Motorcycle LED Headlight Install - Looks Awesome!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2022
- Doing a big upgrade to the Honda Gl650 with installing a new LED headlight from Choice City Moto! This bike is looking awesome with the new light and fabricated flyscreen you also see in the video!
This headlight is their 5 3/4" contrast cut LED with brackets kit.
choicecitymoto.com/collection...
I walk you through some of the details on the light, its assembly, and function with the trick brackets, wiring specifics, and adjusting as needed.
I source my small factory style terminals from Cycle Terminal:
cycleterminal.com/
I source my wire and loom from 4rcustoms:
4rcustomswire.com/
Look for the new X21 launch from NWT Cycletronic in March!:
nwtcycletronic.com/
Give my buddy a sub on here as he is closing in on that 1000 subscriber milestone. He makes way better videos than me and has a fantastic attitude on approaching new challenges!
/ shooglyshedmotors
For more wiring information I have this video:
• Custom Motorcycle Wiri...
If you found this video helpful or simply wish to support the channel further feel free to donate to the "Tip Jar" via the paypal link below! Anything is very much appreciated!
www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_...
Brick House Builds Amazon Storefront
www.amazon.com/shop/brickhousebuilds
For updates on this project as well as others be sure to follow along on all the Brick House Builds social media platforms!
Instagram - / brickhousebuilds
Facebook - / brickhousebuilds
Website - www.brickhousebuilds.com/
Tik Tok - / brickhousebuilds
#brickhousebuilds #ledheadlight #caferacer - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
the time and effort you put into your wiring made my inner electrician 'very' happy. That wiring will last a very long time and should stay nice and clean for years to come.
I appreciate that! I try to do my absolute best with any wiring
Only found your channel a week or so ago and have been watching older videos like this one - love your work, really tidy, thoughtful and very well done 👍
Thank ya Nick! I have over 300 videos so plenty to keep you busy
Glad to hear it sold already! Congrats. I had to put this here because the other video disappeared as you said it would. Glad the bike did too, it was a gem.
It looked good before but now with that light and the fly screen it looks amazing. I might go with a similar aluminium fly screen on my nx650 scrambler now that I've seen yours. Excellent work and very inspiring to us novice guys. 👍
Thank ya Graham!
New light looks ace, really works well with the addition of a fly screen. Reckon this will be out the door with a new owner in no time! 👍👍
Thanks Ian and I hope so!
Wow, I really like that light! And well done on the fly screen!
Thank you much!
Good call on the light and the screen. It looks great!
Thank ya Jack!
Love that headlight! Awesome work on the screen too!!
I appreciate it! I think overall the new additions were an improvement
Never seen anyone wire a headlight the way you did, astounding job and really makes me wanna step up my game 😅😁
Having that unused button was not ok with me lol. Thank you though
Great result, headlight looks the part for the bike that's for sure.
Thank ya Martin!
that was a great addition to the bike
Thank ya Phil!
Man I thought the headlight you had on it already was super cool along with the frame around it! But the new headlight is totally awesome and so great how you modified your wiring for the different light switch. You are so freakin creative and talented dude.
Well thank ya much! I definitely loved the original but it just didn't work as good as it could have on looks.
@@BrickHouseBuilds Well, thats true I guess and the fly shield looked cool along with the beautiful color continuing back over that great looking tank and the seat. Really great design. The tank looked like a late 70s early 80s 750 like is on the bike I hope to buy. I love that brushed aluminum look with the color stripe up the center. I just hope I am up to doing even half the quality of work you do in bringing a bike back from how you go through everything and repair and restore everything and analyze all the mechanical and electrical systems. Im really happy I found your channel and your great attitude and abilities. You really are helping me to feel like I can do it at my age. Thank you BJ.
It looks great! Hopefully, you get the bike sold soon 🤞. Thank you so much for sharing!
I think it was a great upgrade to this thing! Been wanting to try these brackets out for forever!
