HID Retrofit Photo Central; Share Yours!!

[SpawnXX]

Greetings fellow FZ6R Forum Members,
It is pretty apparent that we have several members that have had the HID Projector Kits installed. With the recent offer that Rabbitman is offering and many of us that are interested in having the retrofit done, I think it would be interesting and helpful for members that currently have the setup to post pictures of their projector setups on their bikes.
Frontal photos that show off their unique look, (shroud type, L.E.D. accents, painted or non-painted) show it all! I hope those of you who are eligible to participate do! :steve: opcorn:

Mine:

 

[applejax]

No LEDs or anything fancy. Im not a fan of bling, accent lighting etc. I prefer a clean, oem+ look.

 

[SpawnXX]

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No LEDs or anything fancy. Im not a fan of bling, accent lighting etc. I prefer a clean, oem+ look.

Very nice! Sometimes less is more!

I apologize but with the black reflector and the photo being slightly fuzzy, what type of shroud did you choose?

 

[Rabbitman109]

 

[SpawnXX]

Ah, the old 6R. =) I am sure you've been asked before, but miss it at all?

 

[miketriebsch]

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No LEDs or anything fancy. Im not a fan of bling, accent lighting etc. I prefer a clean, oem+ look.

Just plain bad @$$

 

[Rabbitman109]

Ah, the old 6R. =) I am sure you've been asked before, but miss it at all?

Sometimes, but the FZ1 is waaaay better.

 

[Brock Kickass]

Sometimes, but the FZ1 is waaaay better.

Is yours back on the road? I was pretty disappointed to hear about your off, especially after all the work you had done. I hope everything is coming together.

 

[Rabbitman109]

Is yours back on the road? I was pretty disappointed to hear about your off, especially after all the work you had done. I hope everything is coming together.

Actually it isn't. I haven't had much time to work on it, and money is tight with the new baby coming. I am planning on gathering parts over winter since I can't ride anyway, and then it will be back on the road in the spring. That is kinda why I started the retrofitting, so that I could earn a little money on the side to help get it back on the road. Thanks for thinking of me.

 

[Rabbitman109]

here is bobby bo bonsin's:

Found out that he repainted his shroud:

 

[Brock Kickass]

Sorry to hear you're not riding, but I'm happy you're on track. Congrats on the baby! My wife and I are expecting our first in April. I'm looking for projects since I'll probably be spending more time in the garage with the baby in a basket this summer than actually on my bike
I'm thinking rear sets, a PCV, R1 suspension, and all of the usual intake tract mods. If you come across a good lighting retrofit for the N kit on the FZ1 keep me in the loop. My bike is 90% now, so I'm trying to pick away at the little details that will make it 100% unique.
Get that bike back together! You'll need at least a little 2-wheel therapy with the new little one coming! Shipping is probably a pain, but I still have a boxful of FZ1 body in my garage, and will probably have stock forks, brakes, and front wheel soon enough. Hit me up if you need anything.

 

[99vengeur]

Here is my setup before I sold it to another member.

 

[SpawnXX]

Here is my setup before I sold it to another member.

Sold the bike?

 

[99vengeur]

Sold the bike?

Nope, just the headlight. I was the first to do the retrofit for this bike, and this was the test run to make sure everything fit and worked properly. I sold it and then made another one for a second member. Now I'm back to the stock headlight, and I greatly miss the projector!

 

[JT]

you all are making me salivate. lol

 

[Fizzi6ergal]

How much brighter is the headlight compared to the stock headlight? How much of a difference is that headlight compared to like a regular HID kit?

 

[SpawnXX]

I like the feedback so far! Keep them coming!

 

[SpawnXX]

How much brighter is the headlight compared to the stock headlight? How much of a difference is that headlight compared to like a regular HID kit?

Sportbike Stage III Kit - Complete Retrofit Kits from The Retrofit Source Inc

View the thumbnails on that web page. That is of FZWhite's 6R when he had it after the installation. I know he has a comparison shot/vid on the forum too in an old post. I will try to find it and add it to this post.

 

[99vengeur]

How much brighter is the headlight compared to the stock headlight? How much of a difference is that headlight compared to like a regular HID kit?

Excuse the pun, but the difference really is night and day. When I had the projector setup, I rarely used the high beam. I just didn't need to unless on a long straight stretch of back roads. Compare that to always riding with the high beam on with the stock headlight. Even then, the low beam of the projector was superior to the stock high beam.

Comparing HID to a projector is like watering a flower with a mist bottle vs. a hose. HID have better output than stock lights, but they still scatter the light. A projector has greater light output, but it also focuses the light beam due to the projector housing and lens.

 

[Fizzi6ergal]

Excuse the pun, but the difference really is night and day. When I had the projector setup, I rarely used the high beam. I just didn't need to unless on a long straight stretch of back roads. Compare that to always riding with the high beam on with the stock headlight. Even then, the low beam of the projector was superior to the stock high beam.

Comparing HID to a projector is like watering a flower with a mist bottle vs. a hose. HID have better output than stock lights, but they still scatter the light. A projector has greater light output, but it also focuses the light beam due to the projector housing and lens.

Pretty easy to install? The fiance doesn't think I need a brighter headlight just cause I rarely ride at night. He thinks it's bright enough as is. But when I do ride at night, the HID kit vs the stock one could mean the difference in me seeing the deer a lot sooner vs me racing up to the deer on the side of the road and freaking myself out.