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[Roge]

On the way to work this morning a head light globe blew, bigger. On the way home the other one went, double bigger. I was concerned that there was an underlying problem but there does not appear to be. I hope.

 

[Gun]

There is the headlight harness recall. One of the symptoms of the inadequate harness is blown globes.

What year is your S10? It could be one of the affected ones. Mine was and the local Yamaha dealer sorted it out with very little fuss.

Cheers mate,
Glenn

 

[Roge]

There is the headlight harness recall. One of the symptoms of the inadequate harness is blown globes.

What year is your S10? It could be one of the affected ones. Mine was and the local Yamaha dealer sorted it out with very little fuss.

Cheers mate,
Glenn

That recall has been done the bike is a 2011. The globe's definitely blew at different times both were ok when I left, one was gone when I arrived at work, the other on the way home. I have not had any problems previously.

 

[tomatocity]

How smooth does your front suspension ride? I lost both bulbs because of incorrect suspension settings. Replaced the bulbs, corrected the suspension settings, god to go.

 

[Don in Lodi]

When you say 'blew out' you just mean it went out right? Try giving the harness a wiggle, you might be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Roge]

When you say 'blew out' you just mean it went out right? Try giving the harness a wiggle, you might be pleasantly surprised.

Ceased to illuminate, blwn globes, I did all the wriggle tests on the cabling all seems good. The Globes do not seem to seat into the lamps very well I aspent a while messing with them to sit into the fitting but they seem to fit onto rather than into the back of the lamps.

How smooth does your front suspension ride? I lost both bulbs because of incorrect suspension settings. Replaced the bulbs, corrected the suspension settings, god to go.

The suspension is as it cam out of the factory, I have ridden in the past over some very corrugated tracks and no bother,

I guess they just decided that it wa their time and expired. The ones which have gone were Phillips Whiter la la la ones which have been in for a couple of years, so I have just put the stock ones back in.

Might have to look at HID which I had on my BMWs but hated the main beam slowly getting there but the S10 having the flap thing should improve things. Does anyone do a kit which includes the cover pre cut and sealed to fit HID globes?

 

[EricV]

The brighter, whiter bulbs do seem to go out rather more quickly than the oem ones, and several times on other bikes I have had them go out hours or days from each other. I finally got annoyed enough to switch to HID.

If you find a kit for the Super Tenere that has sorted the back covers, post the link in this thread. I'm reluctant to change to HID on the S10 since the dust/water covers are generally in the way of most HID kits. I added aux lighting and still use the oem wattage bulbs in the headlights on my '12. I have had both blow and am on new ones, but to be expected over the miles I put on the bike. Not bad, two bulbs in 82k miles. The Silver Star bulbs were going out every 10k miles on my FJR.

 

[mcbrien]

You can put your bulbs in wrong and your headlight beam will be all wonky.
I did this then discovered I had the bulbs not seated correctly. Just an fyi
if you have an issue with poor lighting with new bulbs.

 

[Roge]

You can put your bulbs in wrong and your headlight beam will be all wonky.
I did this then discovered I had the bulbs not seated correctly. Just an fyi
if you have an issue with poor lighting with new bulbs.

You are quite right there the way the bulbs/globe's go in is certainly not intuitive and to be out messes mightily with beam pattern. If yo look carefully it's very easy to get them 180 degrees out, especially as without a degree of disassembly you can either see or have your hand in there but not both.