HID Headlights installed

Did this upgrade on my RG,

True HID H4 Phillips bulbs, ballasts etc

Simple to install uses exisiting harness, you plug in the HID jumper harness, then run one wire to a ground the other to switched power for the ballest, I used a simple jumper clip so no splice and dice.

First is in garage no flash
Second, with flash
Third over the windshield - blurry but without flash it has to open the exposure a bit more ...

looks good.....nice and bright!!!!

HID bulbs use Xenon gas and the light is created by sending large power to the bulb and causing the gas to react, there is no filiment to break.

From Steve at HID Kits | XenonDepot HID conversion Kits | Xtreme Xenon Light Kit| Projector Halo Headlamp | LED Tail Lights | Xenon Bulbs and ballasts, there is a motorcycle section, HD's use H4 bulbs, and you should get 4300K, 4300K is closest to pure white so you get the best light.

Depends on what you select, the 4300K Bi Xenon is high/low combined so you have both beams $239, but use the code CL and you get $25 off that price

If you get the low beam only kit, which is what I did, $180 less the $25,

I have to say it.... Night and day.. he he he he, yes on low beam I have more light than my halogen HD 09 super bulbs had on high...

The ballast is approx 2x2x2 square, its under my faring. The motorcycle kits come with a 6 foot long wire from the ballast connector to the front, so you can hide it under a side panel or in the frame in front of the battery on an fl, wire to switched power there and run it up under the tank, nothing would be under the nacelle but the new wire.

Other than hooking the ballast power wire it's all plug and play, I simply used a jumper clip to hook the ballast to the power (Orange and white) wire on the harness, no cutting, it's simple a cave man could do it.

Less, the ballast does all the work, it draws less power than a 50w bulb, they run cooler, no filament and last longer.

No problem, glad to help.

FWIW, I am upgrading to the Bi/Xenon simply because I want a High beam to flash if needed. The low beam kit is plenty of light but I have two 5 inch bulbs.

I know $200 bucks for lights, well, I figure at night, what I can't see can do me damage, and I'd rather see as far as I can and during the day, well it's sure easy to see these lights.

Todd
If you get the low only you have no high beam so you flick it on high and it goes dark as there isnt any high element on the low only kit.

I did the low only, it's very bright, however I decided I wanted a high bulb as well and have ordered the upgrade to hi/lo bi/xenon anyway.

BTW the difference in Hi and low on HID is less than the difference in a halogen, that is because the low HID is so much more effective than a low beam halogen,

You see more difference between high and low beam in a halogen because the low is not as good as HID low...

Now if you have the HD Dual bulb housing as you see below you run the H11 single low kit, and put in a Xenon Gas h8 for High which you can get at Xenon Depot as well.

Make sure you're getting phillips bulbs and quality stuff,
there is a lot of tiawanesesese crap out there

I put the low-hi lamp on, all it really does is give you light on high, very little improvement over low.

Now having said that, the difference as explained by Xenon depot would be very small because the low beams do all the work and are brighter than stock halogen low beams so the difference isn't that great.

Unless you have to have a high beam, the low beam 4300K phillips kit puts out more than enough light.

I installed a kit in both my bike and truck from this place:
efxworldwidesales.
Not a cheapo-asian knock off and easy to install. I went with a 6000K bulb on the harley and 8000K on my truck since Dodge Rams have such poor optics in the headlights. Higher the Kelvin (K) the whiter the light, though above 8000K starts looking real blue.

Yeah I got on the softail Sat night and rode around, didn't realize how bad it was until I rode it, and I have three silverstars on it.....

you get both

Now to hook it up you'll have to play around with the connections because the HID setup will take over the three prong HD setting so you have to connect a wire to the ground and high beam fee wires to the hd connector and jump over to the old (new) second high bulb in the hd housing.

the other way is to get a car H11 system, the HD bulb from zanottis can take both H11's so you will have two active and that's a bunch more than high low, you will really light it up.

Its similar, however if it were me, I'd buy the high low beam h4 bulb single unit for $250 and skip the HD kit if you want both high and low.

I can tell you from having the high,low it's not that big a difference between high and low, you get a little more light down the center of the road, but you get 90+% from the low beam that is still on..

If you are going dual bulb HD then yes you might get the HD kit, or opt for Kuryakyns HID kit, from what I hear the Kuryakyn is superior to the HD kit. and it is similar to the H4 Kit on the site I sent you but you get a special kuryakyn reflector and it takes up a butt load of room because of the design.

The Xenon Depot bike kits have 6 foot wires from the ballast to the bulb, so you don't have to cram everything in the light housing. JMO better stuff.

Again I'd stick with your current reflector and get the Bi/Xenon kit in H4 at 4300K and put the money in your pocket.