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I wonder how many Wings beside mine have a dim left High Beam Headlight?
Through a recent research that Fred did at my request, we find that Honda has done something very peculiar in the 2002 and subsequent models of the GL 1800.
The power for the Left high beam light goes though two handlebar switches. Power for the right goes through a relay and then direct to the bult.
There is an obvious difference in the right and left high beam headlight brightness on my bike.
By standing at the front of the bike with the headlights on high beam, and looking down at the reflectors from above, the filiment reflection on the right high beam is bright white and the left high beam filiment reflection is more of a gold color than bright white.
This is not staring into the highly intense beam itself, but looking from above the beam down onto the reflections in the reflector extension of the high beam lights.
I would appreciate hearing from several riders of 02 and later Wings as to whether they can detect sub-standard brightness in the left (clutch side) High Beam headlight.
I measured mine and the right was 55 watts but the Left was only 38 Watts.
Any comments will be welcome.
Through a recent research that Fred did at my request, we find that Honda has done something very peculiar in the 2002 and subsequent models of the GL 1800.
The power for the Left high beam light goes though two handlebar switches. Power for the right goes through a relay and then direct to the bult.
There is an obvious difference in the right and left high beam headlight brightness on my bike.
By standing at the front of the bike with the headlights on high beam, and looking down at the reflectors from above, the filiment reflection on the right high beam is bright white and the left high beam filiment reflection is more of a gold color than bright white.
This is not staring into the highly intense beam itself, but looking from above the beam down onto the reflections in the reflector extension of the high beam lights.
I would appreciate hearing from several riders of 02 and later Wings as to whether they can detect sub-standard brightness in the left (clutch side) High Beam headlight.
I measured mine and the right was 55 watts but the Left was only 38 Watts.
Any comments will be welcome.