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| What are you guys using to replace your headlight bulbs with factory or aftermarket? |
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Tourer
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Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | I tried aftermarket PIAA lights- one side made it a year and 10,000 miles. I now have all HID Hi/low lighting + stock HID cyclops light. Hopefully I wont be messing with the headlight for a while. |
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New Mexico | Mine went out at about 40k miles. Replaced with factory, no problems for 2k so far.
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Visionary
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| I tried the PIAA recommended by them and 1 burned out in 3 months. Going back to OEM. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | GE Motorsport Headlamp, H4. Got from Wal-Mart, one has been in now for over 2 years. Just replaced the other Sylvania after about a year with the GE. No problem lighting up the road. |
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Cruiser
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Camas Washington | Slyvana blue tip, bit brighter without the yellow tint the normal bulbs put out. Several others have done this also. |
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Visionary
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| Went to the auto parts store and asked for the longest lasting H-4 and he gave me 2 so I could do both and that was 2 years ago.
Screw Victory and there high price parts |
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Tourer
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Central Illinois | A headlight is always a trade off between high light levels and long life. If your particular bike has easy bulb access, favor the better lighting ones. If access is difficult, consider what it is worth to go a bit lower in light intensity vs having less light. All things in life represent some kind of compromise, headlight brilliance is just one of them. |
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Tourer
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scotts valley, California | I have read through the "how to" information and concluded that attempting to change my dead headlamp bulb would cause me a lot of grief. Does anyone know the legal responsibility/liability of running with just one bulb (with the hi-intensity center light as back up)? I'm tempted to run that way until the second one quits, then have a shop do the replacement. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Gulfport, MS | Blue Sky Guy - 2013-07-04 12:39 PM
I have read through the "how to" information and concluded that attempting to change my dead headlamp bulb would cause me a lot of grief. Does anyone know the legal responsibility/liability of running with just one bulb (with the hi-intensity center light as back up)? I'm tempted to run that way until the second one quits, then have a shop do the replacement.
"OOPS Officer! I'm sorry I didn't realize, I'll get the fixed soon." but
until then don't sweat it  |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | I believe my dealer charged me just over $100 to replace both bulbs. That included the price of the bulb. Well worth it IMHO.
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Visionary
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| <p>went to auto store and asked for bulbs that last the longest. Replace both long as your there</p><p>do not buy the bright white lights. One year to date and out they went </p>
Edited by johnnyvision 2013-07-04 6:34 PM
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Cruiser
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| So, anyone with long term experience with the PIAA 70856's?
My high beam burned out at 25,000 miles but I leave them on most of the time.
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Cruiser
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Lindale, TX | I had two burn out in 25,000 miles (5 years). Let the dealer change them for factory bulbs. |
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bulb replacement