[yellow_kitty_kat]

No way I loved that bike almost traded my 90 CBR600 for one, the only problem I found was it didn't like taking off at anything under 3000rpm

I had Termignoni carbon fiber exhausts on it too... I can still hear that bike.

God, I miss it a LOT.

[Mrtn]

Wats the output on these hid lights ?? Won't they mess up the alternator cas their sucking too much power??

[Ghost08]

WOW dig one up ! At leasr knock the dust off this thread!

[soulpatch]

Wats the output on these hid lights ?? Won't they mess up the alternator cas their sucking too much power??

HIDs actually draw less power then a halogen bulb AFTER the ballast has initially fired. They will not affect the hardware of your bike at all.

That said since they can draw 4 times their power consumption at firing you should upgrade and run a seperate relay harness for just the HIDs so as to not fry your stock wiring.

[HemiKat]

DDmtuning wesbite says 6 amps on startup and a continuous 4 amps during running. As SP said, thats normally less than a standard bulb.

[soulpatch]

I think DDM means the warm up of the ballast as the 6amp hit. The initial hit to spark the ballast though is more but it is an instant surge that once ignited goes back to around 6 to warm and less once fully lit

[hardlydangerous]

a freind of mine used a diode to wire his HID set up, so on highbeam he had both HID and the halogen hi beam lights on.
he has it wired this way on his harly V rod, VFR1200 and chevy PU
Why?
he found after longer rides where high beam was being used when he switched back to low beam the delay for the HID lights to come back on bright was to slow. this way instead of switching back and forth all you are doing is adding more light on high beam

[soulpatch]

Even on initial start up the HID is on in a split second and more then bright enough to see anything ahead of you. Even on that dim setting it is brighter then a normal halogen IMHO.

A better solution if he was that concerned would be to get the bixenon which just shift the HID to get the beam hieght of the high beam...