Pictures

I took a couple of pictures of my bike and added it to my gallery if anyone wants to see.

I also took a couple of pics of the LED light set I added and a side by side comparison of a stock 1157 next to a 3 watt LED. I'll add more pictures tonight after it gets dark of the lights.

Oh yeah and maybe the after dark pics will show the change to LED I did on the license plate light.

 

seedyrom,
where did you get your LED bulb?

 

Ebay. The same guy still has some of the 3 watt 1157s. Item number 200046148479. He sells all sorts of LED lights. He's in China and shipping took exactly 1 week.

 

Where would I find the list of lamps needed for my bike and the equivallent LED replacements?
I have the XJ CD ordered but don't know if this info is included.
Thanks

 

The easiest way would be to pull the bulbs out and see what they are. I know on my bike, somewhere down the road someone replaced one of the 1156 turn signal bulb/socket with a 1157. So in that case, the manual would be wrong.

Here's how to tell what you have. A 1156 bulb has one filament and only one contact point on the bottom. Also the 2 little nubs on the sides (think like the bolts on frankensteins neck) are at the same level toward the bottom of the bulb. These are on/off only and come in white, red, amber, etc.

A 1157 is the same size but has 2 filaments and 2 contact points on the bottom of the bulb. The nubs on the sides are not at the same level, one is higher. These bulbs are off/low/high and used as brake lights and running lights.

THe bulb on the left is an 1157 and on the right is 1156.

 

very nice bike seedyrom! Holy shit is that thing clean! Was it that way when you purchased it? Looks damn near perfect from my angle. Way to go man!

 

Thanks! It's a bit rough up close. It was a helluva lot worse when I bought it. By the way Rob, from the pictures, I'm sure that 700 of yours is much, much nicer.