Help: Need to Upgrade RG Headlamp Bulbs
#11
07-26-2007, 09:58 AM
RE: Help: Need to Upgrade RG Headlamp Bulbs
Zanotti has it listed at $134 and change...plus shipping...plus whichever lamps you go with. Stern got the lamps to me in days, the Harley part had to be ordered, took about 2 weeks to get it.
https://www.zanottimotor.com/shopping/pLookUp.php
It's awesome...had my Brother on his RG next to me (stock I believe) and you could barely see his hot spot in the wall mine throws.
https://www.zanottimotor.com/shopping/pLookUp.php
It's awesome...had my Brother on his RG next to me (stock I believe) and you could barely see his hot spot in the wall mine throws.
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RE: Help: Need to Upgrade RG Headlamp Bulbs
Blackisfast,
Thanks very much for the info. I will have to consider this option and contact Stern for more info.
Kahuna
Thanks very much for the info. I will have to consider this option and contact Stern for more info.
Kahuna
ORIGINAL: Blackisfast
Here is the bulk of it...
From: https://www.hdforums.com/m_1950529/tm.htm
If riding a Road Glide, you can replace the headlight assembly with the European version...it's entirely different and when coupled with high quality Osram lamps, throws a wall of light you have to see to believe.
It's better than my Avalanche...and those lights are an upgrade themselves!
I got all my info from Daniel Stern...he has a website (link in his text should work) and does great email and is a wizard at knowing what is needed for real world solutions. He can tell you what you need but only sells the bulbs. I ordered the reflector from Zanotti's. I have *NO* connection with him except as a happy paid in full customer (I do not get anything free from him except for advice).
Email from him that I saved to share (hope he doesn't mind):
[blockquote]The Harley part number for the European-spec headlamp optic for use on the RH side of the road (as we drive in North America) is 68995-01, and its beam patterns, both low and high, are much better focused: longer, wider and more effective. This headlamp uses the same configuration (twin reflectors with twin H4 bulbs) but the actual reflector optic surfaces are different.
Once you've swapped in the better optic, put in better bulbs. If you're after maximum nighttime seeing only (my choice), use a pair of Osram ultra high efficacy 70/65W Osram Plus 50: $22/ea at Daniel Stern Lighting
If you need a large improvement in nighttime seeing *and* you need other road users to see you earlier (so they don't do dumb things like pulling out in front of you), put in one Osram 70/65w and one Narva Rangepower+50 ($17/ea) with a CPI reusable selective yellow snap-on balloon ($9).
If you are on a tight budget, you can do the bulb swaps as described above in your existing lamp optic. This will not alter the poorly-focused beam pattern (light distribution) of your headlamps, but there will be more light within the beam.
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Here is the bulk of it...
From: https://www.hdforums.com/m_1950529/tm.htm
If riding a Road Glide, you can replace the headlight assembly with the European version...it's entirely different and when coupled with high quality Osram lamps, throws a wall of light you have to see to believe.
It's better than my Avalanche...and those lights are an upgrade themselves!
I got all my info from Daniel Stern...he has a website (link in his text should work) and does great email and is a wizard at knowing what is needed for real world solutions. He can tell you what you need but only sells the bulbs. I ordered the reflector from Zanotti's. I have *NO* connection with him except as a happy paid in full customer (I do not get anything free from him except for advice).
Email from him that I saved to share (hope he doesn't mind):
[blockquote]The Harley part number for the European-spec headlamp optic for use on the RH side of the road (as we drive in North America) is 68995-01, and its beam patterns, both low and high, are much better focused: longer, wider and more effective. This headlamp uses the same configuration (twin reflectors with twin H4 bulbs) but the actual reflector optic surfaces are different.
Once you've swapped in the better optic, put in better bulbs. If you're after maximum nighttime seeing only (my choice), use a pair of Osram ultra high efficacy 70/65W Osram Plus 50: $22/ea at Daniel Stern Lighting
If you need a large improvement in nighttime seeing *and* you need other road users to see you earlier (so they don't do dumb things like pulling out in front of you), put in one Osram 70/65w and one Narva Rangepower+50 ($17/ea) with a CPI reusable selective yellow snap-on balloon ($9).
If you are on a tight budget, you can do the bulb swaps as described above in your existing lamp optic. This will not alter the poorly-focused beam pattern (light distribution) of your headlamps, but there will be more light within the beam.
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07-26-2007, 02:23 PM
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08-06-2007, 03:05 PM
RE: Help: Need to Upgrade RG Headlamp Bulbs
For anyone that's done the european optic conversion, could you please tell me what exactly part number 68995-01 includes? I'm working on a conversion from batwing to sharknose and there's no point in putting in the original stuff if this setup works better.
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08-06-2007, 05:25 PM
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