Re: HID lighting

[Bob MacFarland <emoto1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Hadden wrote:

> Touratech at:   http://www.touratech-usa.com/ sells a light kit for 
> HID add on lights.  Very cool, but expensive.  There are many other 
> sources.  I just read about a bunch of them on the advrider site:  
> http://www.advrider.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=1.  You would need 
> to do a search on hid lights to find the stuff.
>
> You can see an install on a 122gs at:  http://www.r1200gs.info/
>  
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2005, at 9:02 AM, Kreiger/Sloan wrote:
>
>> I wish to add auxiliary HID lights to my 1100R; does anyone know of a 
>> source for units that are bike appropriate? Hints on possible 
>> locations for the ballasts? In short any assistance on this project 
>> would be most appreciated. 
>

HIDs are great and all, but way too expensive for this cheap Scottish 
bastard!

I ran PIAA 1100Xs on my RS and liked them, but even they were pricey, so 
I looked around and found some Hella driving lights (Hella quality is 
quite good, BTW) for very little money, and they perform beautifully.  I 
had a large set on my truck and have now installed a smaller set on my 
R1200GS: the Hella F50s. Cabela's is blowing them out for a small 
fraction of what other places sell them for. These are darn good lights 
and worth the investment, even if you are skeptical.

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Bob

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