FWIW.. I have "Candlepower" "BLB" White Light Blue bulb (H4 though). Its a bright almost pure white bulb, and for less than $10 shipped off ebay I had to give it a shot.. gotcbr has the same one and he likes it.

It is great, and I saw a difference immediately.. I did just buy a DDM HID 5000K kit and it is sitting in the box next to me... will install over the winter...

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yup. that's the nature of the leaning beast.

 

Too bright or not aimed properly?

 

+1 to the not aimed properly.

I would just angle them down a little more.


and about the Halogens, Stay away from the Halogen's that claim a super bright white as they are most likely coated with a blue layer which actually reduces light output.

 

If you get them in a kit they are cheaper, I was just showing there are dirrent "bulbs" available for the HIDs where you buy them from Google is your friend,.

 

I would first try to angle the lights down further, and if you're using both at the same time, you may want to consider just running the low beam. I've never had anyone flash me when running just the low beam but I have had them do it when running both (even pointed down).

If that doesn't do it then yes there are brighter halogens out there but:
They'll draw more power (which could fry your stock wiring)
They'll create more heat (which could melt your plastic housing)
The cheapass bulbs you buy on ebay or from vatozone aren't the ones you're looking for either - you need to buy a bulb that is rated at a higher wattage. Here's a great site: http://store.candlepower.com/
They do have bulbs out there that are +30/50/80 or whatever that supposedly are brighter but that comes at the expense of bulb life. A 65w bulb will give you that extra brightness and is probably still be fine with stock wiring.

If you want to run an even higher wattage bulb, I recommend you run a new lead (power wire) and use the old one as the switch with to a new relay. This will increase brightness further since the controls and what not won't be drawing from your headlight bulb with the dedicated lead. I would also suggest you wiring a switch in somewhere if you go with a really hot bulb, so you can leave it off while the bike is idling and what not to help reduce the chance of melting your headlight housing.

 

I think I have Philips Xtra Vision bulbs in mine... made a hug difference over the bulbs I replaced...though not quite like my friend's HID set up. I have a friend rocking a 72 Honda 350four and following him at 3 seconds my low beam outshines his high beam.