HID lighting

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yup, as I've said before, mines 6k and I wish I'd have gone for 4k

i c i might go for a 6000k then, been doing some research on them and most yanks have them fitted!

[yorkie_chris]

Yes but Americans have no style.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yes but Americans have no style.

they mostly have the high numbers like 10000k tho which give no light!

[yorkie_chris]

No taste. What's the point of telling everyone your bike's illegal also? Mine's illegal enough as it is without advertising yet more ways!

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

No taste. What's the point of telling everyone your bike's illegal also? Mine's illegal enough as it is without advertising yet more ways!

meh 6000ks are quite similar to 8000k

i think i will go with 6000k.. my next worry is hiding the ballast

[northwind]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Mine's illegal enough as it is without advertising yet more ways!

Yep, that's another reason. But the ain one is that 3800K or that region is what most real studies have shown to be most effective (going slightly hotter gives better depth perception, going slightly colder gives more light close to the daylight spectrum, so it's a balance, not everyone agrees where it lies)

[yorkie_chris]

Hiding the ballast is easy on faired bikes. Loads of room. Try it on a nekkid.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Hiding the ballast is easy on faired bikes. Loads of room. Try it on a nekkid.

yeah but can i hide them inside the airbox? it'd be nice, just the right distance from the bulbs and right out of sight and weather removing the snorkel would compensate for the slight decrease in flow shirley?

[yorkie_chris]

Changing the airbox volume will change the running characteristics. Also if it were to cook itself all that particulate smoke would go straight into the engine.

[the_lone_wolf]

i thought it was a bad idea, asthetically brilliant, an engineering disaster...