LED Headlights

[skydog1000]

He said I got some snatch I think

 

[zenbiker]

LEDs ..These are a simple plug in from Harley. No need for ballasts and no need to do anything with the parking lights other than to take the bulbs out and throw them away.
if you care about illumination at all..this is the only way to go. WHITE daylight!..at a price!
$720 for the pair!!

 

[1olbull]

@zenbiker
These lights are indeed the $hit!
I purchased mine from Kutter HD for around $600 for both.
They really work great riding in the very dark and allow for at least 10 mph more speed before outrunning the light beams.
http://www.kutterharleyonline.com/harley-davidson/black-daymaker-led-headlamp-67700145

 

[HELBOY]

@zenbiker
These lights are indeed the $hit!
I purchased mine from Kutter HD for around $600 for both.
They really work great riding in the very dark and allow for at least 10 mph more speed before outrunning the light beams.
http://www.kutterharleyonline.com/harley-davidson/black-daymaker-led-headlamp-67700145

Sounds like a easy upgrade, just plug in? I have a 2005 dual headlight R3. No eastern Beaver upgrade.

 

[wilk]

I know there are several threads going around about LED headlights, but I thought I would throw another one in the mix. I installed HD Daymakers on my Roadster tonight. It was a no pain, no strain install. No trimming, no relocating brackets, I even kept the parking lamps LOL. Here's what I did...

1.) Remove the OEM headlamp by unplugging the H4 connector and cutting the yellow wire and black wire leaving the parking lamp bulb in the reflector. Put it to the side for storage, throw it in the dumpster...whatever...you won't need it anymore.
2.) Crimp, solder, then insulate using heat shrink tubing a 1/4" push on connector onto the yellow wire.
3.) Seal off the black wire with heat shrink tubing. This may not be necessary, but I'm sorta anal like that.
4.) Plug the H4 into the Daymaker.
5.) Plug the yellow wire into the red wire on the Daymaker.

You should end up with something like this...

Re-install assemble the headlight and you should end up with something that looks like this

Is size 5 3/4 correct?

 

[sonny]

YES. Unlike the touring model, you can set the lights a little further apart and this pretty much takes care of the problem of losing your lights while in a tight turn.

 

[wilk]

YES.

Thank you

 

[cusso ken]

YES. Unlike the touring model, you can set the lights a little further apart and this pretty much takes care of the problem of losing your lights while in a tight turn.

With my Touring I replaced the globes in the two driving lights with 55w halogens and face them slightly outward, works fine, the main headlight I replaced with a 55/65 Narva Arctic blue bulb bearing in mind the limitations of the headlight circuit on Rockets

 

[cr0ft]

Unlike the touring model, you can set the lights a little further apart and this pretty much takes care of the problem of losing your lights while in a tight turn.

Not really. When the bike leans, the lights will fire most of their sideways going light at a 45 degree angle. Ie, up in the sky and into the pavement. If you set the lights further apart, they just fire the light further into the pavement. To get the light by the side of the road, you'd have to rotate the light 45 degrees so they'd fire straight when the bike leaned, which would be hideously illegal and give you a horrible result going straight instead, or point them up 30-40 degrees, which would again have you firing all your light into space when going straight.

The issue here is precision. The lights fire off a narrow strip that goes far to the left and right of the bike. When it leans, it goes up into the sky in one direction and down in the other.

That's why JW Speaker made the adaptive lights. They turn on extra LED's that do shine the light up and to the side. Which, on a leanind bike, translates to shining the light onto the road shoulder when you're leaning.

Personally I'd get two Vision X Vortex lights at this point. They won't do that well at this when riding with low beam on, but on high beam they have a very high round pattern that should throw more light to the side when leaning also. Or, get a pair of the JW Speaker adaptives. Two of those should be outrageously good, and outrageously expensive.

 

[sonny]

Not really. When the bike leans, the lights will fire most of their sideways going light at a 45 degree angle. Ie, up in the sky and into the pavement. If you set the lights further apart, they just fire the light further into the pavement. To get the light by the side of the road, you'd have to rotate the light 45 degrees so they'd fire straight when the bike leaned, which would be hideously illegal and give you a horrible result going straight instead, or point them up 30-40 degrees, which would again have you firing all your light into space when going straight.

The issue here is precision. The lights fire off a narrow strip that goes far to the left and right of the bike. When it leans, it goes up into the sky in one direction and down in the other.

That's why JW Speaker made the adaptive lights. They turn on extra LED's that do shine the light up and to the side. Which, on a leanind bike, translates to shining the light onto the road shoulder when you're leaning.

Personally I'd get two Vision X Vortex lights at this point. They won't do that well at this when riding with low beam on, but on high beam they have a very high round pattern that should throw more light to the side when leaning also. Or, get a pair of the JW Speaker adaptives. Two of those should be outrageously good, and outrageously expensive.

Really. How many miles per week do you ride at night? Vice quoting a advertisement from a company my experience is taken from the real world. If I had a touring model then maybe the daymakers would not have been such a good choice. l am very pleased with the daymakers and do not have any regrets on spending $640.00 dollars on lights that work fine in the corners when set right. Considering that I ride over 500 miles a week back and forth to work, which half of is done at night the lights were a good investment. On the other hand I can understand your view point even if it is just a lot of talk.