Here is an interesting article I ran across:
http://www.webbikeworld.com/lights/hid-light/motorcycle-hid-light-conversion/
I have no experience with XenonDepot, but I trust webBikeWorld.com. I am an aerospace lighting engineer so I am very familiar with the various lighting technologies, including HID and incandescent. I also stat on top of the current technologies, and LED's will be used in headlights within the next 5 years. At that point, HID's (and incandescent) will be a thing of the past, just like land line telephones...
Like Jeff said, the 08 and newer KLRs are much easier to convert to HID because they have 2 separate headlights, the dual filament H4 lamps in the 07 and older models are challenging to replace with HID lamps. They either have a servo moving a shield to switch from low to high beam, or they have an HID low bean with a halogen incandescent (filament) lamp for the high beam. Both of these methods are not satisfactory to me. Also, these kits may not be DOT legal. Especially the Ebay kits.
I don't see the Ebay prices to be much lower than places like XenonDepot, not enough to buy from an unknown source and go through what the writer on webBikeWorld.com did.
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From: Chris
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cheap FMF exhaust for '09
Where does one get a real HID lamp
setup for the KLR?
thanks,
Chris
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 9:26 AM, david.r.nichols@... wrote:
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> I have noticed a big scam on Ebay where they are selling headlight "HID
> bulbs" which are not actually HID type. These sellers are using "HID" as a
> term to trick people. The bulbs they are selling are incandescent, with
> tungsten filaments just like the OEM ones they are replacing. The difference
> is that these "HID bulbs" are filled with Xenon gas and tinted blue to give
> a whiter light, but they are actually incandescent, not HID. Actual HID
> lamps (being a lighting engineer I use the term lamp instead of bulb) have
> no filament and use an arc like a welder for the illumination source. Real
> HID has many advantages including very high efficiency, which means they use
> a lot less power for a given lumen output. They are very rugged because
> there is no filament to break. There are more advantages, I just wanted to
> point out the scam some people are doing on Ebay. The key thing to look for
> is a ballast, all genuine HID lighting requires a ballast to strike the arc.
> Here are two examples of the scam (there are a lot more on Ebay):
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http://goo.gl/A8Lxl
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http://goo.gl/MzWAZ
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> Wikipedia article on HID lighting:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_discharge_lamp
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeffrey" wrote:
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> > It is a Pinwall special.
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> > I got an Jardine RT4 from them.
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> > It had two undisclosed holes in it by DPO riveting the
> > hanger on which was the wrong way to mount it; hence DPO...The
> > rivets wore oblong holes in the muffler.
> >
> > Pinwall did not disclose this and did not stand behind it.
> > But, I found a cheap alu welder dude, repacked it and made it work.(quiet
> module was necessary)
> >
> > Don't expect Pinwall to be accurate or to stand by things. But,
> > the sheer volume Pinwall does keeps the auction prices low for us.
> >
> > Pinwall also has been known to sell bar ends as bank angle sensors.
> > They have listed kickstand switches as seat latches.
> >
> > Beware! But, you can get good deals from them. I suggest not paying over
> $100 for anything they sell so you cannot get burned to badly.
> >
> > J#3
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