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    Them itty bitty instrument panel bulbs

    I was doing some fixin on my signal lights and had to replace some bulbs.
    The bulbs probably got stressed by the overcharging condition I was having with the bike.

    I cannibalized my spare cluster to get bulbs and was a bit shocked to see the OEM Stanley bulbs in most of the sockets.

    A really big difference in brightness. Now I need more.

    I am looking for them but can't seem to locate any on the WWW

    #2
    AFAIK, all the OEM bulbs were Stanleys. I have owned over a dozen Japanese bikes, and this has always been true. And there is never a corresponding number over here.
    To find what I need without a cross-reference, I check the follow items:
    diameter - is it the right size to fit into the socket
    height - is it low enough to fit
    elements - one or two
    nub location (these are the two little stubs that lock into the socket) - staggered or straight

    The most important parameter, which can only be answered after the previous questions have been answered - Wattage. This is the brightness and power draw of the bulb. The biggest difference I have seen is in the instrumentation bulbs, which have several wattage (and therefore brightness) outputs for similar bulbs.

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      #3
      found em
      Part# 09471-12077
      Desc BULB USD Price 3.60

      12v 1.7 watts.

      Pricy for the real thing. Also a bit leery of parts vendors switching for a lower wattage cheaper bulb.

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        #4
        Try a #53 bulb. Closest thing to original I've found.

        Buddy
        09 Yamaha Venture Royal (my first Yamaha)
        83 Honda VT500FT Ascot (three of them)
        81 GS650G for the wife.
        82 Suzuki GS850GL Bought it 3 times, sold it twice, then traded for a nice 82 GS1100G AND a 93 Honda 750 Nighthawk, even WOW!
        I am the master of my unspoken words, and a slave to those words that should have remained unsaid.
        If ya can't dazzle 'em with brilliance, baffle 'em with B. S.
        Motorcycles are like children....They should be seen and not heard.

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          #5
          If not too late for my 2 cents:
          SUZUKI.BULB for 1985 GS450GA 1985 $1.05 10 $10.50
          SUZUKI.BULB for 1985 GS450GA 1985 $1.84 2$3.68
          gssuzuki.com
          I have a gs450 Automatic

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            #6
            I have a bunch of those bulbs
            1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
            1985 GS1150ES stock with 85 Red E bodywork.

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