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Originally Posted by Monstermile
Thanks for that link on the Hella. I was trying to find somewhere to buy the Cibie other than from Daniel Stern but had no luck.
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Daniel Stern claims Cibie is superior to other brands, of course, but I could not find any other references to veriy this claim. I've run Hella E-codes on two sport sedans in the past with excellent results, and mounted some Cibie driving lights on a car I owned 35 years ago, which also worked well--so my experience is favorable with both brands. Marchal and Autoroche also make lighting equipment, but I haven't owned these brands, and Autoroche is OEM for some Euro car brands, usually considered an economy option. Finding E-code headlights in the U.S. is difficult.
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So would you say the Hella e-spec makes a big difference over stock??? Are these made specifically for bikes or just 7" round lights in general. And would it make a difference if it wasn't m/c specific.
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These 7" E-code headlights are generic options for MCs and cars, and there is no downside to this dual-compatibility. Based on previous experience with E-code H4 lights the pattern is every bit up to my expectations, and IMO far superior to the non-fluted stock HD lights. They don't look as cool--more like any other flat, fluted headlight rather than the curved, non-fluted HDs made by North American Lighting--but I doubt if anyone will ever notice. If they do I really don't care, as I'll take functionality over bling any day, especially this much difference. I hope I'm not over-hyping these headlights, but I do feel they made a major difference for me. Note that I used the same 80/100w bulb on
both headlights, so the bulbs weren't the difference. I would recommend 80/100w bulbs with attention to the caveats I mentioned in my first post. The 80w low-beam may tax 15A fuses (or breakers on older bikes) when high-output passing lamps are used, as I found out on my old RK. I doubt if they would be a problem on bikes equipped with 25-30w passing lamps, though. My SG has no passing lamps so the 80w output is no problem.
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I had an HID kit installed. Even though the lighting was much better it started having operating problems so I removed it. Don't wanna take a chance of being stranded w/o a headlight.
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I've never run HIDs on a car or MC, so I can't offer a comparison, but the cost and complexity would keep me from going that route. If you buy E-code headlights I hope you'll give us some feedback on the difference.
