HID lighting

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They will draw more watts at start up, and once they are completely functional (anywhere from 30 seconds to 2 minutes depending on the mode of HID) then they will taper down to their lowest power pull. 40 watts sounds about right. I would def. at least go to a Honda R/R before this mod.

or a late model Suzuki SV R&R, the one on mine is a good 50% larger than the one used on the GS.
the SV1000 charging system is a pretty high output system.

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ok, just got back from a 700+ mile ride and discovered a problem with the HID headlight I failed to take into account.

they put out much more ultraviolet light than a conventional Halogen light.

bug zapper lights use ultra violet light to draw in the bugs.

I now have a 116hp, 408lb bug magnet!!!!

[ohgoodtimes]

I take it you passed inspection? What kind of projector did you use on your bike to focus the light? Also do the light housing need to be modified for the heat?

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the beauty of this conversion is it uses the stock lamp housing.
the conversion kit uses a adapter that the lamp goes in (twist lock) that aligns the lamp so that the light output is in exactly the same spot as the element is with a standard halogen lamp on both low and high beam. so the stock reflector works perfectly fine and the light put out is focused properly, and has the correct cut off on low beam.

I got the pure white 6000K kit so the color is VERY white so no problem with the color. allot of people like to get the blue ones and those are questionable, and technically illegal but the police generally don't mess with them unless they are done totally wrong and are too blinding, or are way off on color like one of the purple or red colors.

mine is a newer generation and has both low and high beam and the light pattern is well controlled so I have no worries about inspection.

one problem I did have is with the adapter. it also serves to deflect the light for the low beam yet unshrouds the lamp when it pulls back for high beam. stock the opening for the high beam was way to small and the high beam output was very poor.
a fellow SV owner in England had also done the dual mode H-4 conversion and his adapter had a larger opening, so I use the picture of his and logic and modified mine and it works perfectly.

heat was one thing I was a bit worried about as this is a metal halid arc lamp, and my SV reflector is a plastic composite.

well it is a low power arc lamp and it just gets warm to the touch on the lens, actualy I think it doesn't get as warm as a halogen.

I also have a HID 25 million candlepower cordless spotlight and it only gets warm to the touch, it never gets hot.
HID is far better at converting power into light than a halogen lamp and factor in they use less power and you get a cooler light.

[ohgoodtimes]

That sounds simple enough! As for the kick stand switch, I am not sure if your bike has this, but mine has the light indicator (something i wish the ex500 had...) if you had that it would be easy to wire in the toggle to turn the lights on and off. If you don't have it I am sure it would be easy to find what I am talking about on a parts list for my bike (83 gs750e)

[focus frenzy]

That sounds simple enough! As for the kick stand switch, I am not sure if your bike has this, but mine has the light indicator (something i wish the ex500 had...) if you had that it would be easy to wire in the toggle to turn the lights on and off. If you don't have it I am sure it would be easy to find what I am talking about on a parts list for my bike (83 gs750e)

the HID is on my SV1000N, it has a side stand switch but it is a sensor for the ECM (digital computer controlled ignition, no ignitor box) and if you put it in gear with the side stand down the ecm kills the fuel and spark.

I will have to use a dedicated switch for the light.