comfortablynumb Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Posted this in the newbie section, was advised to move it here, so here goes. Hiya there guys, I picked up a little 08 YBR 125 in early summer, good nick and runs very well, had an issue with the fuel pump in the summer but other than that its been solid, have been loving it commuting to work every day even with winter drawing in. Issue is i commute early mornings, leaving the house at 6am its already pitch black, mostly unlit 60mph b roads, which called attention to the very poor headlight. I'm having to slow down considerably, other cars don't notice me all the time,my stomach is in my throat untill i get back into the land of streetlamps. Its the ba20d fitting, i upgraded the lamp to a ring halogen, which is a little brighter, but emphasized the weird beam pattern, do you think this is normal for high beam, the low beam looks normal and circular, but the high beam is mushroom shaped and the dark spots arent helping, is my reflector messed up? I have heated grips fitted so im hesitant to install extra cree spot lights, not sure if the bike would handle the extra watts and i reallllly like my heated grips. I looked into HIDs but was eventually turned off as the beam pattern wont be right without the right projector lamp, apparently. Would swapping in a h4 lamp unit improve things? Other than that i'm pretty stumped, i dont want to spend a fortune on my little bike. Little side question (Sorry!) is there a trick to getting the front sprocket cover off? Screws arent budging, guess its jammed on with chain lube probs. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewElvisFan Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Somewhere on this forum someone has written about using led spots. Try using the search on here. Keep thinking about them for my SR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator DirtyDT Posted October 15, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 15, 2014 Swap in a h4 type headlight . Loads on fleabay and put in something like a nightbreaker bulb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfortablynumb Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 Hiya thanks, Im going to give it a go with a h4 reflector, I figure it might have something to do with the stock reflector being made for incandescent bulbs and my halpgen having the opaque cap on it. Picked up one of these http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/321243427959 Hopefully it'll drop into my current housing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vayduh Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I would be interested if this fits - might do the same to mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comfortablynumb Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Bugger it didn't fit in the trim ring! My lamp seems to be 6.25/6.5, not 7 inch. Its a weird size I can't find a reflector for it in the uk.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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