Ducati Monster Forum

Hi guys,

I want to change the stock light bulb on my monster with a PIAA H7 bulb, arrow starwhite.

Here'a a description on this bulb that I found on a website of a seller:
PIAA H7 55W 4250K Arrow Starwhite 55watt setara 110watt
Features:
* Color temperture of 4250K - Whitest white!
* Rated 4250 Kevin
* H7 - 12V 55 watts power consumption = brightness of 110W
* Made in Japan
* XTRA watt technology with brilliant white light provides superior performance
* "HEMERIZE" has a white top and base coat

Can I use this bulb on my bike?
Thanks in advance.

Waste of money.

Ain't gonna happen.

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=69572.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=69572.0)

That said, if your intention is to have “white” light output from the headlight, not to see better at night, then, yes, you can.
(but, in that case, I’d recommend to get the cheapest eBay bulb instead of PIAA.)

Thanks, I'll check the link.

What I want is to be able see better when riding at night. I'm also thinking about getting Trail Tech aux led light, but they're not cheap and I can only buy a pair... when I do, I will have to choose whether to use the aux led light on my Monster or on my TE630.

Lots of crap advertising for crap products for people to sift through on the web.

While trying to sift through the marketing hype, do yourself a favor and consider the info S21FOLGORE  has shared with us. You could also read http://danielsternlighting.com/. (http://danielsternlighting.com/.) Lots of info there to absorb.

My experience is that Piaa is overpriced compared to equivalent products.

For my cars and bikes, I usually end up buying from http://www.powerbulbs.com/us. (http://www.powerbulbs.com/us.) Other vendors may be as reasonable and efficient.

I had a PIAA xtreme white plus on my S2R800 and loved it. You can get singles off of eBay.

I see.

So, which one do you ride more (at night)?
Or, which one do you feel the need for “more light output” ?

It makes more sense, obviously, to do the work on the one you ride the most, or (if you ride both of them equally, ) the one that has weaker headlight.

Other things to consider.

When you ride at night, do you ride on the twisty back road a lot ? Or, more like high speed on the long straight highway type of thing?

I ride a motorcycle / drive a car a lot at night. Quite a bit of it includes back road, so I need  “I can see better at side of the road” kind of set up.
And this is what happens late at night, on the twisty back road.

Deer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWbPIoay72Q#)

For high speed straight line only riding, you will need spot beam pattern that can illuminate far, far a head.

Do you get a lot of fog / rain in your area ?
If you have to ride through fog / rain often, stay away from any light bulb that has “blue tint filter”, which includes PIAA extreme white (or whatever they call ...), because you can not see well with those “pure white” light.
The reason is pretty simple. The higher frequency lights (shorter wave length lights, such as blue, purple) focus IN FRONT OF human’s eye’s focal plane. (on top of that, those bulbs usually put out less light than regular clear bulbs.)
With those “pure , extreme white” color that comes out from blue filter on the bulb, your eyes will have to work extra hard to see, yet you can not see the detail still. This is an safety issue.

Bright single headlight vs adding auxiliary lights

If your goal is to see and be seen better, “more lights” wins, hands down.

(http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o420/ZX750E2/Monster/Lighting/Lancia-Stratos-Alitalia-Rally_zps70f92e4c.jpg)

Auxiliary lights can also work as a great conspicuity lights. Triangle-light pattern works a lot better than giant blob of single white light.

Cyclops LED (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKO_pmNfzI0#)

So, I’d say, decide which bike you want do work on first, then, decide whether you want to work on the headlight + auxiliary lights, or just add auxiliary lights.

Hope that helps.

Thanks S21FOLGORE.
I ride both pretty much equally. I usually change bike evey week.

I actually wanted to work on both bikes, you know, get better bulbs for both bikes. But I read that the problem with TE 630 light is not the bulb, it's the reflector of the headlight, so changing bulb won't help much.

That's why my thinking now is I will get auxiliary lights for my TE 630 and better light bulb for my Monster.

Hi guys,

After my posts I decided not to get aux led light for my Monster, but get a conspicuity light instead... I think I've come to a conclusion  that the lack of light on my Monster is a safety feature  ;D that way I will not ride fast at night...

So last week I bought Skene Design's Photon Blaster with ALERT! feature from Jerry Skene. The mailman just delivered the package and I'm going to install it tomorrow [Dolph] 

As for aux led light, my plan is to buy a Cyclops NGX light and install them on my TE630.

Nice find!  I'd be interested in your thoughts after you install them and get a chance to test them out.