LED Headlight parking bulb?

[Mikep328]

Can someone point me to a bright LED bulb that will fit in the standard CB400 headlight PARKING BULB socket?  I bought an LED for that last year but the diameter of the flange on the base prevented it from fitting into the reflector. 

[TrickyMicky]

I boughtmine from Classic Car Led's.  Very good quality, vast range. Make sjure you otder the bright white, it's as good as a daytime running light.  I fitted my bike totally with LED's, they even sell a neat little digital flasher unit that allows you to run LED indicator bulbs, or even a mix of either, the flashing rate stays the same. The bonus for me was that they sell a LED headlight bulb with the original BA20D fitting. A blessing for old elctrics and connectors.

[Mikep328]

Thanks, TM.  I ordered the headlight parking bulb and a stop/tailight bulb from Classic cars LED!  I was thinking about replacing the turn signal bulbs but decided since they are only on when making a turn, they don't make much difference as far as overall power consumption and the standard tungsten turn bulbs are plenty bright.

I considered purchasing a main headlamp bulb but it appears that CC Leds only sells them in pairs and I don't want to buy two.  I bought an Amazon Led headlight bulb last year but it's junk - the standard headlight bulb produces more light! 

[TrickyMicky]

They say that confession is good for the soul, so, OOPS!  The headlight bulb is the only one that I did NOT buy from CC Led's. I took a chance and got one + spare off FleaBay.  Just looked on CC's site, and that £28 price is for ONE BULB! Wow.  My Chinese headlight LED is plenty bright enough, not tto sure about beam pattern as my mum said I'm not to go out after dark.  BTW, I hope you ordered a red bulb for your stop/tail light, if you fit a white one you finish up with a pale pink lght at the rear!!

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

As we are having a confesional box moment my first LED headlamp bulb on my 400 lasted for a few tests seconds over a few days then failed on battery use only as I was sorting out the wiring.

Nothing visually wrong looking at the bulb unit in terms of burnt out LED's it looked  well made externally. I had bought it over six months previously on ebay for about £10, the seller never responded to me - too late after the purchase to complain via ebay/PayPal protection. Lesson learnt until I'm tempted next time!

[Mikep328]

"BTW, I hope you ordered a red bulb for your stop/tail light, if you fit a white one you finish up with a pale pink lght at the rear!!"

Yes, I ordered the red stop/tail bulb, not the white!   

[Mikep328]

BUT...having received the two bulbs I ordered, I discovered I had ordered the wrong bulb for the pilot light in the headlamp shell.  The bulb I ordered had the large base rather than the BA9 base I should have ordered.  DOH!!!  Tail/stop LED is great!