Bright legal headlight bulb?

[Jordan]

My 900ss looks like it has Lemmiwinks cooped up holding a candle flame.  Is there a nice bright, legal replacement headlight bulb?

Looking for something that is going to get me noticed in traffic.

[hypurone]

I am running a PIAA bulb in the 65w/55w combo (notice that this is reversed from normal bulbs) cuz I'm not normal!  VERY bright/white light at the same power draw.... Sylvania Silverstar's are also badass at a bit less $.

[bdfinally]

+1 Silverstars

[Crazy Canadian]

Funny I just finished putting a Silverstar Ultra in my S2R like 5 minutes ago after recommendations from this board and old posts from TOB.  Just waiting for it to get dark enough for me to try it out.  The Ultras are supposed to be even brighter than straight Silverstars, but they come in two packs.  Anyone want to buy one??   Oh well.  Guess I have a spare if I can ever find it in the garage again.  So much crap is collecting on there!

I'll let you know my opinion in a few minutes.  Heading out right now 

[Crazy Canadian]

Okay. Totally WAS NOT blown away by the Silverstar Ultras.  Box says 20-25% brighter than regular and whiter.  Okay, whiter yes.  Brighter, okay a little.  Can't really notice a huge difference through my tinted visor.

[Jordan]

Are all the suggestions D.O.T. approved legal? 

[Crazy Canadian]

The SS Ultras are.  They are definitely whiter, and a little brighter.  I just expected something like I get from my LightForce driving lights.    Maybe I was expecting too much. 

[knightrider]

anything that is higher wattage than 55w/60w  Lo/Hi, will not be legal. that being said, how many cops have asked to see your headlight bulb?

[Qfactor]

check out candlepower.com, lots of info and lots of DOT legal brighter bulbs.

Q

[Spider]

there is an OzMonsters thread about bulbs - some of us have tried the Phillips X-Treme bulb with good success.

It was a noticeable improvement on my OLD stock bulb.

Have a great ride!

[remy]

I mostly hear people talk about Silverstars and Candlepower bulbs. I myself have the Sylvania site bookmarked so I can grab put on some Silverstars when I do my 15K service.

[venomousr1993]

has there been anything on being able to use a clear lens like from a Suzuki SV?  Would that even help

[michalik_piotr]

i used a headlight similar to the one on the sv's in the past, ie: multi face reflector and clear lense with a higher wattage piaa white type bulb.  it was ok............but now with my acerbis cyclops set up even just the low beam projector is better, the high beam flood is even nicer.  ultimatly though, nothing compares to hid which is what i'm in the process of doing.  the 55w vs. the 35w is even better.  more or less it has been my experience that most h4 bulbs are the same...the brighter higher quality ones just burn out faster.

[dlearl476]

there is an OzMonsters thread about bulbs - some of us have tried the Phillips X-Treme bulb with good success.

It was a noticeable improvement on my OLD stock bulb.

Have a great ride!

I've used VisionPlus for 5 years or so.  Like 'em a lot.  The "white" seems much brighter.  I just got a set of X-treme from www.powerbulbs.com and have yet to install them.

[Alex]

Okay. Totally WAS NOT blown away by the Silverstar Ultras.  Box says 20-25% brighter than regular and whiter.  Okay, whiter yes.  Brighter, okay a little.  Can't really notice a huge difference through my tinted visor.

+1

Silverstar is the same crap you can get on eBay for $5.00 from china. Just do that instead and same some $.