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**shamanthnv** · 11-04-2009, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by asim.mohd View Post

HI Shamanth,

How is the Osram night breaker working? There were some discussions saying that fitting a high intensity bulb would fade the reflectors/ make them yellowish.

Please share your experience.

Thanks.

NightBreaker is working Just great. It solved my FZ light problem fully. I don't think it will fade Reflectors. Infact i have read that Nightbreaker bulb is much cooler than stock bulb. The kind of illumination Nightbreaker gives is just amazing. Will try to get photos of same sometime.

Originally posted by k2cool_87 View Post

Hey guys, I get out of office late in the evening and require extensive use of headlights of the FZ while returning back home..The throw of the bike is great and illumination it provides is satisfactory but the angle at which the light is thrown is a problem as it is just above the road horizon...it provides good reflection on the vehicles in front of me but is rather poor when it comes to road illumination ...has anyone faced this problem??? any solutions please reply back thnx.....

I have tried all these technique of adjusting headlight angle up and down. But it wont make much difference.

**k2cool_87** · 11-04-2009, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by RanjithMN View Post

so you want to lower the angle of you head light right?
many ppl got their FZ with the head lamp facing upwards....its very easy to adjust.
get the size 10 spanner and there is a nut on the left side of the bike near the head lamp...loosen it and adjust you headlight...tight it voila!

Originally posted by mitz View Post

Dude, this is a very easy problem 2 fix. Go to any yamaha Service centre & ask them to allign the headlight a little downwards. It will just take a minute coz they dont even hav 2 open the headlight assembly, just adjust a screw from outside

Thnx guys for the tips.....

Originally posted by shamanthnv View Post

I have tried all these technique of adjusting headlight angle up and down. But it wont make much difference.

How does it not make a difference?? the illlumination is perfect except for the part that the head light is a bit too high on the horizon...adjusting the beam should provide much better road visibility....
If not please elaborate on why the lack of effectivity of this adjustment???

**shamanthnv** · 11-04-2009, 09:55 PM

Originally posted by k2cool_87 View Post

Thnx guys for the tips.....

How does it not make a difference?? the illlumination is perfect except for the part that the head light is a bit too high on the horizon...adjusting the beam should provide much better road visibility....
If not please elaborate on why the lack of effectivity of this adjustment???

When the headlight is made to face down. It will work fine in heavy traffic where you cannot go more than 40 kmph. Suppose in empty road you are riding at 70-80 kmph, the illumination radius will be insufficient for you to ride safe. And if a opposite vehicle coming with high beam, you will be more blinded than in normal position.

When i got my FZ, next day i went to SVC and told him light beam is going upside i told him to adjust. He told its normal position, if you want he will bend it down. I got little improvement(not much) in slow drive, but for this adjustment it very difficult to drive in high speed. It was huge disappointment for me who used to ride RX-100 with 12v, just was feeling bad how can 20 year old bike has better illumination than this new FZ, until i found NightBreaker. Only issue what i heard of nightbreaker is life is less compared to normal one.

This is what my experience is. Light experts let me know if my analysis is correct.

Anyone using philips xtreme 55/60w? Heard this is pretty good and cheaper as well.

**abhijeet080808** · 11-04-2009, 10:00 PM

^^ What about your high beam/low beam switch? Use high beam in highway, low beam in city? Or both beams come out almost the same in FZ?

**shamanthnv** · 11-04-2009, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by abhijeet080808 View Post

^^ What about your high beam/low beam switch? Use high beam in highway, low beam in city? Or both beams come out almost the same in FZ?

I feel when you bend the headlight, High beam position comes to low beam and low beam further near. And i think good bulbs and illumination is normally measured how far it reaches.

Its easy to adjust the position of headlight, loosen the screw in left side and adjust. Just give a try if this works for you, if headlight is made to face down.

**abhijeet080808** · 11-04-2009, 10:21 PM

Actually, the high beam should be almost parallel to the road. It will illuminate the road at a distance. And the low beam will illuminate the ground just ahead of your motorcycle.

