Ahemmmm - Darren, I know you live on an acerage, but................
When was the last time you rode to it? :^) Just joking! Grant Gall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spee-dee-D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: October 31, 2001 10:34 PM Subject: Re: Virgin......Now Lights > I know I know.......they're not HID's, but neither was the price. And PIAA > makes some pretty good lights so I thought I would give them a try. I had > switched from the OEM bulb to a 130/90w bulb the year before and was > concerned about the heat it generated as well as the draw it put on the > electrical system, so I thought I'd give these PIAA Super Plasma bulbs a > try. > > I have to disagree with that article about these lights performance though. > I think they are as good as the 130/90w bulb I had and yet with the same > draw as the factory 60/55w bulb too. I live on an acreage out of the city > so I actually get a chance to see the difference, and it's not the color > that's allowing me to see further. > > I'm sure true HID's are the choice of champions. However I use my PIAA > 1100X driving lights (55w) to light up the rest of my riding world at night. > > GWN > Daren > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Hon. Rev. Baroon > Sent: October 31, 2001 8:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Virgin GTS1000 Owner....HI! - - Now Color Wars! > > > Right, I think it was overboost.com that did a test on these 'blue' bulbs, > they were so bad that one example even put out 50% of the light of a normal > H4 bulb. > > They used a lightmeter and tried it in a car at different distances. Very > interesting reading. > > It was mainly aimed at the 'riceboys' with their lowered Acuras with > coffee-can exhaust, they love the blue lights, so the test was done to see > if they really put out "85watts through a 55watt bulb" as they claim. > > Nope.
