LEDs and Risers

[Elroy]

I've tried to find answers on my own and to prevent starting one too many threads I've got two questions. First is about lights; if I install led headlights(hi or low beams), brake lights or rear turn signal lights, do I need to also install an equalizer(I think that's what it's called)?
And question #2 is about handlebar risers. If I get the knot/pain at the base of my neck between my s/blades on longer rides, do I want the bars lower or higher? Thanks!

Elroy

[yellow rex]

It is much easier to just replace the turn signal flasher
with one for led lights. I use the MBL risers it did help
with that pain.

[Ericb445]

LED Headlights don't require any flasher upgrades, if you put LEDS in your turn signals then you will need a flasher upgrade

[Steve 0080]

+ x’s 2

I would go with HID headlights…LED, ain’t all that!

[Hornblower]

+ x’s 2

I would go with HID headlights…LED, ain’t all that!

I agree with Steve, to a point. For sure, go HID for the lo-beams. The LED's for hi-beam are great for color-matching to the HID lo-beams and offer the additional advantage of "instant" on. But, don't expect the LED hi-beams to project more light down-the-road. The good news is that with the HID lo-beams, I rarely even use my hi-beams any more and, when I do, it's usually to be seen by other drivers. The LED's work great for that purpose. I suspect it won't be long until new technology offers us both lo and hi-beam LED bulbs that project light like current HID's .

[Elroy]

I agree with Steve, to a point. For sure, go HID for the lo-beams. The LED's for hi-beam are great for color-matching to the HID lo-beams and offer the additional advantage of "instant" on. But, don't expect the LED hi-beams to project more light down-the-road. The good news is that with the HID lo-beams, I rarely even use my hi-beams any more and, when I do, it's usually to be seen by other drivers. The LED's work great for that purpose. I suspect it won't be long until new technology offers us both lo and hi-beam LED bulbs that project light like current HID's .

Thanks for all the info. So if i replace my lo-beams AND rear/brake lights with HIDs and put LEDs in my hi-beams, I don't need any sort of equalizer or flasher upgrade yeah? Thanks!

Elroy

[Steve 0080]

Correct …or put HID in the high beams as well…..They are not used much at night but they do allow the blue hairs to see you in the daytime!!!!!

[Hornblower]

FWIW, I have 2 problems with using HID's for hi-beams. First, HID's take several seconds to come up to full brightness. As a result, trying to "flash" your hi-beams is pretty worthless. Second, you have to find areas to mount your ballast blocks so if you have HID's for both lo and hi-beams, that's double the trouble.

[Elroy]

FWIW, I have 2 problems with using HID's for hi-beams. First, HID's take several seconds to come up to full brightness. As a result, trying to "flash" your hi-beams is pretty worthless. Second, you have to find areas to mount your ballast blocks so if you have HID's for both lo and hi-beams, that's double the trouble.

Agreed. I didn't like the idea mounting double the blocks. Installing LEDs in the Hi's is easy enough and will work for me. Thanks for the input.

[Steve 0080]