**anirudh fz1** · 11-04-2009, 11:53 PM

guys i have a couple of 55w h4 (50rs one ) i tried it on my bike & the heat from the bulb that came in 5sec was enough to cook tandoor chiken ,i removed it & realised that the reflectors will not have capacity for the heat ,heat from stock bulb was far less.
does the osram nb also produce high heat??

**anirudh fz1** · 11-04-2009, 11:56 PM

Originally posted by shamanthnv View Post

When the headlight is made to face down. It will work fine in heavy traffic where you cannot go more than 40 kmph. Suppose in empty road you are riding at 70-80 kmph, the illumination radius will be insufficient for you to ride safe. And if a opposite vehicle coming with high beam, you will be more blinded than in normal position.

When i got my FZ, next day i went to SVC and told him light beam is going upside i told him to adjust. He told its normal position, if you want he will bend it down. I got little improvement(not much) in slow drive, but for this adjustment it very difficult to drive in high speed. It was huge disappointment for me who used to ride RX-100 with 12v, just was feeling bad how can 20 year old bike has better illumination than this new FZ, until i found NightBreaker. Only issue what i heard of nightbreaker is life is less compared to normal one.

This is what my experience is. Light experts let me know if my analysis is correct.

Anyone using philips xtreme 55/60w? Heard this is pretty good and cheaper as well.

do you know of any shop that sells the osram nb or philips xtreme

**RanjithMN** · 11-05-2009, 02:22 AM

Originally posted by anirudh fz1 View Post

do you know of any shop that sells the osram nb or philips xtreme

you should get the OSRAM NB in any car accessory shop!

**RanjithMN** · 11-05-2009, 02:25 AM

btw guys how do you find the HIGH beam with the OSRAM NB?,i dont quite like the way it spreads...anyway to adjust ONLY the HIGH Beam?
the stock bulb had a better spread in HIGH beam!

**shamanthnv** · 11-05-2009, 07:26 AM

Originally posted by anirudh fz1 View Post

do you know of any shop that sells the osram nb or philips xtreme

They are selling single Bulb in ebay.in for around 900.

Originally posted by RanjithMN View Post

btw guys how do you find the HIGH beam with the OSRAM NB?,i dont quite like the way it spreads...anyway to adjust ONLY the HIGH Beam?
the stock bulb had a better spread in HIGH beam!

What i feel is that reflector of FZ is not so good for High beam. Osram nb just throws more light with the reflector. With stock bulb you almost feel like Low beam has better brightness than high beam.

Any guys tried to change stock reflector of FZ with something better?

**shamanthnv** · 11-05-2009, 08:28 AM

FE

After lot of fighting in SVC, they seem to have adjusted the FE correctly. I went to service center and told them i have been telling my FE is around 28 kmpl and you have tunned them n number of times and created the scene in Panchee svc in bangalore.

Then they took it and adjusted and told me now its adjusted. It wont return less than 35kmpl.

Now i tested twice in reserve to reserve method. Got 40 and 42 kmpl. This time they did "real Magic"

**Mindgrinder** · 11-05-2009, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by anirudh fz1 View Post

guys i have a couple of 55w h4 (50rs one ) i tried it on my bike & the heat from the bulb that came in 5sec was enough to cook tandoor chiken ,i removed it & realised that the reflectors will not have capacity for the heat ,heat from stock bulb was far less.
does the osram nb also produce high heat??

Originally posted by anirudh fz1 View Post

do you know of any shop that sells the osram nb or philips xtreme

I have no problem with NB but yes i mostly use low beam....you can get osram from dealer in Lalbagh, on fort road, google for his address..

**RanjithMN** · 11-05-2009, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by shamanthnv View Post

After lot of fighting in SVC, they seem to have adjusted the FE correctly. I went to service center and told them i have been telling my FE is around 28 kmpl and you have tunned them n number of times and created the scene in Panchee svc in bangalore.

Then they took it and adjusted and told me now its adjusted. It wont return less than 35kmpl.

Now i tested twice in reserve to reserve method. Got 40 and 42 kmpl. This time they did "real Magic"

any drop in power and pick up?

**shamanthnv** · 11-05-2009, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by RanjithMN View Post

any drop in power and pick up?

Dont feel any drop in power and pick up. Hope its not lean mix. Will watch for engine temp if everything is fine.

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