Auxiliary Light Bulb Replacement Option

RIDEMYST

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This my be old news to you guys but.....

I had one of the little auxiliary bulbs/parking lights (the ones just above the headlights) burn out. I was having difficulties finding a replacement bulb so I tried using a set of deck/landscaping LED bulbs. They work great and cost only $2 bucks.
I didn't post right away as I thought this would be a temporary fix. It's now been about two years/60K miles and they are still working fine.
You can purchase a dozen of them for $20 on Amazon.
I also replaced the backup lights and dome light on my truck and they are working fine and brighter. Hope this helps. -JEP-

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009DRF3VW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
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Stridey said:
Cool! Just ordered a set too! £21 delivered to UK in about 2 weeks. No rush!


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As they don't have a 'glass' case, would they pass an MOT? That is if you had a tester that could be bothered to look of course.
 

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I hope they're T10 as I've just bought 10 off from the land of the rising inflation for my bike. To get at the bulbs you need to take the headlight unit out from the front of the bike. Not as onerous as it sounds but not straight forward either.
 

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I was on a trip last week and noticed my auxiliary light was out on the left side.
The owner and service manuals, just show that the bulb is rated at 12V, 5.0 W

I picked up a 192 bulb at NAPA from their behind the counter stock, I thought they said it was a 13V 4.9W bulb.
It was a bit dimmer than the OEM bulb, so I looked it up and found it was actually 13V 4.29W.

I ordered a Sylvania 2825 Long Life, 2 pack, rated at 12V, 5.0 W, same as OEM. - link
I replaced the burned out bulb with a 2825 to compare to the OEM bulb.
The light output and color looked the same so I went ahead and swapped out the bulb on the right side also.

How many miles did the original bulbs last ?
About 89,000 miles. That's when I noticed it anyway.


any heads up on how to remove the light

rob
I am sure you have it figured out by now but this might help someone else.

The procedure is in the Owners Manual for my 2013.
If someone does not have a manual handy, this should help:

Replacing an auxiliary light bulb, reference Owners Manual p 7-36 – 7-37
  1. Remove Windshield – 4 screws, use a JIS #2 (or a #2 phillips) screw driver
  2. Remove the plastic panel that was behind the wind shield – 3 plastic push pin rivets, use the tip of the screw driver to push the pins in.
  3. Remove the plastic headlight unit cover - 4 screws, use a 5 mm hex key
  4. Remove the headlight unit – 4 bolts, use a 10 mm socket with a nut driver handle or ratchet.
    • Remove the bolts then pull the headlight unit slightly out, making sure that it remains supported.
    • NOTICE: Be careful not to pull the headlight leads.
  5. Remove the auxiliary light bulb socket (together with the bulb) by turning the socket counter clockwise.
  6. Remove the bulb by pulling it out.

Install new bulb and reverse the procedure to put it back together.
Tightening torque, headlight unit bolt: 7 Nm (0.7 m kgf, 5.1 ft lbf)​
Tightening torque, windshield screw: 0.5 Nm (0.05 m kgf, 0.36 ft lbf)​

NOTE: I found that I did not need to do steps 1 and 2 above. I have my V-Stream windshield on the high position and the headlight unit pulled out ok but not much clearance. If you are using the low position I think you would need to remove the windshield.
 
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I was on a trip last week and noticed my auxiliary light was out on the left side.
The owner and service manuals, just show that the bulb is rated at 12V, 5.0 W

I picked up a 192 bulb at NAPA from their behind the counter stock, I thought they said it was a 13V 4.9W bulb.
It was a bit dimmer than the OEM bulb, so I looked it up and found it was actually 13V 4.29W.

I ordered a Sylvania 2825 Long Life, 2 pack, rated at 12V, 5.0 W, same as OEM. - link
I replaced the burned out bulb with a 2825 to compare to the OEM bulb.
The light output and color looked the same so I went ahead and swapped out the bulb on the right side also.


About 89,000 miles. That's when I noticed it anyway.



I am sure you have it figured out by now but this might help someone else.

The procedure is in the Owners Manual for my 2013.
If someone does not have a manual handy, this should help:

Replacing an auxiliary light bulb, reference Owners Manual p 7-36 – 7-37
  1. Remove Windshield – 4 screws, use a JIS #2 (or a #2 phillips) screw driver
  2. Remove the plastic panel that was behind the wind shield – 3 plastic push pin rivets, use the tip of the screw driver to push the pins in.
  3. Remove the plastic headlight unit cover - 4 screws, use a 5 mm hex key
  4. Remove the headlight unit – 4 bolts, use a 10 mm socket with a nut driver handle or ratchet.
    • Remove the bolts then pull the headlight unit slightly out, making sure that it remains supported.
    • NOTICE: Be careful not to pull the headlight leads.
  5. Remove the auxiliary light bulb socket (together with the bulb) by turning the socket counter clockwise.
  6. Remove the bulb by pulling it out.

