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Since there were a couple of suggestions to improve light intensity and I wanted to both reduce power consumption as well as improve headlights; I want to present my solution.
I know there are easier solutions (LED bulbs) but they are NOT street legal in Europe and wont ever get homoligation, so they are more or less out of discussion for Europeans. For example, here in Austria (or Germany) police can even remove number plate immediately plus you will lose insurance cover in case of accident or even made responsible for accidents.
However, keeping esthetics of VMax plus improving light quality is not such an easy task here - and this is my solution.
I bought a PUIG (they also do windshields) LED headlight size 6 1/2" its China made but has full E-certification.
and the side view
you can see, it fits 99%perfectly in place of the "old" headlights.
Since this product is offering also DRL, I found a very smart solution to control the lights in modern way:
this little thingi is a great solution to follow EC regulations:
it contains a light sensor...
so the function (youtube video will be made soon) works like this: as long as the sensor detects normal light condition DRL only is working, as soon as light intensity drops (fog, sunset, tunnel) it immidiately dimms the DRL and normal lights go on. In case you ride out of the tunnel and light intensity rises - the healight goes off and DRL works back to 100%.
Light intensity can be set in 30 different levels, Dimm-rate can be set. DRL works as a parking light, too and is connected instead of the position lights.
Power consumption: DRL: 4 W ; headlights 9W or 12W.
Following this route I can achieve lowest power consumption, maximum safety and for sure remain road legal. Side effect: cheapest solution. Planning a short video showing functions soon.
I know there are easier solutions (LED bulbs) but they are NOT street legal in Europe and wont ever get homoligation, so they are more or less out of discussion for Europeans. For example, here in Austria (or Germany) police can even remove number plate immediately plus you will lose insurance cover in case of accident or even made responsible for accidents.
However, keeping esthetics of VMax plus improving light quality is not such an easy task here - and this is my solution.
I bought a PUIG (they also do windshields) LED headlight size 6 1/2" its China made but has full E-certification.
and the side view
you can see, it fits 99%perfectly in place of the "old" headlights.
Since this product is offering also DRL, I found a very smart solution to control the lights in modern way:
this little thingi is a great solution to follow EC regulations:
it contains a light sensor...
so the function (youtube video will be made soon) works like this: as long as the sensor detects normal light condition DRL only is working, as soon as light intensity drops (fog, sunset, tunnel) it immidiately dimms the DRL and normal lights go on. In case you ride out of the tunnel and light intensity rises - the healight goes off and DRL works back to 100%.
Light intensity can be set in 30 different levels, Dimm-rate can be set. DRL works as a parking light, too and is connected instead of the position lights.
Power consumption: DRL: 4 W ; headlights 9W or 12W.
Following this route I can achieve lowest power consumption, maximum safety and for sure remain road legal. Side effect: cheapest solution. Planning a short video showing functions soon.