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This is for dip beam (H1 bulb) only...if you have a 1200 or something else, bugger off, this isn't for you 
Note; What I'm about to do is also Illegal.....HID lights are not approved as aftermarket fitment, so if you do it and you get nicked, tough titties
Anyway.....
My lovely Rosie bought me a Dip beam HID kit for my birthday- It was exactly what I wanted and although I may upgrade the main beam at some point, it's the dip that's more important as I already have a pair of halogen fogs I use as running lights and a pair of halogen spots that are triggered by the main beam.....when I'm fully lit up, the light pattern and strength with everything on is better than the speeds I ride at IYSWIM.
The dip beam on its own however is crap, and I've always been struck by how far away I can see bikes with HID in my mirrors, so I thought it was worth a punt.
If the photos are crap BTW, it's 'cos my camera has no back screen so I can't see what I'm taking a pic of
And ignore the dirt....that's proper Sahara sand that is and I'm not BTBR
1) Tell the golden stupid to keep out of the way and that bulbs are not food.
Nor are screwdrivers or any other tools.
(It's a golden stupid thing, you wouldn't understand if you don't have one)
1) Remove the cover of the bulb unit from under the dash in front of the bars.
This was a bit tricky on mine- my dash panel is pop rivetted to the back of the pod 'cos I was fed up with it vibrating all the time off road- this means the front is pulled slightly further back to the light unit than normal so it's always a bit of a wiggle to get the bulb protector off.
Undo the multiplug by squeezing the pinch grips together, then turn the black plastic casing an eighth of a turn clockwise to release......unplug the brown wire spade connector from the male end on the metal light back plate and unplug the thicker wire (yellow in my case) from the back of the H1 bulb (that's the live
)
There's no need to disconnect the battery in this process BTW, so it's all nice and easy.
Remove the plastic piece then undo the spring clips holding the bulb in place in the metal light back piece, and take all of it indoors.
(Take care not to touch the Halogen bulb glass- a small amount of oil from your skin will create hotspots and it will blow shortly after use if you even need it again- and the same applies to the HID bulb glass as well!!)
The first thing to do is to drill ahole in the back of the plastic bit......the premade (and very well made it is too) loom of the HID kit won't fit under the cover so you have to drill it out.
The instructions say the hole needs to be between 23 and 25mm (1 inch) but my conical drill is 22.5 mill......that's good 'cos the tighter the fit, the more waterproof it will be (as long as the grommet fits without rucking up in the hole)
I started the hole with a small drill, then quickly realised that the yellow and brown wires fitted to the inside of the plastic piece would be obstructing the hole drill, so I pried them out from the inside with a flat blade screwdriver, laid them aside and drilled the hole out.
(make sure you note down which hole the two wires go in though if you do it this way...or when you reconnect, it could all go horribly wrong!)
The two pins came out quite easily with a firm wedgie out.
If you're doing the job proper bloke stylee BTW, make sure you leave a little pile of plastic shavings on the floor...your Golden stupid will love this tasty treat because it's obviously food.
Next.....make sure the base of the bulb (which is plastic) fits through the new hole (mine did, using the narrower angle of the cut out of the disc to get it in)
Feed the bulb, the two wires with the male spade connectors (one big, one little) through the hole from the back to the front (durrrr!) and then use a bit of common sense and re-fit the plastic pot around the bulb to stop it being touched or banged. (I didn't in some of these pics
)
Then fit he grommet to the hole...this takes a bit of pushing and shoving and squeezing but it popped in nicely- check around it from both sides to make sure it's properly seated and there are no kinks due to using a smaller hole than recommended
I then pulled all four wires through the grommet nearly as far as they would go from the back to the front, as it's obvious that would need as much space as possible for my fat spam fingers to put the bulb in the hole and get that damned tricky retaining clip over the tags at the base of the metal backing plate....why make life more difficult than it has to be?
Note in this pic I've already re-inserted the brown wire from the original fitting....do the yellow one as well (these are the wires that fitted to the original BME plug outside of the plastic bit)
Then...once both the yellow and brown wires are refitted to the inside of the socket, connect the yellow insulated female spade connector to the larger spade connector on the blue wire of the HID loom and the brown wire spade connector to the smaller female connector on the black wire of the loom (Mine needed pinching down with a pair of pliers to make it a tight fit)
Pull these two wires back out through the grommet until they are seated nice and snugly in the base of the plastic capping. (note I had thought at this stage to put the plastic case back on the bulb to protect it.)
