Halogen replacement for strange headlight
Marc R. Mayer
headlamp. Honda still carries the light, but I'd like to go to a halogen
setup without replacing the can if possible. Any suggestions?
The bulb is 12V 50/35W, 6.5" dia made by Stanley (001-1012 or HM-23M-S). It
is SAE M71.
dave
I researched the same thing, came up empty. Trying for a cheap fix, I
removed the bulb part out of the burnt out headlight by trimming around
the base with a Dremel (it's thin aluminum), so now I have a reflector,
but I can't come up with a way to securely stick in a standard halogen
headlight bulb. I gave up and spent the $35 for a new headlight. You
might be able do a better job- and if you find a decent solution, could
you post it?
Good luck,
dave
Timberwoof
Mayer" <marc...@home.com> wrote:
> I have a '75 Honda cb400f. It came with an odd sized sealed beam tungsten
> headlamp. Honda still carries the light, but I'd like to go to a halogen
> setup without replacing the can if possible. Any suggestions?
>
> The bulb is 12V 50/35W, 6.5" dia made by Stanley (001-1012 or HM-23M-S). It
> is SAE M71.
Isn't that the size of an ordinary car's headlight? (I mean the older
system of the variety that had just two lights, not four.) GE, Sylvania,
and the rest make sealed-beam tungsten-halogen replacements for those
lights. Car parts stores usually have them.
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think it was the springers. And they make replacements for them.
AnonyMous
brackets to mount it into the basket attached right to the light. I have
one sitting here in fromt of me (standard not halogen) from a '71 Yamaha DS7
(actually I got the bulb from my dad's CB400F) I have never found anything
that will fit into the basket except for the bulb from the dealer.
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Dave Emerson
Marc R. Mayer wrote in message ...
>I have a '75 Honda cb400f. It came with an odd sized sealed beam tungsten
>headlamp. Honda still carries the light, but I'd like to go to a halogen
>setup without replacing the can if possible. Any suggestions?
>
>The bulb is 12V 50/35W, 6.5" dia made by Stanley (001-1012 or HM-23M-S).
It
>is SAE M71.
I had a Morini 350 with a similar light. The best solution I found was a
unit from Cibie, with a concave lens, which took a standard H4 bulb. I had
to make a thin adapter ring to secure into the rim.
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Clay & Shelly
cost for replacement, so I'll be ready when the time comes, and they told me
about $53 - ouch! I did see that Highway Hawk sells a chrome, side-mount
shell with H4 bulb for $60-$70. I think I'll try something like that,
probably before the current sealed-beam goes south.
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> That headlight is considerably different from a car's headlight. It has
the
> brackets to mount it into the basket attached right to the light. I have
> one sitting here in fromt of me (standard not halogen) from a '71 Yamaha
DS7
> (actually I got the bulb from my dad's CB400F) I have never found
anything
> that will fit into the basket except for the bulb from the dealer.
>
> --
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> Timberwoof <mroede...@bestNoSpam.com> wrote in message
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> > In article <tE8f3.1452$w4.3...@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>, "Marc R.
> > Mayer" <marc...@home.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I have a '75 Honda cb400f. It came with an odd sized sealed beam
> tungsten
> > > headlamp. Honda still carries the light, but I'd like to go to a
> halogen
> > > setup without replacing the can if possible. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > The bulb is 12V 50/35W, 6.5" dia made by Stanley (001-1012 or
HM-23M-S).
> It
> > > is SAE M71.
> >
Terry Younkin
<out...@mhonline.nospam.net> wrote:
Don't know about the CB400F, but I have been using a standard
automotive halogen lamp in my '74 Honda CB550K for *years*. It is a
direct fit and I have never had any problem at all. This is the lamp
used in the standard two-light set up (not four.)
Rigger
<youn...@kansas.net> wrote:
>Don't know about the CB400F, but I have been using a standard
>automotive halogen lamp in my '74 Honda CB550K for *years*. It is a
>direct fit and I have never had any problem at all. This is the lamp
>used in the standard two-light set up (not four.)
It'll no doubt have a better light pattern than the stock Stanley POS (I
had the same 7" round in my '81 Gold Wing lamp bucket).
FWIW, I dropped some bucks & replaced mine with a Cibea e-code 7"
reflector & a 60/100 watt halogen lamp... _Much_ better lighting! The
low-beam pattern extends w-a-y out to the shoulders of the road now, and
the high-beam pattern is quite an improvement - so much so that I scrapped
the aux. driving lights; I didn't need 'em any more.
Cost me ~us$130 for the combo, but I feel it's saved me a thousand bucks
in deer-collision repairs. (It's good to finally be able to see 'em
lurking off the shoulder...)
AFAIK, they also make one to fit the 5"x7" rectangular dual-lamp set-up.
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With the exception of the spring screw, which still functions but is slightly askew, the Headlamp fits just right.