The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Bob_Roller on January 28, 2021, 09:54:07 AM

Title: H3 LED Lamps
Post by: Bob_Roller on January 28, 2021, 09:54:07 AM

Anyone have any experience with H3 LED's .
I ordered a set of 2 for the '81 R65 .
With the headlight on and 2  PIAA 40 55 watt driving lights, I'm using 165 watts of power .

Title: Re: H3 LED Lamps
Post by: mrclubike on January 28, 2021, 09:18:26 PM

I haven't used them
I remember looking for them back when I was wanting to install   more vintage  looking flood lights on my bike but could not find any
I see now they are making them
Let us  know what kind of pattern you get
I am definitely interested

Title: Re: H3 LED Lamps
Post by: Bob_Roller on January 31, 2021, 09:23:02 AM

I received the LED's yesterday, pattern and light output look good over the lamps I had in there .
I'll know when I ride to work next Saturday morning .
My only concern, was that the lamps would be too long to fit in the light housings, they fit fine . .

Title: Re: H3 LED Lamps
Post by: Bob_Roller on February 06, 2021, 06:27:49 AM

The H3 lamps don't look like they are going to work very well in this application .
Light is too diffused not focused, I can't even tell where they are aimed .
The H4 lamps  that I got this week look pretty good in both the oilhead and the R65

Title: Re: H3 LED Lamps
Post by: dogshome on February 06, 2021, 10:39:34 AM

Hm, the LEDs are a lot further into the reflector than the halogen element. Losing focus. That's a pain!