Cheapo Upgrade for 09 FE headlight

I have been doing a bit of night riding lately and wasn't impressed with the stock headlight, it's set up great for possum hunting but not night riding, so I wasthinking of an upgrade. I stumbled across a spare 12v H4 55/60w globe for a car and was pleasantly surprised when it made a nice neat fit. I made a spring wire retainer like found in a car and with a soldering iron I melted a small slot in the head light rim to fit the bulb locating tab. See attached pix for the end result[attachment=1:1dimohuh]DSCN5331.JPG[/attachment:1dimohuh][attachment=0:1dimohuh]DSCN5334.JPG[/attachment:1dimohuh]

I had to trim the terminals on the globe and relax the female blade connectors on the harness and cut a small window in the rubber boot to squeeze it all in, the connectors clear the headstem by about 10mm.
As a bonus it turns out to bet one of these type globes http://www.repcotrade.com.au/go/news/na ... wer-globes. Thats a crappy link the Narva website is fubar or something ATM. They are Narva Acrtic Blue globes, I had them in my last car and they are a crisp white light not blue at all. Project Cost = nil Can't wait for the sun to go down and test it out.

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The trees are 20 meters ( 65 feet ) away in both shots, the lens and reflector are dusty so the light could be whiter. With a couple dabs of sealant the h4 would seal better then the stock globe holder, and all I really did was make one tiny hole and two small slots so it can be returned to stock easily. Here is a better link for the globes http://www.narva.com.au/products/browse/h4

Thanks DaleEO, the difference really is night and day. Stock is 35/35, h4 is 55/60 and really light the way, on single track stuff you see every thing and the high beam is great fo the open road because it actually penetrates the darkness. I think the stock setup is just to let others kow you're around not actually for any serious nocturnal activities. Hi suhoi27, no real probs yet It sat for 5 mins on high beam last night while I took photos, I dont see it being a real problem if it was like 100w then there would be trouble.

I would be worried if the globe was 100w, I think this one will be ok. I have ruined reflectors before running excess wattage. I run it in the daylight hours as well to prevent winding up as road pizza, I will endeavour to let you know how it goes as the months pass.

So its early september and I am still running the H4 and have had absolutley no probs. I run it on low beam at all times when the bike is running to be seen on and off the road. ( bloody car drivers just dont see me WTF ?) So the reflector is in great condition and doesn't look like flaking or turning black anytime soon and there is no evidence of melting or heat damage anywhere.