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Thanks for that Steve, I have looked there and they tell me there are L/hand & R/hand bios models
You have pictures you can share?
Please share your "story".
The key point here is that both of those lights were designed from the start to work as a complete unit. My issues have been with LED replacement 'bulbs' that replace an H4 halogen bulb. LED elements are not (yet) small enough to precisely replicate the size and position of the tungsten filaments they are emulating. That difference shows up as a failure to put a proper bson the road.
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I tried to answer that, but evidently some of the thoughts did not make it to my fingertips.
The point I was trying to make was that either one (projector or lens) would be good, because they were designed as a complete unit, not an adaptation, like an H4-style 'bulb' inserted into the back of a lens/reflector assembly.
I tried to answer that, but evidently some of the thoughts did not make it to my fingertips.
The point I was trying to make was that either one (projector or lens) would be good, because they were designed as a complete unit, not an adaptation, like an H4-style 'bulb' inserted into the back of a lens/reflector assembly.
When you design from scratch, you can put your light source anywhere you want, then design the reflector or projector lens to put the light where you want it. If you have an existing lens/reflector (like our stock headlights), it is critical that the light source is located at the focal point for the reflector.
I have not even seen one of the lens-type bulbs you were discussing, let alone ridden behind one at night, but I do have experience with two versions of the TruckLite, besides a couple of the H4 style 'bulbs'. TruckLite wins, hands down. There might be something a bit better, but it would have to be a LOT better than the TruckLite to make a visible difference.
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Not sure where I have seen two of them when I haven't actually seen even one. :-k
At the very least, I can guarantee that the light in your 1100 is a halogen bulb. More technically, it is a tungsten filament, inside a quartz-glass capsule that is filled with a halogen gas. Depending on the technical level of the audience, you might hear it referred to as "halogen", "quartz-halogen", "H4" or simply "tungsten". The "H4" designation is merely a style, not a construction feature, this H4 style happens to be a high/low beam headlight bulb with the three terminals on the back side. Your Harley might have a higher-wattage halogen bulb or it might have an LED light, but if it came from the factory, it is not going to be an LED bulb that plugs into the back of a lens/reflector that was designed for an H4 bulb.
Nope, TruckLite user here. :encouragement:
Nope, TruckLite user here. :encouragement:
I read through that article. :-k
Who are the jokers that wrote that? I can guarantee that whoever did the "research" for the article did not know what they were doing. First off, the lights were an "apples and oranges" comparison. Two 7" LED lights compared to a 5.75" 6-VOLT sealed beam??? Then using terms like "400% more light" or "wider beam", but never describing, or better yet, SHOWING the beam pattern.
As for looks, the TruckLite looks different enough, but it's easy enough to get used to it.
That Eagle unit just looks a little bit too high-tech to be on a 40-year-old classic GS.
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