30 July, 2009

Aiming the front headlight

Here's a quick guide to adjusting your Hayabusa headlight so that it doesn't glare the other road users and at the same time provide you with the proper illumination of the road.

This is extremely useful for both halogen/conventional bulb and HID users.

Step 1 (requires a friend's help):
Sit on the bike and get friend to measure the height from the ground to the center of the headlight.

Step 2:
Mark on a line on wall (using masking tape) the same height you've obtained earlier.

Step 3:
Mark another line (using masking tape) 5cm below the 1st tape line, then remove the 1st tape line.

At this point there should only be one tape on the wall.

Step 4 (low beam adjustment):
Park the bike 5m away from the wall and switch on headlight to begin adjustment.

The aim is to get the top of the beam at just below the tape line. (For HID, it can be a tad lower {~10 - 15 mm}, use your own discretion)

The center of the beam should be centered directly in front of the bike.

*adjustments to be made when bike is fully settled and loaded (with the rider, rider + pillion or luggage)

Step 5 (High beam adjustment):
Using the knobs on the headlight assembly, adjust until the bottom of the high beam is lying on the top of the tape line.
(This could be a tad higher too {~10 - 15 mm}, for riders who often travel at extremely high speeds and require illumination to a further point)

Step 6:
Re-assemble everything back and celebrate a job well done.

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