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Post Script - After my dismal failure I thought I'd have one last look at it: I've mentioned before that: ". . . it might be possible to incorporate the bike's existing socket into the box with the appropriate additional wire and switch . . ." It is - it took a bit of fiddling with...

As anyone will discover if they attemp my 'simple' mod, the bulbs are forged in the fires of Mount Doom, and soldering to the butchered bulb base is impossible, even with a gas flame. For those, like me, who still baulk at dismantling the air-box etc., it's no big deal to remove/insert wires...

And finally - having had the chance to read through the original posts, my statement to the effect that no mod will give you dual beam on the LHS is, of course, incorrect - my apologies to those skilled enough to do it, and to anyone I've confused on the issue. But I am cautious - to say the...

I have made some progress: Attached (poor quality) pics show front and rear of the box lid, with the switch and butchered bulb base bolted in place. Note that the bulb spades poke through the box, to receive the existing bulb socket (three spades, two wires). It awaits wiring - i.e. the...

88Nightmare - alas, you are not correct: the wiring harness - or any other mod - will not give you Hi beam on the normally dipped side, because it's a single filament 'H1' bulb with a shroud built into the headlight to do the dipping. What it will give you is twin dipped beams on 'Lo' (by...

New member. Mine is an unmodified 1999 Fazer 600 with, you've guessed it, poor dipped lighting, despite a Calibre Extravision 'blue' H1 bulb on the left (Lo), and a Philips X-teme H4 bulb on the right (Hi). It's a 'second' bike used mainly for commuting, but ocassionally at night. I've read...