Re: [ST] Lighting

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, David Earl wrote:

- ->I tried the Philips Vision Plus, but you have to order them from the UK and
- -they didn't last long, vibration I guess.
- -
- -Are you sure you didn't get your mitts all over them?  Halogens are really
- -susceptible to burning out due to hot spots created by oil from your hands.  
- -I wear rubber gloves when I install bulbs, to make sure.  My Phillips
- -VisionPlus' have been in the ST, AND my three other bikes for 2-4 years and
- -I've never had one burn out.  And that includes my BMW F650 which I ride off
- -road, a LOT.

Yeah, I know about surface contamination and to avoid it...but one of the two
lost it's low beam filament after only about 8000 miles.  I think I have
somewhere around 15 to 20k on the clock with the Sylvanias now.

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