Been a long time since I brought this up. I actually went a different route and removed the old bulb filament from the larger glass bulb. A rotary tool (Dremel) worked). I then epoxied in a new automobile style bulb. This worked great EXCEPT I installed the bulb upside down. An easy fix but this worked great.
Dave On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 2:42 PM, H'aitch Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > I did this a few months ago. > > I had read somewhere else that you could bend the tabs instead of cutting > them. It barely worked. It was so tight that I cracked the back of the > bulb. The bulb box said that the light would still work with a crack but > at reduced performance. I suspect that the crack only is in the outer > layer because the bulb is quite bright. I covered the crack with some > silicone and will see how long it lasts. > > Next bulb replacement, I'll be cutting off the tabs. They are for the old > bulb which doesn't seem to be available anywhere. I don't think I'll ever > need them again. > > It does make me wonder what all the old Nighthawks around the world are > doing when their bulbs go... > > H'aitch. > > > On Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 11:11:59 AM UTC-7, Dave D wrote: >> >> Has anyone done this? I found this on Paul's Nighthawk Page. My low >> beam went out last night (convenient) and I need a replacement. This >> sounds like it would work, but would like to hear from someone with first >> hand experience. Would anyone happen to know who 'Robert' is? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> [image: bike-neon2.jpg]Replacing the headlight on the Nighthawk 250 >> >> Did this Conversion and It WORKS GREAT!!! The improvement over the >> incandesant bulb is like night and day. I used a Wal-mart sealed >> beam number H6024. Had to cut off the old mounting tabs like >> described, but the headlight is STUFFED into the outer ring , so it's >> not going anywhere. Had to shove it in, carefully, to the housing >> because it is thicker, but I got it in there. >> >> AS for adjustment, you still have the up and down, but no side to >> side. The Halogen produces an extra wide beam, so that is not any >> problem either. >> >> For $9, this is probably the best mod I have done so far. >> *Tip by Robert, taken from the Nighthawk 250 Email group on Yahoogroups* >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
