Light-cycle...

Well not quite this much

So I've had a bulb go in my dashboard, a minor annoyance I grant you but still I like everything working,

 Now i've placed the cause of the bulb breakdown to the effects of vibrations on filament bulbs, so how do we get round this potentially long term issue I hear you ask? Simple... LED's! hmmm LED's

LED lights are great for little aspects of lighting on motorbikes, they draw a nearly negligible amount of power from the dynamo and as there is no filament so there's nothing to break!  

So onto my local motorcycle shop eBay then...

the dash bulbs were replaced with T10 501 white LED bulbs bought on ebay for £1.50 delivered for a pack of ten, (i thought i'd keep a couple of spares!) it's a simple push fit system but have your ignition key ready as you will need to check you've put them in the right way round before screwing everything back together!

The dash bulbs look like this:

I tried the same bulbs in the speedo and rev counter but the light was too directional, meaning the light was very strong at the top of the dial, but little to no light at the base of the dials, So I bought a multi directional T10 501 5w SMD LED bulb which are very bright! these were bought for £2.50 delivered off ebay and they look like this:

The SMD bulbs are so bright I've replaced the stock headlight parking bulb with one!

here is the output on the bike itself:

The lights themselves are now much brighter and more visible in bright daylight! 

So for the maximum of a tenner you can make the bulbs a lot brighter and have less strain on the engine! 

(which must give more power to the engine right?...)