john mccammon Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I have recently bought a new fuel-injected model and am quite pleased with its overall performance. Well, that was until we messed about with the clocks and I am now driving back in the dark. I can only describe the headlight performance as useless. It sports a 35/35 bulb and I am looking for advice on how to improve it. Can I simply put in a bigger wattage bulb? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckles Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I have recently bought a new fuel-injected model and am quite pleased with its overall performance. Well, that was until we messed about with the clocks and I am now driving back in the dark. I can only describe the headlight performance as useless. It sports a 35/35 bulb and I am looking for advice on how to improve it. Can I simply put in a bigger wattage bulb? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Have a look in the Yahoo Yamaha FJ site. They have a mod to improve the FJ lights as well. It means installing two relays and an inline fuse. I am not sure if the standard wiring will handle the current with a 55/60 headlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I have recently bought a new fuel-injected model and am quite pleased with its overall performance. Well, that was until we messed about with the clocks and I am now driving back in the dark. I can only describe the headlight performance as useless. It sports a 35/35 bulb and I am looking for advice on how to improve it. Can I simply put in a bigger wattage bulb? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Simple answer no. Drawing more power will increase the amperage on the cables and the switch. This could cause a burnout. You would need to fit heavier cables and a heavier duty switch. Try to find a different type of bulb with the same rating as is now fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Irrelevant Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Hey John, Your post made me smile... For what it's worth I don't think this issueis confined to the '07 injected YBRs. I have a 56 plate YBR & live in a little village mostly unlit B-Roads. Not long after getting my CBT I had the bright idea of taking a bit of a pootle at night "to get in some experience of riding in the dark on the nice quiet roads". Frankly, I might as well have had my eyes shut. Proper scary-bad headlight performance. I got to the end of the road (about quarter of a mile) & turned straight round and came back. My heart never left my mouth. After putting the bike in the garage I went for a long lie down in a darkened room and waited for my heartbeat to return to normal before vowing "never again". http://www.powerbulbs.co.uk are a good site for car headlight bulbs, not sure if they do bike ones too. If they do, buy with confidence, I've used them before & had great service. Incidentally, by exchanging car headlight bulbs for offerings from a different manufacturer (same wattage) I've seen a noticeable improvement in brightness. No reason to think it won't be the same with bike bulbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john mccammon Posted November 14, 2007 Author Share Posted November 14, 2007 I have recently bought a new fuel-injected model and am quite pleased with its overall performance. Well, that was until we messed about with the clocks and I am now driving back in the dark. I can only describe the headlight performance as useless. It sports a 35/35 bulb and I am looking for advice on how to improve it. Can I simply put in a bigger wattage bulb? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everybody for the valued imput. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBRLondon Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Thanks everybody for the valued imput. Hi there, I know what you mean about the YBR headlights. I have the 2006 model and it's no better. Motrax do a 35/35W lamp called "Scootervison" that's supposed to be an improvement. I've just ordered mine from here: *http://www.motorcycleworldl-spa.co.uk/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=280 (Sorry... you'll have to cut and paste the link... I couldn't get the code to behave) I haven't received it yet, but it looks like it should do a better job than the standard bulb. I'll let you know how I get on. H ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinjob Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I just rode my 57 plate for 1st time at night on the little B roads in rural Warwickshire on my way home from work. I was a bit worried as I'd read these posts a few days ago. I found the dipped beam okay but when I changed to full found the road to my sides & rear were lit up beautifully but could see bugger all in front. I'm gonna have to use these roads a lot & think I'll just stick to dipped beam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 hi, Was the bulb upgade any use YBR ? I've seen some halogen upgrades from RING that claim to give a better light as the standard one is pretty poor on my 2006 model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YBRLondon Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 hi, Was the bulb upgade any use YBR ? I've seen some halogen upgrades from RING that claim to give a better light as the standard one is pretty poor on my 2006 model Yeah I got these a little while ago and it makes a big difference to the standard round type bulbs... It's not like WOW! 100x better... but good enough for the money in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks for the info YBR. I think i'll give one a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yr58ffo Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Getting my ybr125 next week. Surely it can't be that bad? I don't think it'll matter that much to me as most roads round here are pretty well lit, but knowing a solution is worthwhile shoult it turn out to be a problem... So equal rated alternative bulb is one solution, higher spec bulb obviously more harm than good, but what about suplimentary lighting? I mean the Vespa brigade have been adding extra lights onto thier... 