Leave the two black wires to the new bulb as long as you can to give you the room mentioned above.
Next, (are we getting excited yet??) it's back out to the bike, lay the loom and ballast on the bars and attempt to poke the bulb in the back of the metal mounting plate.
It's probably easier to remove the plastic pot first
Hmmm...arse!!!
It doesn't fit!!
Back indoors...compare the original H1 bulb with the new HIDbulb and they are very clearly a millimeter different in diameter
Crap pic but you may be able to see this.
Umm.
Arrr.
Bollix.
Find a pen that happens to be the same girth as the new bulb and poke it up your hole to see if it fits.
When you've done that, go outside with the pen and try it on the bike.......
It fits, but it's very tight...too tight to be pushing an expensive bit of glass into.
I found a small half-round file and gave the hole a few strokes and a minute or so later the pen fitted better.....
Not what I was expecting that bit, but a minor alteration and it only took a fraction off the metal plate to get it to fit...so back out with the HID kit and this time it fitted nicely, though it did make contact on the way in
Note..there's a dimple on the top surface of the bulb that has to match up with a hole in the back plate....slide the bulb in, then twist it a little to line them up and it goes flush to the plate nicely.
You can see the dimple quite clearly on the pic below.
So, the bulb is now nicely nestled in and you have loads of room to get your fingers in to clip the wire retaining spring back across the base plate of the bulb and into their little hooks.....
Next, wrestle the plastic case back on, remembering to pull the two black wires through as you do so there's not too much of them on the inside
Then try again..the bastard came off so it must bloody well go on again!!
At this stage you may want to call an adult to help you- I didn't have one to hand and the golden stupid was to busy licking up plastic swarf so he wasn't any help
Ah there we go....now don't forget to twist the cap back an eighth turn to lock it in place.
Now for the ballast, which should still be draped across the bars.
I dropped this down through in front of the yokes and went under the front end to see where it would go.....
Oh hold on, we might as well power up the bike at this stage to make sure it works.
f*ck and damnation...that's bright!!!
Tip...when looking round at the front end to make sure it's on, don't look into the beam.
Righty...
Hold on a sec, there's some pictures missing.........
Note; What I'm about to do is also Illegal.....HID lights are not approved as aftermarket fitment, so if you do it and you get nicked, tough titties
Anyway.....
My lovely Rosie bought me a Dip beam HID kit for my birthday- It was exactly what I wanted and although I may upgrade the main beam at some point, it's the dip that's more important as I already have a pair of halogen fogs I use as running lights and a pair of halogen spots that are triggered by the main beam.....when I'm fully lit up, the light pattern and strength with everything on is better than the speeds I ride at IYSWIM.
The dip beam on its own however is crap, and I've always been struck by how far away I can see bikes with HID in my mirrors, so I thought it was worth a punt.
If the photos are crap BTW, it's 'cos my camera has no back screen so I can't see what I'm taking a pic of
And ignore the dirt....that's proper Sahara sand that is and I'm not BTBR
1) Tell the golden stupid to keep out of the way and that bulbs are not food.
Nor are screwdrivers or any other tools.
(It's a golden stupid thing, you wouldn't understand if you don't have one)
1) Remove the cover of the bulb unit from under the dash in front of the bars.
This was a bit tricky on mine- my dash panel is pop rivetted to the back of the pod 'cos I was fed up with it vibrating all the time off road- this means the front is pulled slightly further back to the light unit than normal so it's always a bit of a wiggle to get the bulb protector off.
Undo the multiplug by squeezing the pinch grips together, then turn the black plastic casing an eighth of a turn clockwise to release......unplug the brown wire spade connector from the male end on the metal light back plate and unplug the thicker wire (yellow in my case) from the back of the H1 bulb (that's the live
)There's no need to disconnect the battery in this process BTW, so it's all nice and easy.
Remove the plastic piece then undo the spring clips holding the bulb in place in the metal light back piece, and take all of it indoors.
(Take care not to touch the Halogen bulb glass- a small amount of oil from your skin will create hotspots and it will blow shortly after use if you even need it again- and the same applies to the HID bulb glass as well!!)
The first thing to do is to drill ahole in the back of the plastic bit......the premade (and very well made it is too) loom of the HID kit won't fit under the cover so you have to drill it out.