Looks great 😎
Thank ya!
Head light looking cool.
Thank ya Graham!
Wouuu ahora si me encanto toda la moto
I like that headlight!
Nice
🤘🤘
DANG! That bike sounds so good 🤘🤘
🙏🙏 she's mean!
Just seen your channel tonight on the (awesome) CBX and now this video great looking light unit n screen, what I've seen so far cracking videos n content 👍
Thank you much Col! I should have plenty to keep you busy on here!
Completely changes the bike. Very nice.
Thanks John!
Good job! It's looking great!!!
Thank ya!
I really love(d) the previous headlight, gave it a rougher look. And you maded it yourself.
But i can see that this light can be more to the taste appealing to potential buyers. Nice video always something to learn from you👍
Thank ya sir and yes agreed on those points. The old light can just as easily be put back on but if this helps the bike sell im all for it
When I had first seen the dual light I was not about it. And then when I rode it, I didn’t see it so then it’s more of a functionality then an aesthetic. It kind of grew on me.
That LED does look great though. Not sure if I’m sold on a running light, but after I added a direct swap H4 LED for my GL500 I wouldn’t have another halogen set up.
Great work as always. I’ll be trying out that X21 sometime this summer. This bike has really been the inspiration to make one of my own.
Yea the light was good at dividing people lol. The headlight i used here I wouldn't put on everything but felt the style matched well enough
LED lights should be standard on all vehicles in the interest of safety💥
its a nice headlights led for motorcycle.simple and classics.
Beautiful bike really, congrats! !!!!!
Thank you!
Thats a slick looking light, I was a fan of the twin one you had on it too, but this looks sleeker! nice brackets too.
Thank ya and definitely sleeker!
BJ that’s a great looking head light and mount.
Thank ya Carl!
Nice bit of engineering in the light and brackets . Your wiring is second to none. Quality.
Sorry but I really liked the original lights and framework, very different. Cheers Richie.
No apologies needed Richie! The original setup is cool but it was dividing in nature. Being that I need to sell the bike I just had to try something. I appreciate it
great job very helpfull
Thanks Alan!
That looks really smart.
I nice quality piece of kit
Nick Australia
I appreciate it Nicholas thank you!
Nice headlight
Thank ya
Fantastic headlight. Not only will there be a better light to ride with, it’ll be seen more easily by the blind tin can drivers and with a bit of luck, bring a safer ride to the owner! Nice job…👏👏👏
Thanks John!
That’s a nice light, hope you get that bike sold!!
Thank ya Michael! I hope so too
that's a great light for the price, I might pick one up myself
For real though including brackets its a steal
Wicked build man. Im jelly lol
Thank ya Dan!
Now if I could talk you into trading a fully restored 79' CM400T for that CX500 that would be neat. I love your style. Probably because it's the opposite of what I do on the norm.
Let’s goooooo! Err, um, good video as always my man!
Haha thanks Dave!
Boss that BJ....I had to sort a couple of bust wires in the headlamp shell over the weekend.An idea for a small "how to "Vid sprang to mind.Elecy Connectors getting the wires out .😃
Ive actually shown a couple times how to de-pin connectors. I have a couple dedicated wiring videos in a tips and tricks as well as a fundamentals
@@BrickHouseBuilds ok BJ I am couple of weeks into your
Boss channel.I will go look 👌
Looks good? It looks awesome
Ha thanks Dan!
Well done B.J. I always enjoy watching your wiring method, the light turned out great! Do you think you would use that light if you were doing a full wiring harness design that say included one of those NWT cycletronic units?
Thanks Doc! With an X21 or similar system the trick would be to have the running light shut off when low beam is on. I feel you could do it somehow and NWT may actually have that feature built in. I can ask David who is the engineer. It is a very valid question as many people have lights with halo rings or something like this.
I really liked the original headlight. The new headlight looks good too. I see in the older comments that the bike sold. Did you sell the custom headlight too?
