed "Super Bright LED's" in the tail trunk for running lights and brake lights. Also put two in the tail light of the MC itself. It seems to be a very good combination at his time.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/motorcycle-led-bulbs/
Dan
M. Dan Schalk
Grasshopper
The head light in the fairing....
From the end of my driveway @ 54'.
The third picture is with the light on low beam and I'm standing back at the beginning of my driveway @ 54'. The light stretches across the entire front of the house. Makes it great for those rides on the country roads with minimal street lights as it more than covers the shoulders of both sides of the road.
Seems to work with the headlight warning light. I still have that slight glow of the light on the dash. I do have a slight flicker when on high beam at idle. Checked all connections and can't seem to track it down.
Tuesday night I rode out to the City Hall Saloon in Cumberland, WA. About a thirty minute drive from Kent with half of it thru the back country between Kent and Enumclaw. Nobody flashed their high beam at me the entire trip, either in town or on the back-road. I can deal with the flicker at idle since I normally don't sit behind someone with my high beam on at a stop light. At highway speeds it goes away.
No regrets at all on this one for me. This is what I have been looking for for some time now. It is spendy but I feel I gain that back with the better visibility at night.
Dan
From the end of my driveway @ 54'.
The third picture is with the light on low beam and I'm standing back at the beginning of my driveway @ 54'. The light stretches across the entire front of the house. Makes it great for those rides on the country roads with minimal street lights as it more than covers the shoulders of both sides of the road.
Seems to work with the headlight warning light. I still have that slight glow of the light on the dash. I do have a slight flicker when on high beam at idle. Checked all connections and can't seem to track it down.
Tuesday night I rode out to the City Hall Saloon in Cumberland, WA. About a thirty minute drive from Kent with half of it thru the back country between Kent and Enumclaw. Nobody flashed their high beam at me the entire trip, either in town or on the back-road. I can deal with the flicker at idle since I normally don't sit behind someone with my high beam on at a stop light. At highway speeds it goes away.
No regrets at all on this one for me. This is what I have been looking for for some time now. It is spendy but I feel I gain that back with the better visibility at night.
Dan
Seth Matthews
Vetter Aficionado
LED bulbs are a little out of my budget, what are the highest wattage bulbs you guys are running in your fairings, and would a high wattage bulb create too much heat to be safe in mine?
Bladequarter
Learning the Ropes
20 bux and works well
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32352171051.html
Look twice save a life, motorcycles are everywhere
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32352171051.html
Look twice save a life, motorcycles are everywhere
Larry Fine
Moderator
Personal experience?
Bladequarter
Learning the Ropes
Fathers bike, bright as hell and has had it about 6 months. Im getting one next paycheck
Look twice save a life, motorcycles are everywhere
Look twice save a life, motorcycles are everywhere
Carguy1959
Grasshopper
Kynan C.
Admin
Look like it fits pretty darn good.
