Fair play mate, Haircut does have balls of steel

I know cos I felt them

I'd be interested to know whether you get flashed by oncoming cars, because those 24W sidelights will be pretty bright and I assume they don't have a shaped beam like headlight bulbs do.

Have you used them at night yet, and do they supplement the brightness of the headlights noticeably?

OK, just to finish this one off I fitted my new sidelight bulbs yesterday.

In the end I decided against LED & stuck with old school incandescent.

The BA9 bulbs are 12v 4w just as Bassfiend said, so I checked the wiring & figured I would try a set of 12v 24w.

I bought four off EBay for £4.49 so I have 2 spares.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOTORCYCLE-MOTORBIKE-MIN...

Boy what a difference

Apologies for the rubbish phone camera snaps and remember this is in daylight.


First the new 24w side lights.




Now the 24w side lights with the excellent Philips X-Treme headlight bulbs.




Importantly I double checked the wire gauge used on the sidelight circuit and it is exactly the same as that used for the headlight bulbs so I don't see any issues running the higher wattage sidelight bulbs.



NB: Corrosion & general connector fustyness was my original issue, all resolved with a Dremel & a wire brush attachment.

A bit of contact grease to keep the corrosion at bay and a gentle tweak of the earth tang and they should be good for years to come.