The instructions say the hole needs to be between 23 and 25mm (1 inch) but my conical drill is 22.5 mill......that's good 'cos the tighter the fit, the more waterproof it will be (as long as the grommet fits without rucking up in the hole)
I started the hole with a small drill, then quickly realised that the yellow and brown wires fitted to the inside of the plastic piece would be obstructing the hole drill, so I pried them out from the inside with a flat blade screwdriver, laid them aside and drilled the hole out.
(make sure you note down which hole the two wires go in though if you do it this way...or when you reconnect, it could all go horribly wrong!)
The two pins came out quite easily with a firm wedgie out.
If you're doing the job proper bloke stylee BTW, make sure you leave a little pile of plastic shavings on the floor...your Golden stupid will love this tasty treat because it's obviously food.
Next.....make sure the base of the bulb (which is plastic) fits through the new hole (mine did, using the narrower angle of the cut out of the disc to get it in)
Feed the bulb, the two wires with the male spade connectors (one big, one little) through the hole from the back to the front (durrrr!) and then use a bit of common sense and re-fit the plastic pot around the bulb to stop it being touched or banged. (I didn't in some of these pics
)
Then fit he grommet to the hole...this takes a bit of pushing and shoving and squeezing but it popped in nicely- check around it from both sides to make sure it's properly seated and there are no kinks due to using a smaller hole than recommended
I then pulled all four wires through the grommet nearly as far as they would go from the back to the front, as it's obvious that would need as much space as possible for my fat spam fingers to put the bulb in the hole and get that damned tricky retaining clip over the tags at the base of the metal backing plate....why make life more difficult than it has to be?
Note in this pic I've already re-inserted the brown wire from the original fitting....do the yellow one as well (these are the wires that fitted to the original BME plug outside of the plastic bit)
Then...once both the yellow and brown wires are refitted to the inside of the socket, connect the yellow insulated female spade connector to the larger spade connector on the blue wire of the HID loom and the brown wire spade connector to the smaller female connector on the black wire of the loom (Mine needed pinching down with a pair of pliers to make it a tight fit)
Pull these two wires back out through the grommet until they are seated nice and snugly in the base of the plastic capping. (note I had thought at this stage to put the plastic case back on the bulb to protect it.)
Leave the two black wires to the new bulb as long as you can to give you the room mentioned above.
Next, (are we getting excited yet??
) it's back out to the bike, lay the loom and ballast on the bars and attempt to poke the bulb in the back of the metal mounting plate.It's probably easier to remove the plastic pot first
Hmmm...arse!!!
It doesn't fit!!
Back indoors...compare the original H1 bulb with the new HIDbulb and they are very clearly a millimeter different in diameter
Crap pic but you may be able to see this.
Umm.
Arrr.
Bollix.
Find a pen that happens to be the same girth as the new bulb and poke it up your hole to see if it fits.
When you've done that, go outside with the pen and try it on the bike.......
It fits, but it's very tight...too tight to be pushing an expensive bit of glass into.
I found a small half-round file and gave the hole a few strokes and a minute or so later the pen fitted better.....
Not what I was expecting that bit, but a minor alteration and it only took a fraction off the metal plate to get it to fit...so back out with the HID kit and this time it fitted nicely, though it did make contact on the way in
Note..there's a dimple on the top surface of the bulb that has to match up with a hole in the back plate....slide the bulb in, then twist it a little to line them up and it goes flush to the plate nicely.
You can see the dimple quite clearly on the pic below.
So, the bulb is now nicely nestled in and you have loads of room to get your fingers in to clip the wire retaining spring back across the base plate of the bulb and into their little hooks.....
Next, wrestle the plastic case back on, remembering to pull the two black wires through as you do so there's not too much of them on the inside
Then try again..the bastard came off so it must bloody well go on again!!
At this stage you may want to call an adult to help you- I didn't have one to hand and the golden stupid was to busy licking up plastic swarf so he wasn't any help
Ah there we go....now don't forget to twist the cap back an eighth turn to lock it in place.
Now for the ballast, which should still be draped across the bars.
I dropped this down through in front of the yokes and went under the front end to see where it would go.....
Oh hold on, we might as well power up the bike at this stage to make sure it works.
f*ck and damnation...that's bright!!!
Tip...when looking round at the front end to make sure it's on, don't look into the beam.
Righty...
Hold on a sec, there's some pictures missing.........
for now, back to the subject.......
I've literally just fitted my HID kit today and am glad to say I've pretty much done exactly the same as you including the wireing location lashed up near the indicator! It's just coming up to 8 and I'm waiting for the last of the days light to vanish before I take my first test ride at night. I've done both dip and high and am looking forward to seeing the difference.
