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#1 | LED headlight upgrade datum

Thu May 16, 2019 2:45 pm

Wanted to share my latest mod, the replacement of my normal halogen headlight bulbs to LED�s.

I picked up a set of LED�s called LEDSON 11G Xtreme Focus from Diodhuset here in Sweden. Link . The reason I choose these were that they do not have any ballast making them smaller and easier to install and that they supposedly have a better focus beam, but I�m not sure how these compare to others LED�s when installed in our headlights.

Below are some photos of the install which was pretty straight forward and how they look when turned on.

Product Packaging

Product Details

Comparison with halogen bulb (they are very large in comparison)

H7 Adapter ring that came in the package. Note the two red o-rings on the bulb, that is what hold the bulb in place once the adapter ring is installed

Adapter ring is installed first

LED bulb pushed into adapter ring (had to be pushed in very hard in order to make sure both o-rings were inside the adapter ring)

The bulb can be rotated and before I put back the rubber cover I made sure the cable from the bulb and the connector would fit under the rubber cover and that the bulb was aligned correctly. The blue tape on my garage door represent where the halogen bulb was shining

Rubber cover back in place, a very tight fit with a 65mm diameter cover but it can be done without removing the front fairing

Low beam

High beam

DRL

Basically I only found two issues.
1. The bulbs are much deeper in the back so you need to replace the original headlight covers to accommodate the extra depth of the bulb including the cable and connector. I ordered rubber covers with 65mm diameter and they were very tight to install so 70mm or 75mm might be a better choice. But everything fits behind the covers so they keep the headlight waterproof.
2. Even though the package state that the LED�s are CAN-bus compatible e.g. shouldn�t give a broken light warning they do that anyway so now I need to install a resistor in order to get rid of the warning once it shows up on the dash. However since I have the DRL LED strip on my bike the warning light doesn�t appear unless the normal headlight is turned on (when it�s dark or in a tunnel or if I select to turn them on) so I might not worry about it. I have also found that if I have received a broken light warning on the dash, and toggle between the DRL and normal headlight, the headlight warning cycles �on� and �off� a few times before staying on fully and if you press the DRL button during the �off� cycling the warning will disappear as the DRL is turned on again.

Overall I�m happy with the upgrade and I think the lights will make me more visible in traffic and they look much better than the old halogen bulbs so for me it was worth the investment. I also tested them at night but I�m not fully convinced they provide better road light than halogen, but they certainly create a much whiter and brighter light, I tried talking photos at night but they didn't turn out very good.

Ride Safe!

/Jonas

Mods/Additions so far: Navigator VI, BMW Panniers and Topbox, Givi Tanklock Tank Bag, HeliBars, Relocation of Navigator VI, Exchanged Headlight for Osram �COOL BLUE INTENSE�

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#2 | RE: LED headlight upgrade datum

Mon May 20, 2019 5:30 pm

Thanks for sharing Alan, Steve, Jason or whatever name you like... Heck, I'll even call you El Cascador if need be....

I have a question regarding the rubber covers. Where do you buy these and how do they fit instead of the OEM covers ? Is the print the same ? Do you put them like the originals and turn to lock them ?

That's the last step I am missing before I can peacefully go full LED on my bike. For now I just switched to Philips Xtrem Vision lights.... even though their life span is limited to about 450 hours (constructor data), since I have DRL, they are not on that much so this can probably extend their installation time. But I am really interested by the LEDs.

Also, are these LEDs COB models ?

Best regards,

General B. Carrington

Ain't no thing like me, except me!

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