2daMax
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So I went towards the LED headlamp route, mainly due to the wire harness recall NOT being applied on my bike. The connector was heating up and melting and often I find only 1 headlamp is working. Due to unavailability of Yamaha service in my country, the next best thing is to find a cooler solution to the connectors. The root cause of the wire harness issue was the thermal expansion of the brass connector being greater than the H7 connectors, causing an air gap to form between them, which then cause electrical arching and then high heat --> melting of plastic and poor connectivity.
I bough a pair of H7 COB type LED headlamps, chose the type with braided steel heat sink so that the profile is thinner and would not cause a non fit of the dust cover. WRONG! After installing them, the dust cover was not able to shut due to the "Current Driver" electronic module. Temporary, I use a Clean-Room head cover to cover them. It is not waterproof but at least keeps the dust out, and had to look for another solution.
Found these at Aliexpress. Made of flexible rubber. It has many 'convolutions' to serve as a seal over the head lamp housing opening.
Prior to install, form it this way. My LED lamps, and I guess most of typical LED lamps comes in 2 piece that are detachable. 1 piece mounts to the head lamp housing, sort of a base plate. The spring wire lock of the housing catches and secures this plate. Then the LED lamp is installed over this plate with a twist and lock. The smaller diameter convolutions goes into the head lamp housing.
Installed. Note that there is still a wire that runs out of the head lamp housing that connects to the Current driver electronic module.
Might as well get the turn signals changed to LED. Bought 4 of these 1156 type LED bulbs. Also bought a LED Relay to get a normal flash rate. These were bright but somewhat is not as bright compared to the stock incandescent bulb. But their brightness is sufficient to be visible even on bright day. (Yes, tested with the setting sun behind my bike, and could still see clearly the LED light). Without the LED Relay (btw, 2 pins and compatible to stock connectors), the flash rate was at least double.
Lessons learned:
1. Should have got the small LED chip type with more focused light source rather than the COB type (often seen as a larger surface area LED).
2. The stock dust cover is never going to closed up with these LED bulbs. Perhaps the ones that have fan may be a better option as it would run cooler.
COST:
1. H7 COB Led lamp pair - $25 (local online - Lazada.com.my)
2. Rubber Dust Cover pair - $2.93 (Aliexpress)
3. 1156 Amber LED bulb QTY = 4 - $8 (Aliexpress)
4. LED Relay 2 pin - $2.35 (Aliexpress)
Note: these Aliexpress pricing are super low as I purchased them during the 11.11 sale.
I bough a pair of H7 COB type LED headlamps, chose the type with braided steel heat sink so that the profile is thinner and would not cause a non fit of the dust cover. WRONG! After installing them, the dust cover was not able to shut due to the "Current Driver" electronic module. Temporary, I use a Clean-Room head cover to cover them. It is not waterproof but at least keeps the dust out, and had to look for another solution.
Found these at Aliexpress. Made of flexible rubber. It has many 'convolutions' to serve as a seal over the head lamp housing opening.
Prior to install, form it this way. My LED lamps, and I guess most of typical LED lamps comes in 2 piece that are detachable. 1 piece mounts to the head lamp housing, sort of a base plate. The spring wire lock of the housing catches and secures this plate. Then the LED lamp is installed over this plate with a twist and lock. The smaller diameter convolutions goes into the head lamp housing.
Installed. Note that there is still a wire that runs out of the head lamp housing that connects to the Current driver electronic module.
Might as well get the turn signals changed to LED. Bought 4 of these 1156 type LED bulbs. Also bought a LED Relay to get a normal flash rate. These were bright but somewhat is not as bright compared to the stock incandescent bulb. But their brightness is sufficient to be visible even on bright day. (Yes, tested with the setting sun behind my bike, and could still see clearly the LED light). Without the LED Relay (btw, 2 pins and compatible to stock connectors), the flash rate was at least double.
Lessons learned:
1. Should have got the small LED chip type with more focused light source rather than the COB type (often seen as a larger surface area LED).
2. The stock dust cover is never going to closed up with these LED bulbs. Perhaps the ones that have fan may be a better option as it would run cooler.
COST:
1. H7 COB Led lamp pair - $25 (local online - Lazada.com.my)
2. Rubber Dust Cover pair - $2.93 (Aliexpress)
3. 1156 Amber LED bulb QTY = 4 - $8 (Aliexpress)
4. LED Relay 2 pin - $2.35 (Aliexpress)
Note: these Aliexpress pricing are super low as I purchased them during the 11.11 sale.
