Let there be Light : Bike Lighting, HID etc

[Mindgrinder]

ok FZ 16 battery is too tiny to handle HID, can someone tell me choice between osram nightbreaker or Osram silver star or Philips xtreme power please?

[Mindgrinder]

My cousin installed 6000k Bosch on Fz16,no issues yet.

hmmm thats nice, but still if i do not want to spend that much of money can somebody suggest from above.

[avinrichards]

@ above ^^

i'd stick to the tried and working combination of the OSRAM nightbreakers.

i personally have been stuck with a philips and its a total waste...

cheers
Avin..

[sankar]

@Killer!! You own R.15..?? Am i Right.?? If Yes, which color is it..??
perhaps i am a bit Dumb!! @

He had a blue bike... now repainted to white! Cool shade i must say!

[L.P.]

He had a blue bike... now repainted to white! Cool shade i must say!

Can some1 post it's nice and a day time pic...??

[Killer]

Can some1 post it's nice and a day time pic...??

Here you go - http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/universa...tml#post170883

[sankar]

Here's couple of videos of the HID after the conversion. The HID needed some focussing since the high beam was aimed way too high, after the focussing the beam was allright.

YouTube - Philips Xenon HID 6000K HiLo

YouTube - Karizma HID 6000k HiLo-1

YouTube - Karizma HID 6000k HiLo-2

YouTube - Karizma HID 6000k HiLo-3

Will upload the photos to Picasa and post the link, would've uploaded it here but the file size permitted is too small.

[biker boy]

Wrote a mail to Chandiagrh Police regarding the installation of HID's

The mail:

Sir,

I am a resident of Chandigarh and travel on the highways frequently during night. For the purpose of safety I have installed a pair of 35Watt High Intensity Discharge light for low beam of 4300 Kelvin temperate in my Yamaha YZF R15 July 2008 make motorcycle.
Kindly enlighten me if the same is an offence under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Thanks and regards,

Amit Singh

And the reply:

Sir
with the refrence to your office letter no.R-140-PA/SP/Tr.&Sec.Dt. 27/01/2209, in this regard it is submitted that any kind of changing or modinfication in the body and chaises of any vehicle other than installed by concerned company, booked under the violation U/S 192 of MV Act and fine rs 2000/- for two wheelers and rs 3000/- for three and above wheelers.
I/C Challaning branch
Traffic Challaning branch.
Sec 29 Chandigarh.


Couldnt understand though how the installation of HID related to modification of body or chasis as those things are not even touched.

[neville_kc]

Can anybody throw some light on the HIDs available @ Grant Road in Mumbai...

I checked them out today... contained one 35w xenon, ballast and required wiring for 2.3K

Has anyone installed these or has any comments on these?? Are these gud or is just cheap Chinese stuff??

^^ Can anyone help me on this??

[navnish]

Wrote a mail to Chandiagrh Police regarding the installation of HID's

The mail:

Sir,

I am a resident of Chandigarh and travel on the highways frequently during night. For the purpose of safety I have installed a pair of 35Watt High Intensity Discharge light for low beam of 4300 Kelvin temperate in my Yamaha YZF R15 July 2008 make motorcycle.
Kindly enlighten me if the same is an offence under the Motor Vehicle Act.

Thanks and regards,

Amit Singh

And the reply:

Sir
with the refrence to your office letter no.R-140-PA/SP/Tr.&Sec.Dt. 27/01/2209, in this regard it is submitted that any kind of changing or modinfication in the body and chaises of any vehicle other than installed by concerned company, booked under the violation U/S 192 of MV Act and fine rs 2000/- for two wheelers and rs 3000/- for three and above wheelers.
I/C Challaning branch
Traffic Challaning branch.
Sec 29 Chandigarh.


Couldnt understand though how the installation of HID related to modification of body or chasis as those things are not even touched.

Dude first of all i don't think the officer knows what an HID is . You should have asked it another way. "officer can i fix a skoda's headlight on my bike"

This kind of mails to cops is like inviting trouble.

[Aparajith]

This kind of mails to cops is like inviting trouble

Even I think so. They will then just be looking out for R15's with this headlamp. Incidentally I was caught yesterday near my home for using the right HID on lo-beam. I told the police that this bike is imported and comes this way. Then seeing that the focus was pretty low, he left me off.

[navnish]

Even I think so. They will then just be looking out for R15's with this headlamp. Incidentally I was caught yesterday near my home for using the right HID on lo-beam. I told the police that this bike is imported and comes this way. Then seeing that the focus was pretty low, he left me off.

cant stop laughing with that excuse you gave . Imported bike

[Aparajith]

cant stop laughing with that excuse you gave . Imported bike

Even I was trying as hard as possible to control the laughter inside my helmet. After I left, I could not stop laughing for a really long time!!!! Dumb $$$$$$$. All they want is some money!!!

[M.R.B]

@Aparajith,

Good One

[Mindgrinder]

has anyone tried fitting 55w nightbreaker or anything on FZ?