creative headlight ideas for the hawk

[cwh]

Anyone have any creative ideas to do away with the expensive and nearly useless snowhawk headlight bulbs. I'm looking to upgrade and at this point an oil fired lantern would be an upgrade. Actually I'm thinking of mounting something like a lower wattage LightForce light on the front of the handlebars and disconnecting the stock headlamps. Any other input would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

cwh

 

[cjgodden]

Pia makes a replacemnet bulb, you can get them at GO-PRO on lake otis, It is brighter and lasts alot longer

 

[cwh]

Thanks,

I would've never thought to look there. I almost stopped there yesterday but didn't. I'll get by there and pick up a set.

Thanks again,

cwh

 

[cjgodden]

bring your bulb with you, some of the guys that work there are kind of DAAAA, they my need to "match it up" A honda 450r 4-wheeler uses the same bulb.

 

[Beeline]

If you pull the whole light out , you end up with great cooling in the warmer temps. Ram Air .

 

[cwh]

Good idea. Right now though we only have like 4 hours of daylight. Come spring that may be a good option.

 

[snowhawkaddict]

Ram air.

BC rider, his first Hawk, also working on an 800.

 

[off road rider]

A great option

Hi Its Darryl from Cyclops Motorsports, I saw this tread and had to chime in.
I hope you dont mind me shamlessly pluging our products.
You could switch to an H4 bulb and get better light. But better than that try a helmetlight. whether thats our product or a diff brand, you will find that helmet mounted lights are far more efficiant than head lights. Either go with an HID battery powered system or a 50 watt halogen that will run straight from your Snow hawk. There are a ton of Mod sled riders that do that.
The HIDs are brighter than ANY headlight you can get.

 

[877snowhawk]

M I C_k E Y _ Mouse!

 

[cwh]

Saw those on another thread recently. Nice and very creative. Details please. I recently replaced the lamps on my 121 with the Pia replacements. And I figured out why they went out at the same time... I dropped my hood. Nice

cwh

 

[Goodspeed]

Off Road Rider

How well does the H4 headlight bulb work as a replacement?
And do you sell a HID upgrade system for the Hawk?

-ozzydog found the solution for the voltage problem burning out the bulbs...
http://www.snowest.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138518

gary

 

[off road rider]

Its far better to replace the entire housing than to retrofit HIDs into the stock piece. HIDs and Halogen lights use different points of focus. although you can do it , it would not be optimal. Think about adding post mount mr16 hids or sc4 hid lights in spot and flood.. a helmetlight will always work better than anything you install on the machine.

 

[Goodspeed]

I "Love" my helmet HID light I purchased from you, guess there hard to beat... they do Rock
With that being said I put lighting as a "High" "High" Priority!!!! It a safety issue plain and simple. You will get into trouble plowing through the unknown with poor lighting.
Lighting is cheap compared to broken bones or sled parts....
Call me a Redneck but I think I want a giant light bar simular to the jacked up four wheel drive guys have........
-Wait I'll change that;
-You know you're a red-neck if you have "stock" lighting.........
Why don't you offer MR16 HID Post Mount lights?
Do you think that One Spot and One Flood Post Mount would be the best?
OR?

I've seen the light............

-I don't want much... Oh, wait, yes I do

 

[off road rider]

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Why don't you offer MR16 HID Post Mount lights?
Do you think that One Spot and One Flood Post Mount would be the best?
OR?

I've seen the light............

-I don't want much... Oh, wait, yes I do

I do.. spot or flood chrome or black...a flood and spot is a good combo. If you ride fast and use a helmetlight then two spots are the ticket..

 

[Goodspeed]

Thanks Off Road Rider..... great advise.....

What do you think of this 50 watt LED light with 3500 Lumens??

http://www.hero-ledstore.com/50w-coo...son-p-220.html

Isn't that twice the Lumens of HID? It is 35V though and would need a power supply and mount but its got potential...........

 

[off road rider]

Thanks Off Road Rider..... great advise.....

What do you think of this 50 watt LED light with 3500 Lumens??

http://www.hero-ledstore.com/50w-coo...son-p-220.html

Isn't that twice the Lumens of HID? It is 35V though and would need a power supply and mount but its got potential...........

As there is no lens it is for illumination only.. not forward light.. leds need to be focused threw some sort of directional lens..
Im interested in all types of forward light sources. and always looking at what is new and coming up.. leds are the future.. its just going to be a bit..