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brightest brake light bulb ??? halogen or piaa
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 1:16 pm
by quarterhorse1091
What is your experience with the bightest brake light bulb? What would
be the brightest without causing any electrical problems with my KLR
650. I was looking at Piaa extreme white 1157 bulbs or was considering
a hologen bulb.. I tried an LED style 1157 but it lacked overall
brightness from an angle...I think for headlight bulb replacements are
concerned The Piaa extreme whight bulbs draw stock power with a
brighter out put of 100w /110w. I figure I would give those a
try....Any thoughts ? Happy Trails....Dave>>>>
brightest brake light bulb ??? halogen or piaa
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:40 pm
by sbcglobal
I used the LED setup from Dual Star and a couple of strips of red reflective tape on either side of the brake light assembly. Seemed to be much better than stock (to me) with lower power draw. The strobe brake light really gets peoples attention. I've gotten several comments on it.
Chuck
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Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Brightest brake light bulb ??? Halogen or Piaa
What is your experience with the bightest brake light bulb? What would
be the brightest without causing any electrical problems with my KLR
650. I was looking at Piaa extreme white 1157 bulbs or was considering
a hologen bulb.. I tried an LED style 1157 but it lacked overall
brightness from an angle...I think for headlight bulb replacements are
concerned The Piaa extreme whight bulbs draw stock power with a
brighter out put of 100w /110w. I figure I would give those a
try....Any thoughts ? Happy Trails....Dave>>>>
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brightest brake light bulb ??? halogen or piaa
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:02 pm
by April Neave & Norm Keller
A 2357 bulb available from automotive parts stores is brighter than the 1157
and inexpensive.
I ran one for several months before buying the LED bulb from Fred.
At this point I'm not sure which I prefer although my plan is to add another
light to my Givi trunk and likely also convert my turn signals to red lensed
tail light, stop/turn.
FWIW
\
Norm
brightest brake light bulb ??? halogen or piaa
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:25 pm
by Jeff Saline
Dave,
I bought the Dual-Star LED brake light. I'll put it up against any
tail/brake light I've ever seen on a KLR for attention getting and
brightness. Cost is steep at, last time I looked, about $65 or so. But
it's about a 10 minute install with 3 minutes of filing on the lens for
clearance. Don't let the filing fool you. Two very small relief areas
for the bracket. It plugs into the bulb socket and will fry your eyes if
you are looking at it with the lens off and pull the trigger. Ask Martin
about that. I did it to him. : )
Best,
Jeff Saline
ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal
Airheads Beemer Club
www.airheads.org
The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota
75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT
brightest brake light bulb ??? halogen or piaa
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:50 am
by quarterhorse1091
Thanks to all that responded...I think I'll get the LED brake light
from Dualstar. It's worth spending a little more if it can save your
life.....A friend of mine got killed a couple of weeks ago. He was
stopped at a redlight with his custom Bulldog chopper & a delivery
tuck hit him from behind...So it makes me think of safety even more so
than before......Thanks, Dave>>>
my first valve adjustment
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:27 am
by Mike Peplinski
I'll give that a good look for my next valve adj. If all goes well I'll be
in there quite a few more times. Lets see, adjust at 6000 miles, currently
at 8500, expected life-90000 miles, thats about 13 more times in there.
Maybe I can find a few more ways to expetiate the job.
>From: "klr6501995"
>To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: My first valve adjustment
>Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:34:20 -0000
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>I drop the radiator leaving the fan attached using a swivel socket.
>drop the coil. and that valve cover can come out w/o touching the
>head.
>My wiring harness is rerouted outside of the rear motor mount.
>Choke cable is only six inches long. Easy carb removel with wiring
>harness rerout
>
>--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Peplinski"
> wrote:
> > I just finished my first valve adjustment. I used Mark's
>directions.
> > Excellent! I have a question. It seems that no matter how much I
>wiggled and
> > moved, the valve cover would not clear the chain guide. I had to
>tap the
> > cover and hope I didn't scratch the mating surface. The
>other "first time"
> > mistakes; I didn't remove the rag over the chain hole before I
>turned the
> > engine over to check the clearance. The rags got caught in the
>chain and
> > ripped. I had to dig the pieces out. This could have been serious.
>The other
> > screw up was that I forgot to retie the wires. Now I've got to
>remove the
> > tank, seat and side plates. The good news is that it runs great,
>just like
> > before. When I measured the clearances I came out about .001mm
>higher than
> > spec. The "shimcalc" allows for this so I figured it would be OK.
>One
> > exhaust was .026 and an intake at .021mm. IT took about 4-5 hours.
>BTW-the
> > Kawaswaki retail price for shims was $10.95 each. I got a discount
>which was
> > much appreciated but wow, that seems to be pretty pricy.
>
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