Install new bulb and reverse the procedure to put it back together.
Tightening torque, headlight unit bolt: 7 Nm (0.7 m kgf, 5.1 ft lbf)​
Tightening torque, windshield screw: 0.5 Nm (0.05 m kgf, 0.36 ft lbf)​

NOTE: I found that I did not need to do steps 1 and 2 above. I have my V-Stream windshield on the high position and the headlight unit pulled out ok but not much clearance. If you are using the low position I think you would need to remove the windshield.
I was on a trip last week and noticed my auxiliary light was out on the left side.
The owner and service manuals, just show that the bulb is rated at 12V, 5.0 W

I picked up a 192 bulb at NAPA from their behind the counter stock, I thought they said it was a 13V 4.9W bulb.
It was a bit dimmer than the OEM bulb, so I looked it up and found it was actually 13V 4.29W.

I ordered a Sylvania 2825 Long Life, 2 pack, rated at 12V, 5.0 W, same as OEM. - link
I replaced the burned out bulb with a 2825 to compare to the OEM bulb.
The light output and color looked the same so I went ahead and swapped out the bulb on the right side also.


About 89,000 miles. That's when I noticed it anyway.



I am sure you have it figured out by now but this might help someone else.

The procedure is in the Owners Manual for my 2013.
If someone does not have a manual handy, this should help:

Replacing an auxiliary light bulb, reference Owners Manual p 7-36 – 7-37
  1. Remove Windshield – 4 screws, use a JIS #2 (or a #2 phillips) screw driver
  2. Remove the plastic panel that was behind the wind shield – 3 plastic push pin rivets, use the tip of the screw driver to push the pins in.
  3. Remove the plastic headlight unit cover - 4 screws, use a 5 mm hex key
  4. Remove the headlight unit – 4 bolts, use a 10 mm socket with a nut driver handle or ratchet.
    • Remove the bolts then pull the headlight unit slightly out, making sure that it remains supported.
    • NOTICE: Be careful not to pull the headlight leads.
  5. Remove the auxiliary light bulb socket (together with the bulb) by turning the socket counter clockwise.
  6. Remove the bulb by pulling it out.

Install new bulb and reverse the procedure to put it back together.
Tightening torque, headlight unit bolt: 7 Nm (0.7 m kgf, 5.1 ft lbf)​
Tightening torque, windshield screw: 0.5 Nm (0.05 m kgf, 0.36 ft lbf)​

NOTE: I found that I did not need to do steps 1 and 2 above. I have my V-Stream windshield on the high position and the headlight unit pulled out ok but not much clearance. If you are using the low position I think you would need to remove the windshield.
I was on a trip last week and noticed my auxiliary light was out on the left side.
The owner and service manuals, just show that the bulb is rated at 12V, 5.0 W

I picked up a 192 bulb at NAPA from their behind the counter stock, I thought they said it was a 13V 4.9W bulb.
It was a bit dimmer than the OEM bulb, so I looked it up and found it was actually 13V 4.29W.

I ordered a Sylvania 2825 Long Life, 2 pack, rated at 12V, 5.0 W, same as OEM. - link
I replaced the burned out bulb with a 2825 to compare to the OEM bulb.
The light output and color looked the same so I went ahead and swapped out the bulb on the right side also.


About 89,000 miles. That's when I noticed it anyway.



I am sure you have it figured out by now but this might help someone else.

The procedure is in the Owners Manual for my 2013.
If someone does not have a manual handy, this should help:

Replacing an auxiliary light bulb, reference Owners Manual p 7-36 – 7-37
  1. Remove Windshield – 4 screws, use a JIS #2 (or a #2 phillips) screw driver
  2. Remove the plastic panel that was behind the wind shield – 3 plastic push pin rivets, use the tip of the screw driver to push the pins in.
  3. Remove the plastic headlight unit cover - 4 screws, use a 5 mm hex key
  4. Remove the headlight unit – 4 bolts, use a 10 mm socket with a nut driver handle or ratchet.
    • Remove the bolts then pull the headlight unit slightly out, making sure that it remains supported.
    • NOTICE: Be careful not to pull the headlight leads.
  5. Remove the auxiliary light bulb socket (together with the bulb) by turning the socket counter clockwise.
  6. Remove the bulb by pulling it out.

Install new bulb and reverse the procedure to put it back together.
Tightening torque, headlight unit bolt: 7 Nm (0.7 m kgf, 5.1 ft lbf)​
Tightening torque, windshield screw: 0.5 Nm (0.05 m kgf, 0.36 ft lbf)​

NOTE: I found that I did not need to do steps 1 and 2 above. I have my V-Stream windshield on the high position and the headlight unit pulled out ok but not much clearance. If you are using the low position I think you would need to remove the windshield.
 

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I installed a set of LED bulbs in place of the OEM position lights and the LED bulbs are clouding the inside of the headlight lenses.
The only thing I can think of is that the bulbs I installed are slightly longer and therefore they are a little closer to the lense itself and the heat is causing the distortion.
I plan to remove them and reinstall the stock bulbs in order to stop further damage to the sides of the headlight lense.
 

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$6 for a 10 pack of these on Amazon. Just looked I installed them in November and still on the original pair. Nice cool white color and match my led headlight bulbs well.

 

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I installed a set of LED bulbs in place of the OEM position lights and the LED bulbs are clouding the inside of the headlight lenses.
The only thing I can think of is that the bulbs I installed are slightly longer and therefore they are a little closer to the lense itself and the heat is causing the distortion.
I plan to remove them and reinstall the stock bulbs in order to stop further damage to the sides of the headlight lense.
wow not heard of that before
 
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