So it's always bugged me a bit that the incandescent bulb that came stock with the bike isn't the same color as the LED ring. Not to mention the fact that the original bulb doesn't really put out that much light to begin with.
I searched around for different solutions and decided to give the Cyclops Adventure Sports H4 bulb a shot, figured at $65 it couldn't hurt.
http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/3800-Lumen-H4-LED-Headlight-bulb-_p_83.html
They got it to me from across the country within 48 hours of me hitting order, not bad!
The product itself is really high quality, it feels made well and seems like it will last as long as they claim. Removing the original bulb was a bit of a pain in the ass, I used a tutorial on the how to forum on this site which helped quite a bit because the owners manual doesn't really say much. The only real issue I had was that the original assembly is designed to fit only the incandescent bulb, the LED bulb has a large fan built onto the back of it that did not allow me to put the original cover back on. this didn't bother me too much though, I know the LED is waterproof and I don't think rain would cause any trouble. I'm just worried that water will get into the assembly and fog up the glass, but I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
What I can say is that the LED is far and away a better light source than the original bulb. Truth be told I think it might be brighter than my Audis HID system. I included some pictures taken all at the same settings to show the difference in output, the LED doesn't have the hard cut off line that the incandescent did but after a little bit of adjusting it seems to work just fine, I parked it behind my car which is fairly low to the ground and it didn't seem to overwhelm my rearview mirrors. This set up honestly makes the old light feel like a flashlight... I am way more visible on the road than I was before and that makes me feel better, not to mention the fact that I can see three times as far now. It makes the bike look much more expensive too, I normally get comments on the Ducati as is, but it seemed to turn heads a lot more than before.
I searched around for different solutions and decided to give the Cyclops Adventure Sports H4 bulb a shot, figured at $65 it couldn't hurt.
http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/3800-Lumen-H4-LED-Headlight-bulb-_p_83.html
They got it to me from across the country within 48 hours of me hitting order, not bad!
The product itself is really high quality, it feels made well and seems like it will last as long as they claim. Removing the original bulb was a bit of a pain in the ass, I used a tutorial on the how to forum on this site which helped quite a bit because the owners manual doesn't really say much. The only real issue I had was that the original assembly is designed to fit only the incandescent bulb, the LED bulb has a large fan built onto the back of it that did not allow me to put the original cover back on. this didn't bother me too much though, I know the LED is waterproof and I don't think rain would cause any trouble. I'm just worried that water will get into the assembly and fog up the glass, but I guess we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
What I can say is that the LED is far and away a better light source than the original bulb. Truth be told I think it might be brighter than my Audis HID system. I included some pictures taken all at the same settings to show the difference in output, the LED doesn't have the hard cut off line that the incandescent did but after a little bit of adjusting it seems to work just fine, I parked it behind my car which is fairly low to the ground and it didn't seem to overwhelm my rearview mirrors. This set up honestly makes the old light feel like a flashlight... I am way more visible on the road than I was before and that makes me feel better, not to mention the fact that I can see three times as far now. It makes the bike look much more expensive too, I normally get comments on the Ducati as is, but it seemed to turn heads a lot more than before.
I am worried about water getting into the headlight without the cover on.
