XR650R Euro headlight

What globe is in the Euro model. If not halogen then what is required to upgrade it?

35/35W is stock UK bulb, remember you only have 74 Watts to play with lol

MAUSER wrote:35/35W is stock UK bulb,  remember you only have 74 Watts to play with lol

I could probably rewind my stator

Anyway, halogen is 55W - The rest of my lights are LED

35/35 is twin element not both on @ the same time....so if you have your 55 headlight on that will take 4.58 Amps leaving you 1.58 Amps of power for the rest of the bike or 19 watts...all this is in theory

changing to a high wattage bulb wont do anything unless you have the electrical power to light it up.  I changed mine for a H4 bulb and it was no brighter.  I have just installed an HO stator and now the headlight lights up to full brightness.    Also when I now switch to high beam it actually does something!

edit - with the rest of your lights LED then it maybe be better - so try fitting the H4 first.  You also want to consider your power wire to your headlight - will that handle the the extra amps the H4 will pull?

You can replace all the lights with low consumption led's   , the bike has just enough power to give you decent light but not when using old school bulbs .
http://www.bajadesigns.com/ProductDetail?ItemNumber=4870014R

this will be a huge step up and it only uses 21 watts .