'bikes' for donkeys years. Would it not be fairly easy to splice a relay into the headlamp lead, and use that to drive a seperate, dedicated circuit direct off the battery to a, (or some), driving lights. Easily enough done on a car, so I assume a bike is not that different? Anyone know anything about the legalities/practicallities of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I have recently bought a new fuel-injected model and am quite pleased with its overall performance. Well, that was until we messed about with the clocks and I am now driving back in the dark. I can only describe the headlight performance as useless. It sports a 35/35 bulb and I am looking for advice on how to improve it. Can I simply put in a bigger wattage bulb? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Hi there, In days gone past Cibe Z beams were a good aftermarket head lamp but I guess they don't do m/c lights any more but it might be worth the research (found a 5 & three quarter inch on the net for just less than £30) Have a look here Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggerz Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Here is an upgrade bulb which is on eBay. Yamaha YBR bulb upgrade I purchased one of these for my YBR and it was brighter and also more white in colour. But then the low beam filiment burnt out, closely followed by the high beam one, so I was left with no light at all for some time. I have swapped back to the stock bulb now! Maggerz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlyG Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Go to Halfords, get a Super brilliance bulb, or their new Extreme brilliance I had a VW golf, and the bulb was a perfect fit on my Yamaha Xs250 so i use that now, lots of light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spainy Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Have to add to this thread that the light may as well be blown for the difference it makes in the dark, and full beam is even worse than dipped, how can that be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas up - Let's Go! Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Anyone considered extra lights ?? My TTR has a crap light, so I fitted a single spot and a fog, got them from Halfrauds, made a couple of brackets to fit them to the same mounting as the headlight, installed an auxilary circuit and bingo! I use the fog on a switch and the spot with the main beam. Lights cost about £15 a pair (you need two pairs - even though I only used one out of each) a few quid for cable & connectors, LSUK wil charge £3 for a relay (if they are still trading) You just need to work out a wiring diagram for the Aux circuit - if you are at all interested let me know I'll put one together and put it on the web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas up - Let's Go! Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Anyone considered extra lights ?? My TTR has a crap light, so I fitted a single spot and a fog, got them from Halfrauds, made a couple of brackets to fit them to the same mounting as the headlight, installed an auxilary circuit and bingo! I use the fog on a switch and the spot with the main beam. Lights cost about £15 a pair (you need two pairs - even though I only used one out of each) a few quid for cable & connectors, LSUK wil charge £3 for a relay (if they are still trading) You just need to work out a wiring diagram for the Aux circuit - if you are at all interested let me know I'll put one together and put it on the web Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nio Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Have a look here: http://www.clubybr.com/moto/bombillas.htm I think that that's all you can do without fear... And as for the case that you put a higher wattage bulb, the cables won't feel a thing. We are talking about +20W no big deal FOR THE CABLES. And surely nothing at all for the switch as there's no switch for the lights. The turn on by a rellay as soon as the engine runs. All you have to fear about is the battery because it's been designed for specific consumption. The generator produces the wattage the factory designed . No more. And the light goes on all the time even during the daylight (bad for the battery, good for the regullator...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker615 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 I noticed this problem too, High beam was just useless, and worse than dipped - turns out my light was badly adjusted. A quick google gives lots of different methods, but do give it a go, its free and might solve your problems, helped me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_FISH Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 There are several options to increase the "glowworms in a box"-headlight of your YBR 125. The easiest, cheapest solution: Switch the bilux-as bulb to one with higher power. Like the Osram Bilux-AS Haloroad with 45/40 watts. But it still will be some kind of glowworm. I took the old headlight of a Honda CX 400, added some cable and two solenoids, a fuse and there it is: H4 for the YBR 125 without any trouble of overpowering the tiny lines. It is a lot better with H4 compared to the original solution with the Bilux-AS bulb. I have made a documentation of my conversion: H4 headlight with solenoids. Right now in german language. But using the tiny flag on the top of the site you will get the link to the google translator or maybe some day in the future the proper english translation (if someone got the time to help me translating it). Greetings, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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