Yes, but the high beam feed when in dipped is a reduced wattage so the glow looks the same. Like in hitches photos earlier in this post
Well done! It's dead easy to fit. Get down Halfords and get some heat shrink to cover those bullet connectors
thank you for all the reply's. have you got a picture of the back of the lights hitch. does it look a mess with all them wires
I haven't, no. It's tight down there and dark (err, what?) ...phone doesn't focus so pics are useless. Trick is, if I remember correctly to test fit without cutting any cable lengths; once you're happy with the layout the fun begins. I used a small piece of 'Gorilla tape' (veeeeery sticky) to jold the cables in place whilst I frigged about putting the bullet connectors on then heatshrink over using a hairdryer (do NOT be tempted to use a heat gun in this location you'll melt EVRYTHING..lol)
I use xenon, not led. Since I retrofited my headlights to use projectors, the reflector inside the headlight is now irrelevant (and are also painted black now), and both my bulbs project exactly the same "light". Using led or halogen bulbs that rely on the reflector to project the light, well, the light from the High Beam side will never be the same as the light from the low beam side, and you always take the risk of blinding oncoming traffic. What some people do to minimize this and to prevent blinding the oncoming traffic is to simply adjust the high beam to point more into the ground.
Another thing one can do to have the exact same light on each side is to get a donor headlight, in your case (UK) from another country that drives on the right hand side, open the headlight, and replace your High Beam reflector with another Low Beam reflector. The con of this is that you would effectively wouldn't have High Beam anymore.
Do you have to get your bike tested every year for roadworthiness? ...we have the MoT (Ministry of Transport) test here in the UK that picks up on exactly stuff like this, in that the headlight must not blind oncoming traffic and must be of a specific pattern and height.
Yes and no. Meaning for cars yes, for motorcycles no, except in the Açores region, which also tests bikes. In Portugal mainland and Madeira, cars only. We will have those tests in the future, but no sooner than 2022 (EU regulations). However knowing Portugal like I do, the tests, when they come, will simply check if the components are stock or not and if they are working properly. Meaning, it won't matter if my lights illuminate the road properly and not blind oncoming traffic. It has to be stock. So... My setup is completely prohibited in Portugal, if I get stopped by the police and they notice these changes, and if they want to apply the law, I would have to pay 250 to 1250€ fine and will have my bike registry apprehended. Then I will have to put the bike to stock spec, and do a special inspection with the IMTT (Institute for Mobility and Transport) so they can test and approve my bike is road approved. On a side note, I didn't rode many bikes except my own, specially not at night, but the stock illumination on these bikes are criminal. I don't get how they get the certification to be used on the roads with such poor lighting.
I did notice the standard low beam that you showed did seem much duller or lower wattage than our UK ones. Do you get the Euro market bikes, or something more regionalised?
I'm willing to bet that's just "deception" from the footage, and the intensity and wattage are the same here and there...
