Roadglide Lighting Options
#21
Oley,
I am having the same dliemna that you are. I too want to upgrade my lights but not sure what to do. I have already changed the stock bulbs to PIAA Xtreme White and as others have posted not much of a diffeence. I have narrowed my choices to bacially 2. Either go with Howard's (Motorcycle Metal) HID's. Why, becaise he sells excellent products and I trust him, or install the Osram 70/65w +50 H4 bulbs, recommended by Daniel Stern. Can anyone post an opinion on this. how much better are the Osram's than stock and how much better are the HID's than the Osram's. Thanks in advance. Ted
I am having the same dliemna that you are. I too want to upgrade my lights but not sure what to do. I have already changed the stock bulbs to PIAA Xtreme White and as others have posted not much of a diffeence. I have narrowed my choices to bacially 2. Either go with Howard's (Motorcycle Metal) HID's. Why, becaise he sells excellent products and I trust him, or install the Osram 70/65w +50 H4 bulbs, recommended by Daniel Stern. Can anyone post an opinion on this. how much better are the Osram's than stock and how much better are the HID's than the Osram's. Thanks in advance. Ted
#22
Try getting the Euro reflector for you Road Glide, much better focused beam and some of the Moco's Hi performance xenon bulbs, stay away from those blue tinted ones on e-bay as they are useless! That was the upgrade I made for the same reasons you stated and have been pretty happy. when you pull your fairing to make the change of your bulbs pick up this headlight plate from the 2010 Road Glide and you won't have to take your fairing off to change bulbs any more! It's a PITA!!!
Headlight mounting plate....#67959-10...around $29 @ Chicago Harley
Adjusting screws...67980-10...around $4.70 ea...you'll need 3... also from Chicago Harley
Headlight mounting plate....#67959-10...around $29 @ Chicago Harley
Adjusting screws...67980-10...around $4.70 ea...you'll need 3... also from Chicago Harley
#23
Oley,
I am having the same dliemna that you are. I too want to upgrade my lights but not sure what to do. I have already changed the stock bulbs to PIAA Xtreme White and as others have posted not much of a diffeence. I have narrowed my choices to bacially 2. Either go with Howard's (Motorcycle Metal) HID's. Why, becaise he sells excellent products and I trust him, or install the Osram 70/65w +50 H4 bulbs, recommended by Daniel Stern. Can anyone post an opinion on this. how much better are the Osram's than stock and how much better are the HID's than the Osram's. Thanks in advance. Ted
I am having the same dliemna that you are. I too want to upgrade my lights but not sure what to do. I have already changed the stock bulbs to PIAA Xtreme White and as others have posted not much of a diffeence. I have narrowed my choices to bacially 2. Either go with Howard's (Motorcycle Metal) HID's. Why, becaise he sells excellent products and I trust him, or install the Osram 70/65w +50 H4 bulbs, recommended by Daniel Stern. Can anyone post an opinion on this. how much better are the Osram's than stock and how much better are the HID's than the Osram's. Thanks in advance. Ted
The HIDs use less power to achieve a brighter whiter light. The stock bulbs which came in our bikes on low beam use 55 watts each. The HIDs use only 35 watts each to power each of the ballasts. If I remember right the HIDs also run cooler.
The beauty of Howards system is that it doesnt make any changes to your existing wiring. He recomends that you wire the lights to run from a seperate on/off switch. I used my Accessory switch to power mine after I start the engine
#24
I got excited about not having to pull the fairing off to change bulbs, so I went to my dealer to check on that mounting plate. They found it in their parts catalog but couldn't explain how the plate solved the problem. When they showed me their "blow-up" from the catalog, it still looked like the 3 adjusters slipped through the front part of the fairing like mine (2008). Can you explain what's different from my 2008 that would allow the replacement of the bulbs. I'm probably just too thick headed to figure it out from their pictures - Thanks!
Now I can change the bulbs and set all three adjusters just by taking of the bezel or cover (whichever you choose to put on). You can pretty it up if using the clear cover since the screws will be noticeable.
BTW - I did not come up with this idea, I just looked through a bunch of posts and did what felt best to me. So I cannot take any credit. The whole project took about 30 minutes (I had the outer fairing off a couple times in the past, so it was quicker)
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