DIY HID - All About High Intensity Discharge

[FatBiker]

Originally posted by Cool79@Mar 26 2006, 04:56 PM

am i right to say dat most of the touring bike do not need the HID???

 

for my bike... default light can already blind the car in front of me... that is y during jam... most of the car will make way for me to move through them...

Seem powerful but that might not mean that the brightness is ok.. it might also mean that your angle might be wrong (i.e. too high liao)

 

The best way to test is to go dim roads... see how far your light can shine... better still if you go with another bike that installed HID... you will appreciate HID almost immediately.

 

Anyway... I do not in believe in having the "best" light, or the "brightest" light... I am a strong believer of "enough light"

 

FatBiker

[Cool79]

Originally posted by FatBiker@Mar 26 2006, 05:15 PM

Seem powerful but that might not mean that the brightness is ok.. it might also mean that your angle might be wrong (i.e. too high liao)

 

The best way to test is to go dim roads... see how far your light can shine... better still if you go with another bike that installed HID... you will appreciate HID almost immediately.

 

Anyway... I do not in believe in having the "best" light, or the "brightest" light... I am a strong believer of "enough light"

 

FatBiker

did try b4 in NSH liao

cover almost everywhere... but how fast can ST1100 go...

at NSH i never on my high beam... if not the car infront or opp will curse at me sia

[limbat]

Originally posted by Cool79@Mar 26 2006, 04:56 PM

am i right to say dat most of the touring bike do not need the HID???

 

for my bike... default light can already blind the car in front of me... that is y during jam... most of the car will make way for me to move through them...

 

Your light beam is directed at the car infront of U - tt is not right it should be direct downwards towards the roads. Do adjust yr light beam !!!

 

Your current stock light beam (Halogen) may not provide U, wif all weather visibility similar to HIDs - HIDs light beam are like " star wars light sabre " in fog like conditions. eg, Top of Genting Highlands at night.

 

[paiseh]

yup, really depends on whether u need HID.

 

when i travelled at NSH at above 200, i was glad i had HID installed.

[Guest cheeko]

Originally posted by FatBiker@Mar 26 2006, 10:33 AM

Boh lah... never vanished lah... difficult to hide also becos I am too fat liao.

 

I am back in Shanghai since 19th Mar 2006. The work here piled up when I was not around so I was spending lesser time in SBF.

 

Anyway, I will have good news for potential HID owners soon... the factory shall be moulding ballast with longer cables (up to 1 metre) so it will suitable for use in the bikes... price shall increase a bit but not very substantial...

 

You might not need to spent the money to upgrade from Toyota to Ferrari lah... maybe just to a Mercedes... but on this case, the performance level is most probably very close to Ferrari liao

 

FatBiker

 

PS: I think you had already seen it in action on a diversion, hope you are impressed

Actually who are u?! U are so far away in shanghai, but how u noe i view that diversion HIDs

[zod]

u got a stalker

[zod]

u got a stalker

[zod]

u got a stalker

[SaintDuDu]

Originally posted by zod@Mar 27 2006, 08:25 PM

u got a stalker

u love my light rite?

[zod]

Originally posted by SaintDuDu@Mar 27 2006, 09:27 PM

u love my light rite?

actually, i never really see ur lights b4 leh... haha

 

urs is hid ah?

[paiseh]

would love to haf a HID gathering soon.. consists of all HID users..

[scooterer]

Originally posted by Cool79@Mar 26 2006, 05:26 PM

did try b4 in NSH liao

cover almost everywhere... but how fast can ST1100 go...

200 km/h

[fooz]

Originally posted by cheeko@Mar 21 2006, 05:20 PM

U mean u wana ask ur whole club to view ur HIDs lights?! I also abit paiseh, ur club is all degree students, abit too high level for me to join in....... Will see me no up. How abt privately go kulai?

cheeko> usu nrc outing got alot of outside pple oso.. infact... outsiders ALWAYS outnumber pple frrm the club...so dun worry...

we look at pple, not tt piece of flimsy paper hanging on the wall.

 

aniway, urs is fjr... who dare to c u no up?!!!(majority of us are onli 20-30% of ur 1300cc bike)

 

PS: will u be bringing ur GPS along? if m gg, i may be int in takin a look at it.

[299]

Can HID fit on 01 R1? How much it costs to install them? Thks.

