CA77 Lamp conversion

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:59 pm

Seadog

Again - great work. Very satisfying to 'beat the system' isn't it?

G

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LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:06 pm

Great job Seadog.
No doubt it will last for a long while. ................lm

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Seadog · Post by **Seadog** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:24 pm

Thanks G and LM. Yes, it is very satisfying work and with an LED headlight and tail light, I hope to be able to ride with my lights on. It's dangerous out there and I'm riding the heck out of the Super Hawk until it gets too cold. It's one of the most fun bikes I've ridden. I'm also about to change the turn signals and I'll get LEDs for those and the instrument lights too.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Mon Nov 09, 2015 6:10 pm

My first HONDA (1962 CL72) came with a replaceable bulb.
To my surprise after I blew all the lights on my 1963 CL72 I found I had to go to HONDA and buy a bulb unit. .................lm

Seadog wrote:Thanks G and LM. Yes, it is very satisfying work and with an LED headlight and tail light, I hope to be able to ride with my lights on. It's dangerous out there and I'm riding the heck out of the Super Hawk until it gets too cold. It's one of the most fun bikes I've ridden. I'm also about to change the turn signals and I'll get LEDs for those and the instrument lights too.

jensey · Post by **jensey** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:47 pm

Hi Ed,

Funny you say this, because I happen to have a US CB450 K0, thus with sealed beam, and I'm driving this bike around for almost 24.000 miles now, and the headlight is still working !

All other bulbs, especially the rear light bulb is changed a few times now.

On my CB72, with the standard European lighting (removable bulbs), the bulb never exceeds more than two years.

Here the bike on an evening ride last summer:

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:53 pm

Seadog

I did suspect that...

We had sealed beam lights in cars for a while until H4 halogen bulbs took over. Now its just a mess of proprietary headlamp bulbs. You need an encyclopaedia to work out which bulb you need these days.... :-(

G

Seadog wrote:
G-Man wrote:Great work!

Does anyone know why American Hondas used those crazy sealed beam headlights when the rest of the world got headlamps with replaceable bulbs? Was it a legal thing or some other reason?

G
Dunno, G. Probably so they could soak more $ out of us.

G-Man · Post by **G-Man** » Tue Nov 10, 2015 2:54 pm

Maybe that was a domestic-market unit?

G

LOUD MOUSE wrote:My first HONDA (1962 CL72) came with a replaceable bulb.
To my surprise after I blew all the lights on my 1963 CL72 I found I had to go to HONDA and buy a bulb unit. .................lm

Seadog wrote:Thanks G and LM. Yes, it is very satisfying work and with an LED headlight and tail light, I hope to be able to ride with my lights on. It's dangerous out there and I'm riding the heck out of the Super Hawk until it gets too cold. It's one of the most fun bikes I've ridden. I'm also about to change the turn signals and I'll get LEDs for those and the instrument lights too.