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Just received my headlight ,just got to fit it .
 

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All the way from sunny China?;) From the pictures I've seen on here they look real good,hope the fitting goes ok :)
 
The hole on the bottom is more oval but I’ve got some blind rubber grommets to take up any slack and adjustments re headlight aim
 
Just finished swapping the headlight unit over ,looks a bit more modern and looks a lot brighter but it’s still daylight but still.fitting was no problem although I did manage to snap one lug on the connector for the clocks but fixed it and it all works.there is a size difference between the one and the led bottom mounting lug of about 8-10 mm but fitted a small grommet trimmed down as a spacer .
 

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Should say the led bottom mount bracket is the longer
 
Well just had a quick spin out in the dark with the new headlight ,wow it’s like day and night with the difference to the o/e set up , a really bright white light ,need to either trim the brow off the Perspex headlight guard or look at another type as there is a bit off backlight from the guard although it was the same with the old light if the brow wasn’t attached ,do you get this if using a grill type guard .
 
https://gb.lightmalls.com/
If you just google bmw r1200 led headlight you should find them .I think they have come down in price from some outlets .just make sure they have the hole in the bottom of the unit for the lug on the frame .
 
Thanks Rover, had HiD on last bike but this may be better option on current although more for bling than function as I am not unhappy with standard set up, any my eyesight is crap!

The ad you linked to shows dark, dipped and full, all seemingly independent. As far as I can tell the drl replaces side, the rest as is, I can’t work out how the dipped would be on without the drl. Actually nor why.

Btw, there were some headlight guards that also had a brow on them to prevent light getting back into the face of the rider, might have been a Touratech one I had years ago.
 
The u shaped light is comes on with the ignition and when you start the the engine the dipped beam comes on together with the u shaped light .
Will have a go at remounting the guard brow with some modifications.
 


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