Hey y'all, Im looking into upgrading my headlight and wondered what I should be looking for? I would like to go to LED as I want to reduce the draw on the bike and have a clearer and brighter light at night. What lumens should I be looking for? Should I go with new LED bulbs or a new headlight all together? And all help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Headlight for 1983 GL1100a aspencade
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Billthebulldog
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1983 Honda Goldwing Aspencade GL1100A (Current)
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Re: Headlight for 1983 GL1100a aspencade
For the 1100, the reflector inside the original headlight will definitely not be as shiny as it was new - so I would definitely look at a complete custom replacement LED headlight. You'll get more light, and use less power. Win/win! You can get them relatively cheap: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=7%22+led+hea ... ingdocs-20Billthebulldog wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:51 pm Hey y'all, Im looking into upgrading my headlight and wondered what I should be looking for? I would like to go to LED as I want to reduce the draw on the bike and have a clearer and brighter light at night. What lumens should I be looking for? Should I go with new LED bulbs or a new headlight all together? And all help is appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
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CT1100
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Re: Headlight for 1983 GL1100a aspencade
I recently made some upgrades to my 1983 lighting.
Originally I installed a complete assembly from Ebay. It fit perfectly with no modifications.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/7-DOT-H4-CRYST ... 2749.l2649
My 35 year old 35 watt halogen driving lights were not cutting it so I replaced them with something like these from Ebay. Sorry I can't seem to find the original order
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2PCS-4INCH-18W ... SwhQhY0JMX
Once I upgraded my driving lights to LED I wanted to headlight color to match. So I put the original assembly back in and used this bulb from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SH ... UTF8&psc=1
Before the upgrade I would do my best to avoid driving at night since it was way too dangerous. I'm now amazed at the light output. The one thing I want to say is these cheap LED's do effect the FM signal although I don't care since I listen to music through my phone.
Chris
Originally I installed a complete assembly from Ebay. It fit perfectly with no modifications.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/7-DOT-H4-CRYST ... 2749.l2649
My 35 year old 35 watt halogen driving lights were not cutting it so I replaced them with something like these from Ebay. Sorry I can't seem to find the original order
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2PCS-4INCH-18W ... SwhQhY0JMX
Once I upgraded my driving lights to LED I wanted to headlight color to match. So I put the original assembly back in and used this bulb from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SH ... UTF8&psc=1
Before the upgrade I would do my best to avoid driving at night since it was way too dangerous. I'm now amazed at the light output. The one thing I want to say is these cheap LED's do effect the FM signal although I don't care since I listen to music through my phone.
Chris