Cyclops LED headlight kit

oldguy

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Anyone had any recent experience with this set up? The posts all seem to be several years old.
I spoke with Cyclops yesterday and they claim their latest generation kit for the S10 has addressed the issue of heat related failures.
Thanks
 

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I have used both Cyclops and Novasight and my opinion the Cyclops are far superior when it comes to being able to actually see decent down the road at night !
 

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I have used both Cyclops and Novasight and my opinion the Cyclops are far superior when it comes to being able to actually see decent down the road at night !
Thanks for the input.
I'll probably go with the Cyclops, but wanted some feedback back on the heat issue.
Sounds like Cyclops has good customer support if things go sideways.
 

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Had maybe earlier version. Did not last as long as they should. Generic "360°" LEDs going strong.

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I would say cheaper alternatives are as good or better, especially given the price they charge. The good news is you can continue to use the extended caps with other bulbs.

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This is what I got. $43/pair on Amazon.


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My Cyclops lasted about 1.5 yrs. One bulb was 75% burnt and the other was 50% burnt. I bought a set of NovSight that were in there for the same amount of time. They were fine, but I replaced them with these. No "clocking" issues and they have a nice output.
 

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I ended up going with the DDM Tuning Ultra V2 LED'S.
Crazy bright, but they won't accommodate either the oem dust covers, or Deftoners.
Right now I'm riding with them uncovered unless and until I can come up with a way to give them some protection.
Any ideas much appreciated.
 

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if you have the deftoner and they are not enough either, sacrifice them. cut the cap, add a couple of centimeters of some plastic pipe, and close the pipe with the back of the same cap
something like this, but check the clearance to the damper
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oldguy

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That would work except their wasn't room in the headlight pods for the ballast and they had to be mounted outside the pods.
I'm considering some sort of plastic shelf mounted at the bottom of the instrument panel that would at least partially cover the bulbs.
 

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I fitted Cyclops to my tenere 4 years ago, have only ridden 20K miles (have the extended rear caps) but have never had an issue with them. Also fitted cyclops to my wifes FZ07 and my daughters CBR500RR, again no issue with either bike. Cyclops are expensive (and I can't say they are better quality as I have used cheap LED bulbs in my other bikes without any issues) but they do emit a lot of light, and so far for me have been reliable, but so have the cheaper brands!!

Gary
 

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That would work except their wasn't room in the headlight pods for the ballast and they had to be mounted outside the pods.
I'm considering some sort of plastic shelf mounted at the bottom of the instrument panel that would at least partially cover the bulbs.
Ahhh!!!…..that's another problem. I thought it was the led cooler touching the extended cover of the Deftoner…..Yes, you should have bought a led without that “box”….that box “is not a ballast”….it does not increase (or decrease) the voltage . In that box, if you open it, you will find one or two "capacitors", these capacitors have the function of fooling the ecu and making it believe that (by means of the energy accumulated in them), that the lamp is not burnt (the led does not have filament, when the ecu performs the autocheck, it sends a small voltage to the cable of the lamp, and (if the filament was present), it would receive the return through the mass. As the led does not have a filament, it would show a burnt lamp. "Then"... ..in theory you can eliminate that small box and connect to the plug of the lamp….As I said….”in theory”……I tried it on a led that I had, I eliminated the capacitors and the lamp worked the same…., then I eliminated them in the 36W led lamps that my S10 has today…..”I AM NOT SAYING TO DO IT”…..I am simply sharing my personal experience….If you have ever had an HID lamp in your hands, you will see that it has “ two boxes”….one box is the ballast(which increases the voltage to make the xenon gas incandescent), and the other box (smaller) is to trick the ecu, and inside it has a capacitor
 
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