Low Beam Y0400.02A8

Hello,

sur mon XB12r j'ai la lentille du code qui éclaire plus très loin, le fond est cramé.

C'est bien la "Low Beam Y0400.02A8" qu'il faut changer (pas la High beam) car j'ai pas la moto sous la main là, et je sais plus si la code est avec la vielleuse?

(avant il changeait la lentille par un rappel de sécurité, mais je crois avoir compris que HD ne le faisait plus...)

high beam = feu de route
low beam = feu de croisement






Pour moi c'est bien "Low Beam Y0400.02A8" qu'il faut changer, ou plus précisément la lentille contenu dans l'ensemble.

Alors je viens de regarder sur twin motorcycle, il ya 2 references:

Y0400.02A8 : Buell, Xb-R Low Beam Head light ( US specs )
Y0406.02A8 : Headlight, Lo-beam Rh traffic xb R ( europa )

Vous avez une idee de la différence entre les 2?
Celle que j'ai vu sur ebay, forcement c'est le modele US, neuf à pas trop cher.

Je peux rouler avec ça en france?

voilà l'explication:

This is all to do with dip beam patterns, something that it appears is required in European law but, it seems, not in the USA. The point being if you're going to order a Euro spec headlamp assembly then it will have a dip pattern and you need to make sure you get the right one.

Basically, in Europe when headlights dip they do not produce a flat cut off in front of you (a straight line across the road). They are designed to throw the light further along the verge (your side of the road) to light up the edge, illuminate any signs and highlight any obstacles. Hence, the lights should dip to the side of the road you drive on. If the pattern were the other way round then you would be throwing light into the oncoming traffic.

This by the way is all achieved through the reflector and lens design and has nothing to do with the bulb that's fitted. That is unless you have Xenon headlamps and then it is the shutter in the lamp that produces the pattern.

As the USA drives on the right it is important that you order continental european headlamp assemblies, dipping to the right, and not those for the UK where we drive on the correct side of the road

Hope that makes sense.

Regards,


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