I think that fly screen is the only thing on this bike that I didn't really like. I like the idea and agree that the area needed something but my OCD just can't handle the difference between the color of aluminum and steel considering the shield was supposed to mimic the tank, I think it should have been made of steel. But, that is just one man's opinion. I really enjoyed this build and this series of videos.
Yes the original setup went with the bike. I had a ton of comments saying people hated the custom stacked lights so I changed to this to help it sell.
I like the original headlight, it's got kind of a Mad Max sort of feel to it. New headlight definitely makes the bike more appealing to a wider market though.
I would agree. Original fabricated setup is cool for sure but its either a love it or hate it type thing.
Hi BJ your wiring skill are so cool man. I hardly could understand it. But I follow through it though. All those wiring circuit you had in your top are incredible. Mechanical I am sound. Buy not wiring. I could rebuild a bike but no way I could wire like what you do. Really cool n neat.
Thank you! With wiring what I find is most people overthink it and become overwhelmed. Look at it like a water hose. You are simply trying to get water from point A to point B through a few valves. Its that simple. I have some wiring how to videos to help you of you are interested
@@BrickHouseBuilds thank you in advance. I would not been able to do it even if I try it. Kind of complicate to me. I could do wiring only with a circuit not to think out of the box.
@@ansonlow7764 let me stop you there. You CAN do it! Its not a race and you only need to do it for yourself. Most all of my customers have never wired a bike before and they are able to do it by asking questions, taking their time, and being persistent so just know you absolutely 100% can wire something if you decide to.
Thank you I will try in the future. At time we here don't had like wha you had it the stare to offer. Our local here don't pay for thing likewhat you do. All those connection boxes you had I doubt I could get it here. Somehow I will to learn al9ng the way. I will try to figure it out. Even our local bike shop here they thence to buy only oringal wire hardness. That all.
@@ansonlow7764 well where are you located? My affiliate @kiltedbushidobuilds sells the same products I do from his base in Europe. Together we cover most of the globe.
Looks nice but I really was digging the mad max look. Still very good workmanship.
I appreciate it. The double stack gets a lot of hate so if I'm to sell this bike it has to be marketable. The other setup can be swapped on easily though
@@BrickHouseBuilds getting hate mail sucks, it mostly comes from those who can't create. Your building some really nice bike. I especially like your scrambler. I'm getting ready to start my own scrambler using a 83 cb650sc.
👍👍👍
Hey man you by chance know where I can get a headlight rim/retainer assembly for an 07 honda 919. Tryna throw this 7inch jeep king kong headlight in it but I need some retainer. You familiar with any resolution to that issue?
I would check partzilla or cmsnl to start
Nice result. We did similar on my wife's VStrom 650. For the flyscreen I got an old HD windshield bracket setup and heavily modified it to fit the windshield that was on it prior to her wreck. Those are wild fork lowers, what are they from?
Thank ya! If I had a used windshield I likely would have made it from that but I had juuuust enough aluminum to do this. The forks are stock GL650
@@BrickHouseBuilds
Really nice job, cool bike!
May I ask when will we get an update on the CBX , myself and the boy's are waiting patiently, it's a long cold winter here in the UK 😨 we have been following you along the journey.
. regards from UK
Ade
Hey Ade, as soon as possible. I have a ton going on right now behind the scenes that is holding up any work on the CBX. I really need to get the cases cleaned, paint them, and start reassembly. I will first disassemble the head though and can't really tell ya when that will be exactly. Again, I have a tremendous amount of stuff going on behind the scenes.
I like the new look much better. Even on a custom build there’s something to be said for bolt-on parts.
Thank you and agreed. I like to make stuff when I can but sometimes the right part already exists
Amazing setup! On the website it says this light’s housing is waterproof. In the UK we get a lot of intermittent weather. Would you advise using a casing at the back of the light?
