Headlight improvement?

Been trying to sort the headlights on my 2001 Curvy....

First up I added Nightbreakers, which helped a bit.

On further investigation Suzukis awful wiring was dropping the voltage from 11.8 (charged since then !) at the battery to 9.0 at the lights - solution add relays. That's done and the total volt drop is now around 0.4v, and the brakes no longer cause the headlights to dim!

It still isn't good enough though. Are these lighting units simply poorly designed? Would shifting to a naked headlight setup help at all (quite like the look of the unfaired bikes anyway).

Tried aligning them, but they don't seem to have a cut off on the dip light and simply throw light everywhere.

[Viney]

Get a HID kit. I was always against them, but blimey, they seriously do make a difference. The headlight unit is just a cheap unit and not much thought has gone into it.

HID is the way to go, the best £80 i spent.

yeah id go for HIDs, just got a set on the car, as i dont like the look of them without projector lenses so they wont be on the bike, but dear god they are so much brighter

[Viney]

If i remember, i'll do a couple of shots of them at the weekend.

Cool, I'd avoided HID due to illegality issues.

If they allow me to actually see at speed then I would probably be convinced. Viney - you used the Dim/Dip HIDs or the standard ones?

[Viney]

Originally Posted by markc123

Cool, I'd avoided HID due to illegality issues.

If they allow me to actually see at speed then I would probably be convinced. Viney - you used the Dim/Dip HIDs or the standard ones?

I run a H4 kit, so has high and low beam. Like you i was worried about the legality, but then i have a race can, small plate etc, so whats one mroe thing huh! When i go to visit my mate i have to ride in a lot of unlit roads, and i run with the dip on most of the time, its more than adequate

£80!!! I paid only £30 for a set from Hong Kong for my car via ebay. I often read here how bad some peoples headlights are, but mine were fine with 50% brighter bulbs (£2.99 a pair of bulbs from Lidl )

I`ll be fitting my euro style headlight as soon as ive finished it, hoping I dont regret it . its now fitted with uk spec projector so will dip the right way at least.

Lee

[Biker Biggles]

Dont go the naked route.I got one of them and the lights are even worse than the S
Why is it that my Kwak ZX6R had great lights and my 9R still has,yet Suzuki cant do better than a candle on the front?

Another vote for HID kit. The only bike I have ever ridden with good stock lights is my blade. Every other bike I've had has been treated to a HID kit. twin 55w 6000k bulbs really do light up the road a treat (even if they blind every bugger coming the other way too

What did you make of the Nightbreaker bulbs mate? worth a pop, (cant afforrd HID kit at the moment though i have been looking into it!)