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    May be worth looking on SV forums and see what others have done.

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    I up-rated my headlights on my GSXR without any problems.
    Try Halfords - mine are 55W super high Carlos fandango brilliance
    - Expensive but, safe for my plastic lenses! They do give out a lot of heat but have not affected the lenses and are good in the winter.
    Do your research though - these are classed as " safe for plastic " lenses!
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    Buy yourself a nice pair of ex mod nightvision goggles !!!! great in the dark hten when your wrapped up all nice and toastie warm you can go off dogging............ pmsl
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gooz View Post
    Buy yourself a nice pair of ex mod nightvision goggles !!!! great in the dark hten when your wrapped up all nice and toastie warm you can go off dogging............ pmsl
    :-) :-) :-)
     
     

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    The bulbs on all my vehicles have been changed to Bosch.
    I can get them at trade price and the amount I saved was ridiculous, the improvement on the bikes was by far the best and they are the same rating as the ones I already have.
    As Rabb said check for plastic lense usage, mine are both glass so I could probably get away with something that kicks out more heat.
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    I uprated the bulbs in my old FZR600 from 35/35W to 60/55W bulbs several years ago with no ill effects - so far (I ignored al the warnings that my switchgear would melt! (It didn't)).
     
     

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    I changed them to 60/55 and adjusted the headlight angle. Wow. It's like a different bike now in the dark.
    Cheers for the advice peeps
     
     

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