Changed headlignt bulbs--ridiculous ordeal
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:13 pm
Hi, All,
After 20k miles on my 2006AE I had a low-beam fail and decided to replace both bulbs with Philips H4s. I know some people are able to do this without removing any plastic, but my hands are just too thick and stubby to fit into the available space. Hell, even with panels A, B, C, and D off this was way too challenging with way too many obstacles. A stupid bit of engineering to make it so difficult to perform a routine maintenance task. Among the most-difficult parts was getting the tangs of the left bulb lined up correctly. I couldn't get my fingers to "see" how to put the bulb in straight, and one tang or another was always poking through the bulb hole with the bulb off-kilter. Took far too long, but I finally got it done, though I left a lot of knuckle DNA inside the bke. After a very few minutes I was pretty steadily cursing the Japanese engineers who came up with this system.
Then I went for a ride. What a great job those Japanese engineers did on this bike! The FJR never fails to make life better; even going to work is a little more pleasant if I can ride there and back. Fortunately I have to change bulbs only every 5 years or so.
After 20k miles on my 2006AE I had a low-beam fail and decided to replace both bulbs with Philips H4s. I know some people are able to do this without removing any plastic, but my hands are just too thick and stubby to fit into the available space. Hell, even with panels A, B, C, and D off this was way too challenging with way too many obstacles. A stupid bit of engineering to make it so difficult to perform a routine maintenance task. Among the most-difficult parts was getting the tangs of the left bulb lined up correctly. I couldn't get my fingers to "see" how to put the bulb in straight, and one tang or another was always poking through the bulb hole with the bulb off-kilter. Took far too long, but I finally got it done, though I left a lot of knuckle DNA inside the bke. After a very few minutes I was pretty steadily cursing the Japanese engineers who came up with this system.
Then I went for a ride. What a great job those Japanese engineers did on this bike! The FJR never fails to make life better; even going to work is a little more pleasant if I can ride there and back. Fortunately I have to change bulbs only every 5 years or so.
