Twin Headlight Conversion
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Twin Headlight Conversion
Gday All, this question proberly has already been asked but has any body worked out how to convert the 2011 Ninja1000 to twin head light setup, i keep getting told it cant be done....
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Twin Headlight Conversion
Problem being that you will be high beaming every man and his dog coming the other way. Or the ones you are following.
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Re: Twin Headlight Conversion
i got told that a twin element globe (hi and lo beam) might be the answer !!!
Re: Twin Headlight Conversion
Before adding lights check your alternator output amps. It should be in the owners manual. A 50 watt bulb draws a little over 4 amps, on high beam it may double, so 2 high beams would be 16 amps plus. If your alternator only puts out 24 amps you might be putting a strain on it as you have other electrical components using power. The formula is P=EI P being watts, E being voltage and I being current in amps. So if you have a 50 watt bulb you know you have 12 volts it comes out to be a little over 4 amps. (I = P/E). Jim Beam.
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Re: Twin Headlight Conversion
well whoever is telling you that is talking out of their arse.PhunkyPeter wrote:.......Gday All, this question proberly has already been asked but has any body worked out how to convert the 2011 Ninja1000 to twin head light setup, i keep getting told it cant be done.......
Electrics are simple and you can wire up the headlights on your Ninja however you want. Go and talk to a good auto-sparkie - someone who is familiar with bikes - and make sure you take a copy of the wiring diagram with you.
It should be as simple as fitting up some new globes, then wiring these into the harness properly.

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Re: Twin Headlight Conversion
Not that simple - the high beam side reflector is designed for hb only. So putting a hi-lo beam globe ( i.e. a H4 60/55w ) in there, will throw light higher than the low beam side ... you will need to adjust the high beam side down to compensate.
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Re: Twin Headlight Conversion
There is a "how-to' on Zedoc UK forum for earlier Z's ... you may have to register and post before you can access it.
It is a twin H4 hi-lo convo ..
http://zedownersclub.proboards.com/inde ... hread=2016
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It is a twin H4 hi-lo convo ..
http://zedownersclub.proboards.com/inde ... hread=2016
Read whole post ....
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