Hawk 35 to 45 watt headlight bulb

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Looking to bump up the light output on the Hawk on the cheap. I am typically not out at night so just looking for an improvement when riding in the 35-45mph range on back roads(no street lights). Considering at 45/45 watt Hella bulb for less than $5 on Amazon. I did read from one poster that a 60/55 started to melt his headlight so I am trying to find more light without creating other issues. Based on what Megadan posted in another thread which I copied below it seems like there is enough room to suck 10 more watts out of the system. Anyone have "good" luck with a halogen 45/45 bulb or larger? I know there are LED solutions but I not a fan of the color temperature or cost. I like the color temp of halogen in the woods or on dirt.

Originally Posted by Megadan

The typical stator output for the ac ignition 8 pole stator is around 120W maximum at a nominal 12V. Hence why they run a a 10 amp fuse.

Could it keep up? Half your stator output would be.going to just those lights. Alone.

H4 halogen 35w bulb for the headlight. Tail light is around 9 watts low, brake is 25w.

On lighting alone, at a stoplight, you would be consuming 120 watts on just main lighting. Not including dash lights or anything else.

Safe to say you would be outpacing the charging system just slightly while those lights are on.

You could try to buy yourself a little wiggle room with a good LED headlight. The one I use is fanless, very bright, and uses 20 watts. https://www.superbrightleds.com/h4-l...set-cool-white

I have a.red.led tail light from them that uses about 8 watts for the brake and 2 for tail.

That gives about 20 watts of wiggle room right there.