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Scooters - 50cc => Super 9 => Topic started by: Triesandluth on April 15, 2015, 12:05:35 PM
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In an attempt to reduce the load on my battery and stator I have started putting led bulbs in. I was skeptical at first, but so far I'm impressed. The taillight is much sharper and seems quicker to light up. The headlight I was afraid of the most. But now with it installed it seems like it is great. Looks nicer than the yellow color too. I can't fully say that it's great until tonight when I take it out. I have a feeling by the way it lights up my wall that it will be equal or better than stock. Turn signals are next!
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Not sure why it uploaded sideways...
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Tell me about your LED headlamp.
Karl
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LED's are the way of the future!!!! They look better, last longer, can be much much brighter, and come on instantly instead of a "charge up" like bulbs. Never messed around with the LED headlights, let us know how it looks I would be interested to try it on my cafe bike.
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(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/15/99ee850f79720c16bff2e70366ae13e8.jpg)
This is the other. The set was less than fifteen free shipping for two. I'm looking at another style with more leds, even if this one is fine. Once it gets dark enough I'll take picture of the brightness.
If interested I'll post up the item number and seller. It's location is in WA, bet. It would get to you quick!
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Well, took it for a ride tonight. I'm not sure if the brightness is good enough. Hard to tell with how rainy it was, every bit of light from other sources reflecting off the streets. And most of the areas I rode in were fairly well lit or the stop lights drowned out any other light. I just ordered on that has more leds on it, and circular. Like this. Logically, it should hit more of the reflective area with more light.
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How was the aim on the headlight and did you notice any load change on your system
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Thanks for the pictures! The ones you have are covered with LEDs. The one at Cycle Gear has but one relatively huge LED on one side. So how do ya get either hi-beam or low-beam? Got's a miniature cooling fan! We await your final test......
Karl
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I had the aim originally set for the regular bulb, which was okay. I did some on the fly adjustments that did no good. If it's not rainy tonight I may try to set it up better. I think the bluish hue was throwing me off with the wet streets, wet windscreen, and wet face shield.
Honestly, the load seemed to not change too much, just no drop in brightness at idle. But with the original bulb pulling 35w, this is possibly pulling half. Everything still gets hit by the signals. I'm hoping the led signal bulbs that are on the way will relieve the issue with the intermittent dimming while the indicator is on.
My model only has one setting for the headlight. On. Ha ha. I was confused about that when I got it, since my cheap Chinese scoots have high and low settings. This has no switch at all. I've seen somewhere a way to wire it up, but I'm okay with it as is. I'm not sure on the bulb set up if it had that option.
Anyways, the next bulb is on its way, it doesn't even have to come from far, so it should be in soon.
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are you saying that you super 9 has no high/low beam switch
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Correct. On the left handle there is only the indicator switch. Not even a dummy spot for the lights.
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mine have a high and a low beam switch
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I've seen them. Not sure why my model doesn't have it...
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what year you have
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2005
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ok, I have the 03....hummmm...I wonder why they remove that from a later model
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I want to say that there's models after 05 that have high and low, but I'm not sure.
I was just surprised to see that it takes an actual automobile bulb, not some pronged one. Does yours have the h8 or h11 type bulb?
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you may not believe me but I never change a bulb as yet but I can see it take a round socket bulb
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Your luck with that scoot is amazing.
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How are the LED"s working out
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Well, the turn signals came in, installed, things went crazy. I could've lived with the hyper flash, but for some reason I would turn on the left blinker, the front left would blink and the right rear would blink. Just a bunch of headaches. I may send them back, I may get the resistors that they'll need to work properly. Not sure yet.
The led headlight that's in it has worked well a few times at night now. Still a bit dim to what I'd like. The new, larger one came in. Unfortunately it is just slightly bigger than the holes that it needs to fit in. I'm considering modifying it that little bit to accommodate for it. Haven't had the time, girlfriend and daughter time has been priority recently.
I will possibly get to that Friday. It'll give me and the girlfriend's son a chance to hang about and do guy stuff while the girls play.
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Well, the turn signals came in, installed, things went crazy. I could've lived with the hyper flash, but for some reason I would turn on the left blinker, the front left would blink and the right rear would blink. Just a bunch of headaches. I may send them back, I may get the resistors that they'll need to work properly. Not sure yet.
The led headlight that's in it has worked well a few times at night now. Still a bit dim to what I'd like. The new, larger one came in. Unfortunately it is just slightly bigger than the holes that it needs to fit in. I'm considering modifying it that little bit to accommodate for it. Haven't had the time, girlfriend and daughter time has been priority recently.
I will possibly get to that Friday. It'll give me and the girlfriend's son a chance to hang about and do guy stuff while the girls play.
Shoot I could have warned you about the LED turn signals, you need a special flasher for the leds. The stock setup uses the resistance in the bulbs to work the flasher, and LEDs have close to 0 resistance. Don't give up, all you need is a three wire LED flasher unit available on eBay for cheap. http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-240W-3-Pin-LED-Flasher-Relay-Motorcycle-Car-Turn-Signal-Light-Universal-/281619428889?hash=item4191d37619&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-240W-3-Pin-LED-Flasher-Relay-Motorcycle-Car-Turn-Signal-Light-Universal-/281619428889?hash=item4191d37619&vxp=mtr)
That is just one example.
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Thanks! I thought that too. Probably gonna order that now
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For all that you must be going to have some brrrrright lights
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I hope so. At the least they'll be less power consuming and look cool coming down the road [emoji41]
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when you finish let us knowwwwwwww
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The new headlight is fitted. I may have to go back in and see why it cut out for a second, hopefully just a loose connection. I was going to take a pic or video of it in the real dark but I had my girl friend riding with. Still need to point it up a touch.
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Where are the other two lights that are in the front of the scooter
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Mine is just that headlight. Two spots for other signals if I moved them from the handlebars. They have black covers over them.
The new led already have up the ghost. I'm not sure if it was defective or if the vibrations were too much. It was less than ten bucks, so I'm not really sweating it much. I took it apart and I believe one of the glass resistors had broke.
Oh well, the seller of the turn signals refunded me half of the cost of the signals and told me to keep them when I asked them if they took returns. I even told them not to worry about it because I may be able to get them right, but they insisted.
So, back to the smaller led....
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you mean that you do not have those lights that is by the headlights (it's is located on the left and right side just a little lower then the headlight
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Mine are covered with two black plastic covers. There's ability to punch out the spots for putting in the sockets. My taillight is the same, the whole lens is red with both sides available to be punched out.
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they did not sell them that way
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This looks like it came that way(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/24/e59e7dd4fcac4d525f5cd0dd0977bf3a.jpg)
Yet with the non original screws throughout most of the body I can assume that it had been torn down prior to me owning it.
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I've heard of someone on a forum asking about a taillight like mine, all red. I just googled images in many ways and haven't seen one yet... Odd, but it makes me a bit big headed that it's not seen on every one!
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I never seen the super 9 without those lights or without the high beam switch....(except the one you have) have you
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I honestly have not been within a reasonable distance of another Super 9 ever. I was close to one once. At the time I was having problems with my spark plug wire and I stalled in traffic two cars back from one.
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Somebody must have mod it before you received it