fazer lights

Xios

Ok, bought my fazer 600 on saturday, i'm ****ing loving it but the left headlight ain't working, i heard this is a fazer thing, but is there a way around it?
Also, if there a way to or a place that fits spot lights to the side of bikes or where ever they fit, extra lumination is quite a necessity on country roads imo.
Like i wear a high vis vest and all, but i wanna see where i'm going too.

J-blk

Xios wrote: »

the left headlight ain't working, i heard this is a fazer thing, but is there a way around it?

On the older shape Fazers at least, isn't the left headlight your high beam? So only one is on when you have your low beam on, both come on when you switch to highs... Could be wrong though, never owned a Fazer...

Interceptor

J-blk is right - one side does dip, one side does main beam. The lights on these are awful - I had one and couldn't believe how bad it was. I fitted replacement halogen bulbs from OMRON and they made a bit of a difference but I'd say a HID conversion would be the only real option if you do a lot of night driving.

On CBR600's they are the same and one of the forums had details on how to fit a pair of dip/main bulbs and add relays to prevent the switches from burning out.

Have a look on the UK Fazer site and see what they recommend (buy a Honda? Lol!)

Loads of stuff here on headlight mods.

'cptr

DonkeyRhubarb

I also have a Fazer and ****ing love it;)

When 1 light is on, it's your ordinary driving around light automatically on light.

Flick the switch on the left handle and both come on for high beam, but will blind people if it's anyway dark.

I tried driving with both on during the day for a couple of days, but I still got people waving at me and flashing to say I was blinding them. If you ask me, they were just prats, but how and ever.

It would look nicer if they both came on alright at the same level, but that's just how bikes work:rolleyes:

Come out on the next spin on wednesday and I can fill you in on some things about the bike.

J-blk

DonkeyRhubarb wrote: »

I tried driving with both on during the day for a couple of days, but I still got people waving at me and flashing to say I was blinding them. If you ask me, they were just prats, but how and ever.

I get that a lot with my V-Strom, as both lights are on even with the low beam only and the bike is relatively tall... They can p**s off though, at least it means they are seeing me on the road . (And I can't turn my lights off even if I wanted to...)

Deagol

You don't say what year the Fazer is but...

The Mark 1 (98-01ish) model had by design only one working headlamp on low beam. The Mark 2 (02-04ish) model both headlamps worked on both high and low beam.

If you have a Mark one then you can get the second low beam working with a little DIY work.

Here's the link to it. I ran a '99 model for two years with this and it worked fine.

http://fazerowners.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/5316

Xios

Yeah, it's a 99 model, i think i'll try some of the diy stuff, but i was also wondering if you could put different bulb types in, like leds, which are much brighter. Cause the angle of the beam is fine, it's just lacking in intesity.