In your message dated: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 03:26:57 EDT,
The pithy ruminations from John Laurenson on
<GTS Dual headlight evaluation> were:
=> I got my first chance to evaluate my dual headlight set up. The HID in the
=> low beam and the 100 watt H3 bulb in the highbeam.
I think that would be the way that I'd set it up too.
=>
[SNIP!]
=>
=> 3. The H3 high beam aims lower than the low beam. Which means it needs to
=> be used as the low beam and not the high.
Interesting...
=>
=> 4. The beam directions of the two lights are locked together so they move
=> at the same time when you adjust the direction up/down and left/right. This
=> means I will need to aim the HID as a high beam and use the high beam as a
=> low beam. It works, but I have yet to test it in traffic on the highway to
=> see if it can be adjusted so as not to bother on coming traffic.
Hmmm...I don't like the idea of the HID as the high-beam. Remember, it takes at
least 5 seconds to really come on at full intensity. I'd hate to be riding at
night, switch from the low beam to the high beam and be in the dark for a few
seconds.
You know there are conversion kits from H3->HID. That way you could put
something like a 100 to 130W H4 bulb (conventional halogen) in the H4 side, and
an unshielded HID in the H3 (low beam) side that's on all the time.
It's only money! :)
=>
=> 5. I will play around with the adjustments more and do additional road
=> testing before I make any final good or bad comments. The combination puts
=> out a lot of light but I am not sure if it can be controlled enough to be as
=> functional as I had hoped for.
Please let us know how it works out. I've been thinking of doing the same
conversion myself.
Mark
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=> hawke
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