Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:36:30 -0000
- Message No. 5185
From: clonghur@es.com
Subject: RE: Blue Lights
I've got them in my RD03 and they look smart. From your (the rider's) point
of view you get a much brighter beam on the road - almost white, but with a
very very faint blue tinge to it.
From other motorists point of view, they see almost white headlights with a
fine blue halo around them.
It's kinda weird riding with them for the first time, because they
illuminate everything to be almost the colour it is in daylight. It took me
a while to get used to riding up behind a car and seeing it in it's proper
colours instead of the colour you get from normal bulbs. I reckon you can
also see a bit further with them too - they seem to penetrate very dark
roads at night very well.
They don't use any more power than normal bulbs so the standard wiring loom
should be fine. Note that they're also standard 'H4' car headlight bulbs.
Don't buy them from Motorcycle City - they're overcharging (there's a
surprise!). Get a copy of Max Power magazine and buy them from one of the
mail order companies in there.
Mine are RiNG "Electrablue" bulbs. I've supplemented them with blue-coloured
sidelight bulbs (the small bayonet-fitting ones).
Chris Longhurst
Flight Simulator Graphics Modeller.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2195/
Work:clonghur@es.com
Home:chrisl@audicoupe.demon.co.uk
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"Aaalrighty then" - Ace Ventura.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pure@dircon.co.uk [mailto:pure@dircon.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 4:26 PM
> To: XRV Mailinglist
> Subject: (XRV) Blue Lights
>
>
> Dear all,
> This is just a quick question, probably aimed at UK and Eire
> ( :-) ) @'s.
> But, maybe some of you other @ riders could help.
> Has anyone any info on using the headlamp bulbs that have the 'blue'
> colouring about them., often seen on BMW cars etc. I noticed
> they are on
> sale for bikes from Motorcycle City (cowboys!) over here, and
> I wondered if
> they where any use, or do they just look good? Do they even
> fit the @? Has
> anyone got any experiences?
>
> Thanks in advance. Take care.
>
> David Jones
>
> Pure.
> 0171 385 4030
> pure@dircon.co.uk
>
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