I don't see a need. Its well made and looks perfectly sealed
@@BrickHouseBuilds 👍
Thanks for replying.
Not that my opinion matters but I love the handcrafted original look
It's all good. Easy enough to change back but this at least give a potential buyer an option
IMO the front edge of the flyscreen needs to be moved up & forward about an inch, to be about even with the headlight glass & mounting rib. I like the level with the instruments, so that would also decrease the angle of attack. Making it more like a wedge instead of a wall, similar to the CB600-F6.
Cool, build one for me ;)
@@BrickHouseBuilds I can't do that, but I can build one for my GL1100. I already tried a cafe fairing, but it looked so bad I wouldn't leave the driveway!
A little deflector would help hide the wiring mess behind the gauges, so thanks for the idea!
10 Billion times better than the stove trivet.
Well I hand made the other and loved it but understand this style fits a wider range of tastes
Common problem is misting inside the lens…..did you remove the rubber vent plug? 🤓
There is no vent plug on these
Where are your bikes for sale at?
I'm really curious what this one was valued at.
Great work btw. I've really enjoyed this build and the barn find CB750 series.
I dont sell any. This was built for a customer. My prices are no longer relevant so I don't disclose them
@@BrickHouseBuilds Oh, well that's what I thought, but you said in this video that it was for sale, so I thought maybe I was mistaken.
@@jacobcline4536 It was for a moment due to an unfortunate situation. This was an outlier
So why did you run the power for the headlight to the hazard switch?
As I explained I wanted a dedicated on/off ability for the light instead of on with the key
@@BrickHouseBuilds I heard that in the video, guess I am trying to understand what the benefit is?
@@xscoops1 No real benefit it was completely personal preference and to utilize that specific button. For headlights with a halo like this one I want the ability to shut off the main bulb to bring attention to the halo for added cool factor.
@@BrickHouseBuilds got ya, I'm looking at a similar project and was wrapping my head around if/why I would do that and just wasn't sure, love the videos and all the detail!
See you got the stock fork on it, were you get the gaitors for it?they fit good 👍, good job on the head light , it goes with the rest of the bike really good, looks great!
Thank ya Dion! The gaitors come from Dime City Cycles. I've used these exact ones many times and like them a lot
@@BrickHouseBuilds same place I got mine but I guess wrong, this was a few years ago, they didn't have a listing for the gl 650.?
@@dionrau5580 It wouldn't show for a specific bike. Universal fit type parts
@@dionrau5580 www.dimecitycycles.com/yamaha-xs650-fork-gaitor-35mm-norton-commando-style.html
Personally, I prefer the first dual headlight set up. I thought the only thing missing from the original setup was having the metal powder coated instead of raw metal with welds showing. Just my two cents.....
The headlight was definitely a polarizing part of this bike. 50/50 on love or hate. The original was bare metal to match the tank just like how this fly screen is brushed and accented to match as well.
what is the wattage of this unit?
I honestly can't recall but it may be stated on the product page
@@BrickHouseBuilds for posterity: i asked Ryan and he told me that its output is 50W max
What's the price of this bike?
Its listed at 9000
I'll buy that light from you...
You can find it on www.choicecitymoto.com
How much you selling for?
I have the full listing on my Facebook page to check out there
How much for the bike
This was sold right after the video
@@BrickHouseBuilds can I ask how much and will you build another one
@@miguelortiz391 sorry I am no longer building for people
@@miguelortiz391 price wise I wish not to disclose since its not relevant anymore
I just feel like... If I'm going to die hitting something head-on, why not make it easier to destroy me in a front end impact. Amirite?
Its a dangerous world out there.
Too bad you can only like once
🙏🙏
24 vues et 2 seuls pouces, vous foutez quoi les mecs?!!!
What do you mean? I JUST posted this moments ago
@@BrickHouseBuilds 'cause it's like people dont' know you need a lot of tumbs!