Riding at night.

[fraserdog]

Although I've had the Tiger almost a year I've never had cause to ride it at night until Sunday and I had a couple of problems.1st, the I found the headlights to be dire to the point of being downright dangerous which I think is down to vertical adjustment (I hope),it's already running Osram nightbreakers.2nd,i found the instruments (speedo/tach) very hard to read due to white dials.I'll try adjusting the headlamps up a bit but is there anything I can do to make the dials more readable at night?

[rex007can]

There's a relay mod somewhere to make both lights stay on.
I have HID's in mine. MUCH better than stock.
Stock lights are not really good enough for riding at night.

There's also threades for mods replacing the dashboard lights.

[fraserdog]

Cheers for that,the mod has already been done on my bike so both heads are on.

[Chris Canning]

We have a 175 mile ride on Monday night and just try to use main beam as much as pos,I've an HID on another and just been too bone idle to do it on the tiger,but strangely I know of a great story of someone being done on the continent for using one!!!

[Stitch]

+1 for the LED dash bulb replacement thread.  Do I dare say a "night and day difference"? Thread has all the info you need with correct part numbers.

[Sin_Tiger]

Take the reflectors out and clean the inside of the lense glass and the reflector surface. Costs next to nothing other than a bit of effort and some cleaning materials that you probably already have. Do one and compare it, you will be surprised at the difference.

[KuzzinKenny]

If ya go the LED route remember this, go colour for colour but DON'T replace the high beam with ultrabright LED 

KK

[Hatepylons]

I agree about the factory reflectors being marginal at best, even with Osram Nightbreakers (though they made a huge difference). I ended up going with a set of MondoLights (http://mondomotos.com/MM10) mounted low on the forks. Way too much  in Central PA to not have a lot of light.

They throw out a ton of light, but their low position isn't blinding to oncoming traffic. Or maybe they are, but I haven't been beamed/flashed/middlefingered yet.

Anyways, for the $$$$ definitely worth the investment if shipping across the pond is reasonable.