H7 bulb

NJfinest50 · January 21st, 2013, 12:54 AM

A friend of mine recently brought these 65w H7 bulbs for his bike from rally lights (Susquehanna Motorsports). Will these be okay in our bikes, not mess up wiring or anything? I'm looking for nice bright bulbs for safe riding with out dishing out the money for HID Kit.

http://rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=1197

http://rallylights.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=369

DaBlue1 · January 21st, 2013, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by NJfinest50

A friend of mine recently brought these 65w H7 bulbs for his bike from rally lights (Susquehanna Motorsports). Will these be okay in our bikes, not mess up wiring or anything? I'm looking for nice bright bulbs for safe riding with out dishing out the money for HID Kit.

Those bulbs would probably work, however higher wattage bulbs tend to put out a little more heat. So you may want to stay with a 55w bulb. I have the Phillips MotoVision Motorcycle Bulb. Its an excellent stock replacement. Quite a few members on the forum use them. They also have great reviews in the motorcycle community. They are also cheaper than the ones you are considering.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=94768
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24074
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showp...60&postcount=9
http://www.cyclegear.com/eng/product...ulb/web1005526

xSean13 · January 21st, 2013, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by NJfinest50

A friend of mine recently brought these 65w H7 bulbs for his bike from rally lights (Susquehanna Motorsports). Will these be okay in our bikes, not mess up wiring or anything? I'm looking for nice bright bulbs for safe riding with out dishing out the money for HID Kit.

http://rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=1197

http://rallylights.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=369

If you do it without using projectors, you're just asking to get hit. Putting HIDs in halogen housing without projectors to block off the light will blind everyone in your path.

Does this look safe?

menikmati · January 21st, 2013, 09:53 AM

Yeah I threw away my HIDs and switched over to Philips Xtreme Power bulbs recently, I like having a functional hi-beam and being respectful to other drivers.

They're around $30 a pair and there are rebates available:

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-X-trem...lips+xtreme+h7

As stated above, I wouldn't get HIDs without getting a proper retrofit or projector setup which is something most people won't do, they'll get a cheap HID kit and throw it in the stock halogen housing.

Peanut_EOD · January 21st, 2013, 10:17 AM

I would go with the Philips bulb since they're the only ones that spelled "Lumens" correctly.

choneofakind · January 21st, 2013, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by menikmati

As stated above, I wouldn't get HIDs without getting a proper retrofit or projector setup which is something most people won't do, they'll get a cheap HID kit and throw it in the stock halogen housing.

Just a standard xenon without the ability to switch over to high beam on one side. Then use the Halogen on the right side for your high beam. Best of both worlds. You can get a single projector on ebay for cheap. (like $30 or so) and then you just take your HID kit and plug it into the projector.

You've already got most of the parts since you have an HID kit that you took out. You'll just need a projector, a bulb for it, and potentially an adapter if you choose to use a D2S projector and D2S bulb. Cheap.

NJfinest50 · January 21st, 2013, 05:35 PM

so the bulb i posted about (http://rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=1197) is an HID?? I thought our bike takes an h7? Thanks for the help.

choneofakind · January 21st, 2013, 05:48 PM

Oh!

Sorry NJfinest50, we got on a tangent there (happens a lot here, I'm very guilty of it). Your bulb looks like a 65w Halogen H7 bulb to me

I was responding to menikmati about him taking an HID kit off of his bike and saying he should have kept the low beam side HID and used a projector along side the standard Halogen high

NJfinest50 · January 21st, 2013, 06:06 PM

sorry I got a little confused. I'm going to try the bulb and also order a set of motovisons (http://cyclegear.com/eng/product/mot...ulb/web1005526). I will let everyone know how the Osram bulb works out from rallylights.com.

As a side note from my research the H7 is a Tungsten-halogen single-filament bulb.

NJfinest50 · January 21st, 2013, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by xSean13

If you do it without using projectors, you're just asking to get hit. Putting HIDs in halogen housing without projectors to block off the light will blind everyone in your path.

Does this look safe?

Sean the bulb we posted about is not an HID sir.

January 21st, 2013, 12:54 AM	#1
NJfinest50 ninjette.org member Name: Ed Location: Hamilton, NJ Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250r Posts: 70	H7 bulb A friend of mine recently brought these 65w H7 bulbs for his bike from rally lights (Susquehanna Motorsports). Will these be okay in our bikes, not mess up wiring or anything? I'm looking for nice bright bulbs for safe riding with out dishing out the money for HID Kit. http://rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=1197 http://rallylights.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=369

January 21st, 2013, 09:53 AM	#4
menikmati crash 250, get supersport Name: Richard Location: San Diego, CA Join Date: Apr 2010 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250R SE (Sold 6/9/14), 2009 ZX-6R (Sold 6/25/14), Subaru BRZ Posts: A lot.	Yeah I threw away my HIDs and switched over to Philips Xtreme Power bulbs recently, I like having a functional hi-beam and being respectful to other drivers. They're around $30 a pair and there are rebates available: http://www.amazon.com/Philips-X-trem...lips+xtreme+h7 As stated above, I wouldn't get HIDs without getting a proper retrofit or projector setup which is something most people won't do, they'll get a cheap HID kit and throw it in the stock halogen housing. __________________________________________________

January 21st, 2013, 10:17 AM	#5
Peanut_EOD ninjette.org sage Name: Peanut Location: Senoia, GA Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): Green 2013 ZX-6R Posts: 723	I would go with the Philips bulb since they're the only ones that spelled "Lumens" correctly. __________________________________________________ http://www.simplysurrealphotography....es/peanut2.png

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January 21st, 2013, 05:35 PM	#7
NJfinest50 ninjette.org member Name: Ed Location: Hamilton, NJ Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250r Posts: 70	so the bulb i posted about (http://rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=1197) is an HID?? I thought our bike takes an h7? Thanks for the help.

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choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Oh! Sorry NJfinest50, we got on a tangent there (happens a lot here, I'm very guilty of it). Your bulb looks like a 65w Halogen H7 bulb to me I was responding to menikmati about him taking an HID kit off of his bike and saying he should have kept the low beam side HID and used a projector along side the standard Halogen high

January 21st, 2013, 06:06 PM	#9
NJfinest50 ninjette.org member Name: Ed Location: Hamilton, NJ Join Date: Nov 2012 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250r Posts: 70	sorry I got a little confused. I'm going to try the bulb and also order a set of motovisons (http://cyclegear.com/eng/product/mot...ulb/web1005526). I will let everyone know how the Osram bulb works out from rallylights.com. As a side note from my research the H7 is a Tungsten-halogen single-filament bulb.