Phillips H7 55w +130% bulbs
 

Has anyone fitted these bulbs to their Tenere? I'm considering buying a set as a cheaper alternative to a set of spot lights from Adventure Spec.
Do they increase the peformance and if so by how much?

I tried the plus 120ish ones and found they were brighter but nothing compares to my Aurora LED light bar. Unfortunately the high intensity globes dont last very long and combined with vibrations I find their cost v lifespan unacceptable.

Phillips H7 55w +130% bulbs
 

I've fittet them 2 years ago - they are still working fine. The reason to fit them was my light-protection, that "eats" some of the light - with the Philips ones the light is still brighter than the orig bulbs clean shining.

But external spots are still much more powerful. Will mount also external ones over this winter at my 660z to get more light.

Zen Overland do an uprated Led headlamp conversion.....Steve

Get some cheap blue tinted bulbs of eBay to give you a bright white light in traffic and for the high beam fit these.... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=271982147340

Super bright and nice wide beam.

Brilliant! I have these on my Ten but didn't know what they are. Previous owner added them and they do the job.

Headlight improvement
 

I recently fitted a Narva "intense maximum legal blue" H7 for high beam. Only 55W but hell of a difference from the standard H7. $26 from a local supplier, $13 cheaper than the parts supplier who advertises extra low prices!
Will probably fit one to low beam as well.

I brought the vision x spots from adventure spec, I know they are expensive but I can't fault them in any way, have standard one on all the time and a spot that's on with the full beam, definitely a thumbs up for my visibility at night, and super tough build quality. But as we all know set up is a personal thing, and that's what makes all our bikes interesting!..

How did you wire both the visionX lights in Jo? Connected to the main and dip beam rocker switch or wired to a separate switch?

Hi, wired the one that I use as a daytime running light into the rear tail light(of course that one is tilted down slightly as not blind drivers coming over way) it draws a very low ampage so doesn't effect the tail light. The main spot I just wired into the full beam , I get a lovely spread on normal and quite amazing on full beam..

Thanks for that Madruss. They are cheaper where you are ! After searching the autoshops to find some, all I could find was the set of 2 with the side light bulbs for just shy of $100.
So had a look on ebay & found loads of the same sets for $50 with a free delivery & click 'n' collect from Big W.

I find the high beam terrible on the tenere.

Besides fitting extra lamps i've also considered replacing the standard H7 bulb with something that provides more light - and then hope some of the extra light will hit the road in front of me.

After some reseach i was down to two options and have ordered both but not received them yet.

OSRAM 12V Super Bright - (H7) - 65W - 2100 lumen

http://www.ebay.de/itm/111468852954?...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

It is a 30-50% increase from standard H7 55w bulb - but not street legal (two much light) and will put more stress on the wiring since it is 65W enstead of 55W. But is output is similar to many 80W "rally" and the lifespan is 500 hours - the same as a stadard 55W bulb.

LED CREE-XML2 fitted to H7 socket with passive cooling - 20W - 2500 lumen

http://www.ebay.de/itm/261900148853?...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Fitting an LED is also not street legal and might attract more attention than just a high wattage halogen bulb. If the geometry for the H7 is good it might put more light on the street than a standard bulb. But my second thought was that the lower wattage will make it more suitable with a pair of 10W spots like the visionx. I run with heated grips this time of year and are worried that generator won't be ablet to cope with to much extra. I've looked at LED bulbs for a long time but the first generations needed a fan which is not really suitable on a motorcycle that will say rain and mud.

On my previous motorcycle (750 super tenere) i had 2x35W biXenon that worked relly well since the switch from low to high was with the same bulb. One the tenere it will take a few seconds for the high beam to come on and there is not much room for the ballast. But a 35W provides more than 3000 lumen and 50W xenon over 4000 lumen - so if you are really afraid of the dark go with xenon



I'll follow up when i've tried it

I have the H4 Led cree........... and its wicked good :HeyHey_GOO2MN: http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=24837

From the same seller.... (very happy with the seller)

All the best

//Jtr 71.