Zane four candle headlights

cooky

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Has anyone changed their zane 750 lights? If so, what for?
My bike has the original bulbs that would not compete with a candle in a cave.
Does a change of bulb help and will the alternator support more watts?
Any thoughts welcomed. Cooky
 
mount a direct feed from the battery, actuated by a relay. You will be surprised what output this brings...

measure the voltage that goes into the bulb. I bet it's below 10 Volts, maybe even below 9. If so, you will gain roughly 20 - 30% more light just by adding the relay with direct feed. Put a fuse in between though and take cable that is up for the job (1,5mm? should do it)

Easy to install: dismount the tank cover, dismount the side-panel on the left side, dismount the mudguard (rear) to access to the battery. now connect the new cable to the plus of the battery, strap it to the frame so that it does not hang around and mount it to the front close to the headlight. plug it into the relay's switched port. Now connect the plug from the headlight bulb to the port that switches the relay, make a ground connection and connect the 4th port of the relay to the headlight bulb. If you have done everything right, the headlight switch should still switch the light on, but with way more output.

Same setup for the high beam and you're done. You can use the same power-supply for both relay, as only either low OR high beam are activated, never both together.

HTH
 
Thanks Lothar. Will have a go at this. At present, I fear the dark as I have no realistic way of getting home without a white cane and a labrador retriever!
Cooky.
 
that would be two candles Cooky, four an youd be laughing

as Lothar said quickest fix, 

Join the Yahoo Zanelist, loads of stuff on there
 
Oh fork handles  :D :D :D

                                Dave
 
Cosi, I have joined zanelist but it's a B*$?@%!D to navigate. I like it here better.
Seems to me that there are plenty of Zane owners on this forum even if they are reluctant to own up, or prefer to forget!...
Regards. Cooky
 
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