Bulb, need to find model of "pilot"? bulb.

Ok, so anyone on this side of the pond manage to find these lights anywhere?

Anyone on the other side of the pond willing to get us a price and availability check for em?

Thanks guys.

 

I think if we can get a hold of the light holder assembly then we could rig up whatever kinda bulbs (LEDs) we could find and make fit. It would make a clean install.

 

I dont get it,..... whats the purpose of having these lights on our US bikes ? We dont have the option to turn the headlight off, so i cant see where they will add anything to either visibility or looks.

I do understand the desire to have them, as i have them on my German market mini-cooper. With the headlights off, and these on, they are super cool looking. But not getting it on a bike that you cannot turn off the reg. headlight ???

 

No need to be all confused there Tori... my want for them is to covert them to bright modulating lights for added visibility (safety). They don't need to be brighter than the headlights just bright enough to make people go "hey, what's that?" To each is their own though.

 

Okay, now that makes sense. If it modulated that would be a whole different story. Dont get me wrong, i actually like the idea of adding them. Like i said. I love them on my mini. But im able to show them off on the mini. I'll watch the thread and hope to see some finished work.

Cheers !

 

Pilot Lights

I put a $2.00 switch in line with the wire that signals the headlight relay to turn on. So I turn my headlight off fairly often. Mostly when I am warming up the bike. It saves the neighbors from unneeded bright lights in their window, gives the battery a better chance to charge, and you can start your bike on a low battery. I had the later one time and I ended up not being able to ride that day. When the bike is parked I can have the LEDs on by themselves and I can turn them on when I ride. I will stand out in traffic and get attaention as a bike and attention just period. I know you can't turn your headlights off as a stock bike but almost nobody on this site has a stock bike. I did the headlight mod. in about 30 minutes without any wire cutting or permanent mods. Who says you can't turn your headlight off. We own the bikes and we can mod. them as little or as much as we have time for. Try modifying your bike sometime if you haven't already.

 

GO to a parts store and that sells OEM pars and look up a 2006 Interceptor. that should show you the part and the location. Lights you are describing sound like what is now daytime running lights.


Lower - 158549-001
BULB (12V 60/55W)
(12V 60/55W) (STANLEY),A AC
or
upper - 1741356-001
BULB (12V 55W) (H7)
(12V55W) (H7),AC 2AC

 

I'm in Australia and have an '05 model; the site for these globes does not have any reflective material behind it, but rather is matt black. Has anyone worked out what to do in this situation; just ignore the reflective area and install them anyway, or come up with some sort of reflective addition...?

 

Hey Win! How ya doing? Having the back reflective may help in directing the light towards the diffuser part of the clear lens. I think in this case if your going to use it for a running light or a safety thing like myself just putting them in there should work fine.

Looks like that part is just painted silver really. That shouldn't be hard to do if ya wanted.

Do you have a line on the parts? Our parts lists over here don't have them listed.

 

I read the thread about the LEDs. I have 06 VFR and see the holes in question. Are you pleased with the LEDs you installed? Was it a pain to install them? What did it end up costing you in the end? Where did you get them?