Hid Kits

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by dyziowg

After riding the Prilia at night, I'll be getting a kit as well I think.
Will probably have to wait a bit as hids4u don't have the H7 55w kit in stock at the moment, any other places worth checking?

What temperature do people go for? I'm thinking 5k...

yup.. go for the 5k. nice crisp and white.

Originally Posted by hindle8907

can you get a hid kit for a naked pointy ? with the bowl light ?

yup single bi-xenon h4

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spend the extra cash and get the slim ballasts...

Originally Posted by dyziowg

Will probably have to wait a bit as hids4u don't have the H7 55w kit in stock at the moment, any other places worth checking?

What temperature do people go for? I'm thinking 5k...

I think that the 55w kits only come with 6k as colour temp atm which is a slight blue tinge to it.

Tbh i would of thought the 35w 5k would out shine it the 55w 6k, but dont quote me on the above as i may be wrong.

yes you can bout £45 from some companys and they are based in uk

where do you put the ballast on a naked bike? Pictures please.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by Holdup

Tbh i would of thought the 35w 5k would out shine it the 55w 6k, but dont quote me on the above as i may be wrong.

You're way off mate

Difference in light output of 5000K and 6000K kits would be totally indistinguishable, on the order of a few percent, it's only when you get into the stupid regions of the colour spectrum, 8000K-12000K, than the light output will drop off noticably.

55W 6000K would be significantly brighter than any 35W kit

[Nobbylad]

Originally Posted by hindle8907

can you get a hid kit for a naked pointy ? with the bowl light ?

Isn't there one for sale on here?

Linky=> http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=136582

[northwind]

Originally Posted by hindle8907

can you get a hid kit for a naked pointy ? with the bowl light ?

I rigged mine up while it was in naked guise, using the pointy's round headlight... single 35W bixenon. It did work but not too well- big glare spot just slightly off to the right and near the top of the beam. It shone just slightly above where it ought to, so to compensate I had to aim the light lower than you usually would, which does effect the beam elsewhere (the alternative is to have a high beam which shines at eye level, not good).

This was all with the same kit that I use in my normal headlights to good effect so it wasn't a problem with the light, though of course it's possible that other variants might work better.

Still brighter than standard mind, considerably so, but I wasn't all that happy with it- brightness isn't everthing. Maybe I set too high a standard but I'm not sure I'd use it permanently as it was.