Main headlight bulb blowing...
 

Just a word of caution: In the five years since getting the XT660z, I've had the main headlight bulb blow twice now. The second time was, when checked, a blown fuse too, and a quick road-side repair (in France with the sun-setting and on a busy motorway service station :088:) and change of both blown bulb & fuse got things back and to normal.

This is why, now, I carry a spare set of bulbs, and too, make sure that the fuses are, too, up-to-date. I don't know if this is a common fault but, for I, twice within five years is, really, twice too much :120: Take heed...

i have a 660x and i often blow my low beam if on rough jerky tracks when using that filiment with it been hot it tends to blow easier from vibration my wr had the same issues

XTZ, 5 years, 25000 miles and not a single blown a bulb.

I never use the headlamp flasher though, not once in fact. Quick flashes, where the filament doesn't get a chance to reach full heat can seriously shorten a halogen bulb's lifespan. As does a lot on on/off use if you do a lot of stuff on busier country roads where you're forever switching from main to dip. Not a problem here in Norfolk; main beam all the time as there is no traffic at night - the horses all get put out to pasture! ;)

...miles...
 

Done just over 28,000 miles within five years, excluding winter and no off-road whatsoever :icon_eek:

Really? Seriously?

Sounds like an unacceptably unreliable bike to me. I'd sell it as soon as possible ;)



A less facetious hint: The main and dip bulbs on the Tenere are identical. If your dipped beam bulb goes, you can just swap them over until you get home/get chance to buy another one. You can always get by without main beam for a while.

two, bulbs, in, five, years, is, not, that, bad, I, don't, think........

never had a bulb go on me....on any bike! and my Tenere gets thrown all over the place off road.

I have heard you can put 100w bulbs in place of both Hi - and dip beam on the Tenere.

This is good news. More info?

Mine had 2 100W bulbs when I got it from the previous owner. I found it did not add a lot of visibility where it mattered. And since the light switch was modified to keep main beam on with high beam it left very little spare power for other electrical equipment.
And there's plenty of research showing that just brighter lights helps very little in making motorcycles more visible. Adding additional lights as far apart as possible makes the bike look wider and helps a lot more with getting noticed.

So when one of the 100W bulbs blew I just put a regular 55W back in.

I just added a HID unit into my main beam, the ballast tucked away neatly and all the wiring was very simple.

I haven't checked it out at night yet but I had them in a car once and they turned night into day.

Riding down pitch dark country lanes on the TEN was a bit of a guessing game at best but I get the feeling that is about to change.

Might get a chance to try it out tonight and will report back.

p.s. I have only stuck the unit on my Main Beam so I don't blind everyone.

had the unit sitting in the Garage for ages but I seem to remember it only costing me about �20.