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Mr_wizard
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Has anyone done the HID upgrade? Just wondering what the benefit is and if anyone has done it on a cyclone?
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Lovedabueller
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i want to do it to my cyclone but have not got around to it yet.
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Rfischer
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Did it to my FXR last year. Better lighting all 'round; most importantly, way better daytime presence to keep the 4-wheelers outta your face. They SEE you.
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Hughlysses
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Check the BB&D forum. LOTS of Ulys have been upgraded with HIDs.
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Froggy
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You still haven't done it yet?
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 11:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hope this helps:

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/327 77/233088.html
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Mr_wizard
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 11:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm just worried about room for the convertion stuff. They make a green HID light that would look awesome with the paint sceme I'm workin on.
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Froggy
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 11:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Green HID? News to me, got a link?
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 12:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just remember, as you deviate from white, you call attention to yourself for a stop & ticket.
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Reepicheep
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 01:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

M2 oughta be easy. I managed to do it on a 9sx, and that has a lot less room behind the flyscreen. You will loose the tool bag stuffed in the Youdude Flytrap though.

Sigh. I miss that M2...
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Mr_wizard
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 02:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

When I get pulled over the last thing they are worried about is my headlight. I ride with a sober club and the cops in this area know us and don't ever bother us
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Mr_wizard
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 02:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ewItem&item=170317719552&viewitem=&_trkparms=tab%3 DWatching&salenotsupported
not shure if this will work? This is the link to the HID light
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Mr_wizard
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 02:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Holy crap it works? They have a buch of colors to pick from, my green one is on the way I will post pics when I get it and put it in.
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Froggy
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 03:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

They probably have some kind of filter over the bulbs to get the colors which will reduce light output.
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thanks! I've been wanting to find a reasonably priced digital ballast
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Firebolt32
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 05:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Would a green headlight be street legal in WI?
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Svh
Posted on Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"New state of the art color coating process"

Copied from the listing. Hopefully it stays on and looks good at that high heat level
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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 04:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hopefully it stays on and looks good at that high heat level

$10 says the coating would be crinkled in less than 3 months.

Any coating on an HID bulb is a bad idea. Whether it is a 6000k bulb, or some odd green bulb.

4300k is the peak efficiency of HID
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Dfbutler
Posted on Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 01:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've had this one installed for over a year.

http://www.kbcarstuff.com/ProductDetails.asp?Produ ctCode=MC-4K-H%2FL

It puts our much more light than my previous PIAA lamp which was a big improvement over the stock. The install is straight forward, you attach leads to the battery, plug into your existing headlight socket and find a place to mount the relays and tie off the excess harness wire.
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