Nead to upgrade head light or add extra on crash bars

[zblip2]

Hi I want MORE LIGHT!

What's the cheapest and/or best way?

Thanks for your input!

 

[doctorgonzo]

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=133247&highlight=halogen+headlight

The search feature, it's your friend.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi Mr.zblip2,

Here are a couple of links with guides to help you turn your single-filiment turn signals into dual-filiment running light/blinker combiniations.

Greg Bender - Turn signals as running lights

1157 turn signal mod - BigCee Engineering

Check out this aftermarket turn signal conversion kit from electricalconnection.com:

http://www.electricalconnection.com/other-lighting/tsk-star&sport.htm

Check your favorite aftermarket motorcycle catalog for LED lighted license plate frames (single operation - can be used for running lights or brake lights) or running lights that can clamp on to your handlebars. They also have all kinds of little LED bars and lights that you can use to accent your motorcycle and make it more visible at night.

Use a genuine Sylvania SilverStar H4 bulb in your headlight for pure, BRIGHT white light.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Billy Ricks]

Find an 8" headlight from a 700E, 1100E, or an 1150 E. Quite possibly the best headlight ever used on a bike.

 

[Guest]

I want to replace the bulbs in my gauges with Led bulbs but I don`t know what Led bulb number to use in the speedo and tach. I have a 1979 GS 1000E

 

[Big T]

Hi I want MORE LIGHT!

What's the cheapest and/or best way?

Thanks for your input!

Halogen light, Sylvania Silverstar bulb and a relay to the battery

 

[focus frenzy]

metal halid arc lamp is your friend! (AKA: HID)

here is one
http://www.hidstores.com/store/motorcycle-hid-h4-3-xenon-conversion-kits-with-warranty-p51.html

I have one on my SV and it burns a nice bright hole in the night on high beam!

PS: as Big T said, sylvania (osram) silverstar and the power relay mod make a huge differance over stock.

 

[BassCliff]

I want to replace the bulbs in my gauges with Led bulbs but I don`t know what Led bulb number to use in the speedo and tach. I have a 1979 GS 1000E

Hi,

I've collected this on my website:

Convert Gauge Lights To LEDs
(by Mr. Matchless)

In this guide, Mr. Matchless shows us how to remove the incandescent bulbs from the guage cluster and replace them with LEDs.

Guage Illumination Lamps To LEDs<<<Click to download the PDF guide.

If your guage cluster has a single turn signal indicator bulb, here is some helpful information from Mr. Steve:

If you have a single [turn signal indicator] bulb in the instrument panel, it is fed by two hot wires from the turn signals. The indicator bulb acts as a current limiter and uses the turn signals on the other side as a ground wire. When the left turn signals are on, the indicator will also light, but won't pass enough current to light the right-side signals, so it uses them as a ground. Same thing for the other side.

If you want to use a single LED for your indicator, there is no problem, as long as you use a couple other LEDs to feed it.
Here is a diagram I did for somebody doing the same thing some time ago. It only shows the lights, not the wires that come from the controls, etc., but it shows the original setup with a standard bulb, then how to wire in two LEDs that will allow the use of a single LED in the instrument panel.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff