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There are not many photos of this as it was so simple, it was apart before I could take the photos!
On the silver "<" shaped holders there are two 5mm allen screws each side. These look like stainless steel, I hope they are anyway.
Undo them and the whole headlight unit comes away, the body has to be helped off some small lugs at the bottom, just pull very gently. The unit then swings down on the wires. All connections are very neat and well covered, so water ingress should not be an issue.
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There is a little room under the hood, but if you go for a HID conversion, make sure you get the one with the smallest possible voltage controller/driver. The bulb is covered by a rubber doughnut which you can see in the picture above. Remove the doughnut and the bulb is kept in place with the standard bit of bent wire under spring tension. Release the wire and the bulb pulls out.
The bulb is marked as "Philips HS1 35w/35w 12v" so it makes it an H1 bulb. You can get Philips (and others) that have 50% or up to 90% more output in whiter light 5000k or 6000k (which just starts to have a blue tinge).
Looking at the connector, it is the same as an H4 bulb so I got one of my car spare bulbs. This is an Osram Night Breaker (? or something) which is a 55w/60w H4 bulb that offers 90% more light output as it is filled with Halon gas. I put it in the bike (for now!) but will order a high output H1 bulb off eBay. I am not sure the plastic headlight will cope with the heat output of a 55w bulb over time.
Remember : I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.
Oh, sorry, wrong quote . . .
Remember : The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long.
No prizes for the name of the film those came from. Go watch it if you don't know them.
Lastly, a picture with the H4 bulb, note the indicators are side-lights when not blinking away.
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Jeff
p.s. Yes the grass needs cutting, no, I am not going to do it.
On the silver "<" shaped holders there are two 5mm allen screws each side. These look like stainless steel, I hope they are anyway.
Undo them and the whole headlight unit comes away, the body has to be helped off some small lugs at the bottom, just pull very gently. The unit then swings down on the wires. All connections are very neat and well covered, so water ingress should not be an issue.
There is a little room under the hood, but if you go for a HID conversion, make sure you get the one with the smallest possible voltage controller/driver. The bulb is covered by a rubber doughnut which you can see in the picture above. Remove the doughnut and the bulb is kept in place with the standard bit of bent wire under spring tension. Release the wire and the bulb pulls out.
The bulb is marked as "Philips HS1 35w/35w 12v" so it makes it an H1 bulb. You can get Philips (and others) that have 50% or up to 90% more output in whiter light 5000k or 6000k (which just starts to have a blue tinge).
Looking at the connector, it is the same as an H4 bulb so I got one of my car spare bulbs. This is an Osram Night Breaker (? or something) which is a 55w/60w H4 bulb that offers 90% more light output as it is filled with Halon gas. I put it in the bike (for now!) but will order a high output H1 bulb off eBay. I am not sure the plastic headlight will cope with the heat output of a 55w bulb over time.
Remember : I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.
Oh, sorry, wrong quote . . .
Remember : The light that burns twice as bright burns for half as long.
No prizes for the name of the film those came from. Go watch it if you don't know them.
Lastly, a picture with the H4 bulb, note the indicators are side-lights when not blinking away.
Jeff
p.s. Yes the grass needs cutting, no, I am not going to do it.
