[Pod.YBR]

Hi everyone.

I recently got my first 'proper' bike - YBR 125 2007. Excellent bike, I have to say!
That is.. untill you want to ride at night, at which point it becomes the scariest ride of your life.
The headlight is very poor, and for any visability you have to ride using dipped beam all the time.

Anyway, I've just bought a halogen upgrade bulb, hopefully will make SOME improvement.
I want to know whether I will need to remove all the front fairings ( I have the fully faired model, with the square headlight), or whether there is an easier way to change the bulb.
Also, how would I adjust the angle of the main beam, as currently it seems to shoot hgih up into the air, and basically everywhere other than the road ahead of me...

Any help? Many thanks.

[ShoKz]

sorry? did you say a fully faired ybr?


have i missed something here

[Pod.YBR]

ShoKz, on Mar 28 2009, 07:31 PM, said:

sorry? did you say a fully faired ybr?


have i missed something here

Sorry, It's not fully faired, I just meant the model with the light faring, rather than the round headlight.

[Cov_AL]

quick tip: check the connectors for corrosion as it can increase the resistance and cause a dimmer bulb!

[Pod.YBR]

Cov_AL, on Mar 29 2009, 12:47 PM, said:

quick tip: check the connectors for corrosion as it can increase the resistance and cause a dimmer bulb!

Cheers, Cov_AL.
I checked, and they seem in pristine condition (is a new bike)
There have been quite a few posts about the dim bulb problem on the YBR, but none have given any soloutions. =[

[uzi_999]

Im on a YBR125, the round headlight model..

Got a halogen lamp, MILES better than the old sh*tty one!!

Other than that, full beam on all the time, unless its dark, and theres oncoming traffic..

Most of my riding is on lit up, inner city, roads, so the headlamp dimness didnt bother me much..

I reckon you should be able to get a set of universal headlamps, wired up via a relay and switch.. Was contemplating something similar too, I doubt that wed have much issues, so long as we dont get uber-brights, which drain more power than our peewee alternators would generate.

uzi_999

[Pod.YBR]

uzi_999, on Mar 29 2009, 03:15 PM, said:

Im on a YBR125, the round headlight model..

Got a halogen lamp, MILES better than the old sh*tty one!!

Other than that, full beam on all the time, unless its dark, and theres oncoming traffic..

Most of my riding is on lit up, inner city, roads, so the headlamp dimness didnt bother me much..

I reckon you should be able to get a set of universal headlamps, wired up via a relay and switch.. Was contemplating something similar too, I doubt that wed have much issues, so long as we dont get uber-brights, which drain more power than our peewee alternators would generate.

uzi_999

Thanks, Could you tell me where you got your halogen lamp, and how much it cost?
Did you get two? - one for main + one for the dipped?

Unfortunatly, where I live, most of the roads are not lit up, and when there mainly curvey back roads, lighting becomes essential....

.Pod.

[Scythe]

Am I missing something here?

On my 2009 YBR, my headlight is fine? I had fine visibility on dark country roads the other day.

[Pod.YBR]

Scythe, on Mar 29 2009, 09:30 PM, said:

Am I missing something here?

On my 2009 YBR, my headlight is fine? I had fine visibility on dark country roads the other day.

Mine is a 2007 YBR, there have been quite a lot of complaints about the headlight... so maybe (hopefully) they have improved the bulb for the 2009 model

Lucky You!..

[emseepee]

Pod.YBR, on 30 March 2009 - 12:05 AM, said:

Mine is a 2007 YBR, there have been quite a lot of complaints about the headlight... so maybe (hopefully) they have improved the bulb for the 2009 model

Lucky You!..

No they haven't - I have a 2009 model and the light is appalling! When I got onto a road with no street lights I thought that someone had poked my eyes out!

[emseepee]

emseepee, on 18 November 2009 - 03:50 PM, said:

No they haven't - I have a 2009 model and the light is appalling! When I got onto a road with no street lights I thought that someone had poked my eyes out!

Well it turns out that I am just an idiot. I went to speak to an auto electrician to get a higher wattage bulb and it turns out that I have been using the parking light instead of the main light which I thought was the bright light, but apparently there isn't a bright light - just a parking light run straight from the battery and the main light whose power is generated when the engine is running. Yup - I am a dork.

[Descendo]

emseepee, on 20 November 2009 - 02:59 PM, said:

Well it turns out that I am just an idiot. I went to speak to an auto electrician to get a higher wattage bulb and it turns out that I have been using the parking light instead of the main light which I thought was the bright light, but apparently there isn't a bright light - just a parking light run straight from the battery and the main light whose power is generated when the engine is running. Yup - I am a dork.

The beam light is surely the beam light (IE has a blue indicator near the speedo to notify your beams are on). The light running automatically is the main light, surely? I often signal to other motorists using the beam light button and use it whenever there is no street lights available.

[PeterC]

Perhaps a read of the manual may help

[Mark K]

Suggests to me that you need a new bulb.

Mine is the 2008 YBR 125, it has 2 light positions, dipped and full beam, the blue light on your instrument panel comes when full beam is on.

The light itself is on permanantly once the bike is running, in either dipped or full beam state.

If (like mine did) the dipped light in the bulb fails, there will still be a dim secondary light illuminating the road which provides close to zero visibility on dark country roads. It suggests to me that your dipped light has indeed failed and you simply need a new bulb to resolve your problem, that or your headlight is seriously out of line and is pointing up at the sky!