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    #16
    This is the HD Bright setup, $70 plus shipping. Plug 'n' play. Thought I'd give it a go, for grins. They say 15/10 W 1650 lumens.



    Nicely packaged.



    The finned area contains a cooling fan.



    The retaining clip was a bar-steward to set but it worked.



    Looks plenty bright to me - have to wait 'til dark.......
    -Mal

    "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - B. Banzai
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      #17
      Sweet.....

      hope to see some night shots or at least a review on what you think.......

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        #18
        Yeah, it looks bright enough, but what really counts is what the pattern looks like on the road.

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          #19
          Originally posted by GateKeeper View Post
          Sweet.....

          hope to see some night shots or at least a review on what you think.......

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          Originally posted by Steve View Post
          Yeah, it looks bright enough, but what really counts is what the pattern looks like on the road.

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          I'm tied up for a couple of evenings here, but will post some photos for critique ASAP.

          Of note....I ordered the part online but got a call from Jean Marc at HD Bright inquiring about the recipient machine. He wasn't going to send it out without knowing it would fit. Good attitude and customer service as far as I'm concerned.
          -Mal

          "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - B. Banzai
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            #20
            If this works out OK, I might pick one up for the GS, since I already installed the HID into the FZ...

            Waiting for your feedback....

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              #21
              I'm wondering how you fit all that into the bucket...
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                #22
                I'm wondring how all that heat will get out of a mostly closed headlight bucket.

                Let us know how hot it gets after a while.
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                  #23
                  Not being used to taking night photos I'm not sure how good, bad or indifferent these shots are but here they are....

                  Low beam is a pair of LED's and high beam add a third.

                  What do you think?

                  Street- low beam


                  Street- hi beam


                  Drive- low beam


                  Drive- hi beam
                  -Mal

                  "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - B. Banzai
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                    #24
                    I suspected that two of them would be needed and a third for high comes as no surprise. All in all, looks acceptable enough and the pleasant surprise is that, even with the large light emitting area of the LED square compared to a filament, there is actually some form of cut-off on dip and perhaps a rudimentary beam pattern, which will be enough to satisfy motor vehicle testers come inspection.
                    ---- Dave

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                      #25
                      I should have taken "before" photos for comparison but I'm not going back as it was a real pain to get the LED installed. I'll get back on the heat generated - it's still pretty cool around here so the real test will be when it warms up.
                      Some of us are lucky (?) in rural states, not to have to worry about inspections - no such thing in Minnesota, as evidenced by some death traps available on Craigslist & Ebay.
                      -Mal

                      "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - B. Banzai
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                        #26
                        hmm...this looks rather impressive...
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                          #27
                          Thanks for your efforts and posting results. I doubt heat is a problem for bucket (my H4 gets bucket toasty). the heat sink/fan on LED is to get heat away from delicate electronic stuff.
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                            #28
                            Originally posted by tom203 View Post
                            Thanks for your efforts and posting results. I doubt heat is a problem for bucket (my H4 gets bucket toasty). the heat sink/fan on LED is to get heat away from delicate electronic stuff.
                            Thanks Tom. Half my reason for looking at this mod was the reduced power consumption. With lights on and at idle I was barely getting 12 volts charging and had to be over 4,000 rpm to get close to 14 volts. I installed a Shindengen SH775 with the LED headlight mod and now lights on at idle I get 13.5 volts and 14.5 volts as soon as I'm moving.
                            -Mal

                            "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." - B. Banzai
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                              #29
                              Pardon my ignorance, but besides the SH775, did you have to change anything else to go to that headlight?

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                                #30
                                This might be considered unrelated but I was testing a DDM HID modulation through the SSPB Headlamp cutout. with youtube compression and my lamptop the modulation looks pretty screwy but also you can get an idea of how bright the 55W H/L HID is for H-4


                                Moto Viz to get more out of your SSPB - The GSResources Forums
                                http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=2024409&postcount=12
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