[paiseh]

01 R1 uses H7. so it depends if u wan to install a pair or 1 bulb. for price quotation, u can contact Limbat.

[299]

Originally posted by paiseh@Mar 28 2006, 08:18 PM

01 R1 uses H7. so it depends if u wan to install a pair or 1 bulb. for price quotation, u can contact Limbat.

when installing, need to modify any current circuit?

[paiseh]

Originally posted by ProjectD@Mar 28 2006, 08:26 PM

when installing, need to modify any current circuit?

no need. no modification needed.

[Guest cheeko]

Originally posted by nE0@Mar 26 2006, 02:11 AM

I also want Crystal gold color!

Hi Mr Neo, u got any plans to install the yellow HIDs? wana take a look how's the effect & performance at nite. Cos yellow is good, white lights although look stylo & bright but after sometime will get very tiring for the eyes especially on long trips along the NSHW.

 

By the way, can the yellow HIDs be interchangabl with the white HIDs tat Mr Limbat is selling

[Guest cheeko]

Originally posted by FatBiker@Mar 26 2006, 10:33 AM

Boh lah... never vanished lah... difficult to hide also becos I am too fat liao.

 

I am back in Shanghai since 19th Mar 2006. The work here piled up when I was not around so I was spending lesser time in SBF.

 

Anyway, I will have good news for potential HID owners soon... the factory shall be moulding ballast with longer cables (up to 1 metre) so it will suitable for use in the bikes... price shall increase a bit but not very substantial...

 

You might not need to spent the money to upgrade from Toyota to Ferrari lah... maybe just to a Mercedes... but on this case, the performance level is most probably very close to Ferrari liao

 

FatBiker

 

PS: I think you had already seen it in action on a diversion, hope you are impressed

tat nite i only view the diversion HIDs in the carpark, looks bright to me. Then sat morning i also view Mr Limbat HIDs, seems bright to me too. But then i have not seen both performance in total darkness on NSHW, so i can't comment yet, its a draw for the time being

[Guest nE0]

Originally posted by cheeko@Mar 28 2006, 11:27 PM

Hi Mr Neo, u got any plans to install the yellow HIDs? wana take a look how's the effect & performance at nite. Cos yellow is good, white lights although look stylo & bright but after sometime will get very tiring for the eyes especially on long trips along the NSHW.

 

By the way, can the yellow HIDs be interchangabl with the white HIDs tat Mr Limbat is selling

Yes, in fact, I had the first batch of "yellow" HID bulbs, around 3700K, which is about the same color as most halogen lamps.

 

However, the resultant color wasn't good. Both bulbs gave different shades of yellow with different "contaminants", one was alright, another had a pukish green cast...

[Guest cheeko]

But i am still curious...... who exactly are u? Cos not many people were there when i view the diversion & u are 6000km away in shanghai This is not possible. Unless tat nite got hantu

[Guest nE0]

Originally posted by cheeko@Mar 28 2006, 11:44 PM

tat nite i only view the diversion HIDs in the carpark, looks bright to me. Then sat morning i also view Mr Limbat HIDs, seems bright to me too. But then i have not seen both performance in total darkness on NSHW, so i can't comment yet, its a draw for the time being

What you see on the ground is different from what you see as a rider.

 

I keep emphasising this. How bright a headlamp appears has almost no link to its performance. A $2 flashlight can look glaring or very dim, depending on where you point it. If a headlight looks blindingly bright, chances are all that light is wasted, spread everywhere instead of where you WANT it, on the ground.

 

And where on the ground? Right infront of you? 10m ahead? 50? This is another story for another day

[limbat]

Right on.....man ....... problem is not wif HIDs system - it is the headlamp casings tt direct the light beam direction. Pinpoint light beam(projector type) or multi-direction(Bulb & some Halogen type) light beam is cause by the refletors in their respective lamp casing. HIDs onli provide U wif a powerful all weather condition light beam of 4,000 lumen at 35watts. Where the beam go - is the job of the lamp casing. OEM installed HIDs include HID compatible lamp casing as well, tt is the reason they are more expensive...

[Guest cheeko]

Hi josean, wana check with u, for ur silverwing which i saw tat day, is it just strictly plug & play onto the H4 bulb on ur bike. Meaning to say just replace the high beams with the HIDs

[Guest cheeko]

An Mr Paiseh, how much is the set from Mr limbat cost? is it at $250 without installation, $280 with installation ?