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Offline raesewell

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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #45 on: January 19, 2018, 11:19:55 am »
But I was always told that Google is my friend  ;D
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #46 on: January 19, 2018, 11:31:05 am »
Yes, in Google's case, a friend with their hand down the back of yer pants   :o
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #47 on: January 19, 2018, 11:35:39 am »
Ooooo  :o I wondered what that cold feeling was.
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #48 on: January 19, 2018, 04:41:11 pm »
I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, using that and ad blocker uBlock helps.

If anyone's looking for me? I'll be in the corner of the bar polishing my halo.  8)

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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #49 on: January 19, 2018, 05:39:27 pm »
We were talking about browsers rather than search engines.
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #50 on: January 20, 2018, 02:52:16 pm »
Quote from: raesewell on January 19, 2018, 05:39:27 pm
We were talking about browsers rather than search engines.

True, but it's a chicken and egg scenario...
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« Reply #51 on: January 20, 2018, 03:27:43 pm »
Shouldn't that be duck and egg scenario  8)
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #52 on: January 20, 2018, 05:19:44 pm »
Quote from: Phmode on January 20, 2018, 03:27:43 pm
Shouldn't that be duck and egg scenario  8)

Yes indeed it should.  ;D
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #53 on: March 28, 2018, 07:38:03 am »
So after all the PC world commentary... A serious question... The mod looks great but given the changes to the new MOT rules are you all going to have to bin this non too cheap mod to make your bikes road legal?

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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #54 on: March 28, 2018, 09:48:19 am »
So far, the only MoT change proposals I've seen apply to cars, not bikes. Even so, the time to change out and then return back a headlight bulb is about the same amount of time it takes to swap to my legal sized number plate so I don't see it as a problem.
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #55 on: March 28, 2018, 11:03:37 pm »
Or less time than it takes me to whip off my BarkBusters hand guards which 'just' touch the screen on a really hard full lock...

To swap the bulbs back? About 30seconds per HID unit, a minute in total.
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #56 on: March 29, 2018, 07:36:30 am »
Right so these mods fit into the standard bulb holder without having to damage the reflector or fittings... that's much neater than I imagined.
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #57 on: March 29, 2018, 02:25:57 pm »
The HID units that I have (and David etc) use smaller sized boxes and everything (apart from the CANbus eliminator which isn't needed) fits INSIDE the headlamp casing so there are no holes to drill in the weatherproof access cap.

The looms have a connector that fits the bulb-side wiring from the bike and has special connectors for the ignitor (bulb) which fits in the reflector using exactly the same springy-thingy as the normal bulb.

A bit of perforated flubber stops everything rattling around.
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #58 on: March 29, 2018, 04:40:58 pm »
Quote from: Phmode on March 29, 2018, 02:25:57 pm
The HID units that I have (and David etc) use smaller sized boxes and everything (apart from the CANbus eliminator which isn't needed) fits INSIDE the headlamp casing so there are no holes to drill in the weatherproof access cap.

The looms have a connector that fits the bulb-side wiring from the bike and has special connectors for the ignitor (bulb) which fits in the reflector using exactly the same springy-thingy as the normal bulb.

A bit of perforated flubber stops everything rattling around.

Do you have a product link? Sounds interesting... Cheers Gary
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Re: LED low beam fitted
« Reply #59 on: March 29, 2018, 04:53:37 pm »
The subject has been covered at length before,  the search function is your friend  ;)
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