My lighting setup on Big Red

[Jones]

i wasnt very impressed with the stock headlight on big red so i decided to find a led light bar to mount on the rack. since i had just put a 6" light bar on my xr650l i decided its money well spent. i ended up finding a 10" 48watt led light bar, and a 35watt 6000k hid conversion the install was pretty easy for both lights. i welded some tabs to the rack and put a switch in. the rubber boot fit over the back of the hid bulb.


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[andersonee4]

wow.. thats nice

[thestud25]

Sure is bright!

[dougspcs]

208282

I like it..link to the kit you installed if you please!!

[Jones]

heres the link

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/141202808559?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

theres also a 55w kit for the same price if you search "h4 motorcycle hid 55 watt"

cant wait till my arms not broken so i can try it out!

[dougspcs]

I'm confused Jones..you stated that it was a LED light kit you installed.

But the ebay link in your reply is for a Xenon light kit for a motorcycle..

Am I missing something??

[Jones]

it has a led light bar and a hid conversion in the headlight housing

[dougspcs]

it has a led light bar and a hid conversion in the headlight housing

I'll ask the same question again, but this time perhaps clearer..could you provide a link to the kits you installed(LED also)?

[R-N-D]

I looked at it also and I'm not seeing the same thing as you have installed on your BR. See HID lighting not LED Bar.

[Jones]

I looked at it also and I'm not seeing the same thing as you have installed on your BR. See HID lighting not LED Bar.

Ok sorry to clarify the hid conversion is a kit that's plug n play I put it into the stock headlight housing. The led light bar wasn't a kit but just the light I looked on my ebay and the seller isn't sellling them anymore so I don't have a link for it. There pretty much all the same in the 10" size. I'll post a better pic later

[R-N-D]

Ah, I see. So is the last picture of the HID light in the stock housing? I like it if it is.

[Jones]

yup its the hid in stock housing with led bar on also

[R-N-D]

Nice, I like it. Was it an easy install? Basically a plug and play or was there much more to it? I'm gonna take this route I think with the HID.

[Jones]

Pretty much just plug n play. I had to modify the rubber grommet on the bottom of the light housing and one of the tabs on the bulb where it fits into place on the housing needed to be filed down to fit. The light bar makes the majority of the light and the hid is more focused and better for long distance light. If your just doin hid then if go 55 watt

[R-N-D]

Ok, will do. Unless, of course I go with the LED. How do you have that hooked up?

[Jones]

switch by the bars, power off the battery witha 10 amp fuse

[Xpress]

Keep in mind the surge current from an HID 'kit' can exceed 10 amps upon startup. It takes somewhere in the realms of 25,000 volts to ignite the HID bulb and the ballast can suck upwards of 20 amps on some units. A buddy couldn't understand why he kept blowing his 10 amp fuse every time he lit up the HID on his cruiser until I put a current meter on it and measured nearly 20 amps. Always ensure you're using good quality wiring that can handle the current loads of the lights as well.