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but their inability to be dipped and re-lit in a timely manner makes them useless as high beams.
Was on Cyclegear site and came across these http://www.cyclegear.com/SPEEDMETAL-LED-Conversion-Kit#pr-header-back-to-top-linkSpeedmetal led kitGoing down the review looks like someone installed them on a stelvio.
Yes it does have a round thingy after the "three sided - bulb" maybe it is a fan but I really don't know what it is. The kit came with adapter rings for other types of High-Low bulbs but Todd had already put the H4 ring on mine.
I have a pickup truck that has the factory headlight bulbs. I have drivers flash their head lights at me nearly every night I drive. I have had truck drivers complain to me over my C.B radio about my bright lights (yes I have a C.B. radio), yet they are compliant.
So, the million dollar question is, what is DOT compliant?
too-bright headlights may help you see down the road better, but you risk blinding/dazzling oncoming drivers who might not be able to keep it between the lines.I'd rather have a few less candlepower than have a dazzled driver veer into my path some night.
So, the million dollar question is, what is DOT compliant? Is it a minimum standard, a maximum standard? Is it a law? The term glare is relative. I have a pickup truck that has the factory headlight bulbs. I have drivers flash their head lights at me nearly every night I drive. I have had truck drivers complain to me over my C.B radio about my bright lights (yes I have a C.B. radio), yet they are compliant. A motorcycle headlight in most situations can be adjusted up and down with a reach over the handle bars. Cars have two h4 bulbs and motorcycles have one. I would think that having one bulb that is brighter is no different than having two lights. Anyway, if we are going to do inventory of non compliant feature on a motorcycle, I am sure the headlight is the least important. I do not have a horn, non DOT exhaust, open air filters, non DOT fuel management, no resistor plugs and wires, small mirrors, no exhaust gas or fuel tank recovery. A bright headlight is the least of my worries. I had no effect on the truck and trailer parked on the other side of the blind hill yesterday that I almost hit.
Has any body tried the LED that Harpers sells? My V11 EV could use a better headlight.http://www.harpermoto.com/l.e.d-headlight-retrofit-kit-481102.html
So my reality is the same as yours. To many rules, to many laws, we, me and you are criminals. I got penalized today by the IRS for putting to much money in my medical saving account and then spending on my medical bills. I'm sure that your motor vehicles are 100% compliant. Yes I am an American, greedy and very self centered like all the rest of the American's I know. Now that I took the time to read 108 pages of NHTSB/DOT rules on head lights, I found there are minimum standards for lighting. And they pertained to minimum wattage, maximum number of lights and location of lights. Maximum brightness was not listed.
That looks like the Cyclops. The low-beam cutoff is pretty non-existant. Low beam is just slightly dimmer than high, but, no cutoff.I have one in my V7R, but, am replacing it with an ADVMonster, Rev2, (Rev 1 doesn't fit). The ADVMonster has way better cutoff, though, still not perfect. It is acceptable enough to not blind oncoming drivers.
