Let there be Light : Bike Lighting, HID etc

[akhilmuraleedhar]

i own a r15. i need to change one of the bulb(high beam bulb) to HID . which HID will serve my purpose.please help .

[princesirohi]

i own a r15. i need to change one of the bulb(high beam bulb) to HID . which HID will serve my purpose.please help .

do you have a DC system or AC for headlight? and what is the wattage of each light?

[Shanz]

do you have a DC system or AC for headlight? and what is the wattage of each light?

Obviously! R15 runs on full DC.
35w/35w is the bulb wattage.

@Akhil
Go for 4300k HID with Solenoid!
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[akhilmuraleedhar]

Obviously! R15 runs on full DC.
35w/35w is the bulb wattage.

@Akhil
Go for 4300k HID with Solenoid!
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is there any other bulbs that give more light than the stock r15 bulb but not as expensive as a hid?
i need to change only one of the bulbs

[Swas]

is there any other bulbs that give more light than the stock r15 bulb but not as expensive as a hid?
i need to change only one of the bulbs

Osaram night breaker!!

[Nitin_traveller]

Osram night breaker comes for around 800-900Rs. and claims to give around 70% more light than normal 100Rs. halogen..
generally comes in pair.. but can find it in single pack too..

[princesirohi]

Bad news

BAD NEWS: BATTERY STARTED ACTING UP TODAY MORNING.

due to cold conditions my bike didn't start at the first crank and after 3-4 starter cranking, battery was not able to crank the starter.lets see. oh god helpme....

[sajjt]

ya wiring mods will be required, but not RR change as i think we have now bypassed the RR unit. since this is a DC setup....lets see first how much this battery holds. and yes i dont want my battery to hold for only 1 hour, i want more...coz i regularly go on long rides in night...sometimes lasting to whole night and i mean it evening to morning..of course with halts in betwwen
but at the minimum 4 hours is bare minimum requirement.

No RR change is requiered Dude, without a RR how will ur batt get charged, u cant bypass the RR without another RR too. I hr backup is only an example, if its giving u atleast 1hr, charging rate is somewhat ok, and I've seen ur last post too. Now everything is clear, batt charging is not adequate, and how come u got hr ride with HID? Its something wrongly posted backup time. AC lighting system will have a very minimal batt requirement so the charging rate will be low, and hence the self starter refuces to take U need to swap the RR to boost it mate.

Which is your projector thread the one on your signature link. I didn,t meant that. In case you didn't notice. I attached the image see on the right side beside my recflector the one which holds the bulb socket.

Yeah, the one on the signature link.

Once u said, I noticed but cant make out anything just a back side of the projector reflector as its not near. If u've altered the base, I dont know what to do. Try with an H7 bulb and see the diff.

[princesirohi]

@ sajjt: buddy can u tell me wht exactly is to be done and can u explain with the help of a circuit diagram.

[abhijeet080808]

^^ This happens with most of the bikes. They get HID, run it for a week, battery acts up and its back to 35/35W h/l. HID fixed in car or sold to someone else. End of story!

Some one should get a thread stickied on the correct procedure to do this. We have the info here, but its scaterred all over.

Basically, you need to fix the APE RR unit. Sajjt has done this and can help you better.

[sajjt]

@ sajjt: buddy can u tell me wht exactly is to be done and can u explain with the help of a circuit diagram.

Same thing what I said earlier, RR swap with a higher cap, I used an APE RR, and till date its fine. Its better to go for the OEM as the local make may get faulty after sometime, one of our friend had this bitter experiece due to this. OEM will costing around 1.1K but its worth to invest if u want a trouble free time. A faulty RR can make a big hole on ur wallet, so considering the double cost of OEM is worth.

I've done some re routing of wires which is applicable for HID too. If u got a telescopic HID, connect the low beam to the power switch which is not shown here and the HB wire to the solenoid to make it H/L function, this will give ur HID more life span as everytime u switch to H/L beams the power is getting swapped from one beam to another which results premature HID failure, u can save one relay for the HB too as the solenoid wont take much power. I hope its clear, else, come forward.

Here's my wiring diagram for the Halo setup, If u wish to save cost, u can avoid the relay for the HB like what I said earlier.

^^ This happens with most of the bikes. They get HID, run it for a week, battery acts up and its back to 35/35W h/l. HID fixed in car or sold to someone else. End of story!

Some one should get a thread stickied on the correct procedure to do this. We have the info here, but its scaterred all over.

Basically, you need to fix the APE RR unit. Sajjt has done this and can help you better.

Its all depends how u r going to look into this. I had the HID conversion kit and once I rectified the charging issues I thought this will be final, but once I came to know about the pros & cons of this HID, I was disappointed and badly wanted to change to projectors. But there r people with HIDs on stock beams happily screwing others happiness and saftey by their jolly rides

Its a nice idea Abhi, I request u to take the initiative and lets all contribute. What do u say?

[Shreeni0403]

No RR change is requiered Dude, without a RR how will ur batt get charged, u cant bypass the RR without another RR too. I hr backup is only an example, if its giving u atleast 1hr, charging rate is somewhat ok, and I've seen ur last post too. Now everything is clear, batt charging is not adequate, and how come u got hr ride with HID? Its something wrongly posted backup time. AC lighting system will have a very minimal batt requirement so the charging rate will be low, and hence the self starter refuces to take U need to swap the RR to boost it mate.

Query for the bold lines..!! How is my HID running without any issues (touchwood ) on highways ofcourse !!

But there r people with HIDs on stock beams happily screwing others happiness and saftey by their jolly rides

Even I am one among them

Its a nice idea Abhi, I request u to take the initiative and lets all contribute. What do u say?

MY CONTRIBUTION

Regarding APE RR unit, people please do go in for a OEM RR unit of APE else you might face a serious problem somewhere in mid-road without lights !!

Approx Cost Involved.
APE RR OEM - 1100rs
APE RR Delhi Made (Not recommended) - 600rs
Coil Rewinding - 500-600rs

[sajjt]

Query for the bold lines..!! How is my HID running without any issues (touchwood ) on highways ofcourse !!


Even I am one among them


MY CONTRIBUTION

Regarding APE RR unit, people please do go in for a OEM RR unit of APE else you might face a serious problem somewhere in mid-road without lights !!

Approx Cost Involved.
APE RR OEM - 1100rs
APE RR Delhi Made (Not recommended) - 600rs
Coil Rewinding - 500-600rs

Man its a Pulsar not Uni was almost sure about the backup time as I too have the same steed. This query was raised towards to u once u reinstalled the stock RR. Uni's RR is smarter than a Pulsar, why dont u measure it and declare man. Pulsar stock RR will feed a max of 3.5A which was found to be inadequate in my case with a 35W HID, may be due to low rpm rides. But the present setup is giving stable juice for my batt.

I just shared ur experience on the prev post. And what about ur coil rewinding? Done?

I know u r one of those who r least bothered about others happiness Havent u got any greets from anyone yet?

[princesirohi]

APE RR unit means apache RR unit ??

which apache?

i am taking all the printouts of all the ckt. diagrams with me to home and will study it.....guys can i get your cell numbers.

[ceasar]

Some one should get a thread stickied on the correct procedure to do this. We have the info here, but its scaterred all over.

No one can do it other than you gys who have the info,collect the info,start on a separate thread ,request the moderators to get it pinned!
iam tired of searching in this 100 page thread