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I forgot to post about my HID install. I did this about a month ago. I had an extra ballast laying around so I just ordered an h4 High low beam bulb and she's set. Took me about 15 mins all plug and play.


The CBR250R headlight throws a better pattern than my 09 Ninja (which is down right useless. It should be illegal to sell a motorcycle with such a poor headlight.) but is still not great for highway commuting at night in the rain. Cars are allowed to have two 55 watt low beams. Why do motorcycles have to be relegated to one? Vision is that much more difficult and critical on a moto than a car. I have ordered the DDM Tuning HID high low which is supposed to be designed to achieve the correct beam pattern when replacing a halogen and have a solenoidal length adjustment to switch between low and high. The 35 watt balast will give 3 times more light. And, a 4500k or 5000k bulb will give a whiter, more usable light than halogen.Is the standard headlight no good?
Please post pics and maybe even video after you install the DDM kit. It would be really helpful to see how the light shines down the road instead of just aiming it at a garage door as well as displaying how the hi-lo system works and how effective it is/isn't.The CBR250R headlight throws a better pattern than my 09 Ninja (which is down right useless. It should be illegal to sell a motorcycle with such a poor headlight.) but is still not great for highway commuting at night in the rain. Cars are allowed to have two 55 watt low beams. Why do motorcycles have to be relegated to one? Vision is that much more difficult and critical on a moto than a car. I have ordered the DDM Tuning HID high low which is supposed to be designed to achieve the correct beam pattern when replacing a halogen and have a solenoidal length adjustment to switch between low and high. The 35 watt balast will give 3 times more light. And, a 4500k or 5000k bulb will give a whiter, more usable light than halogen.
The DDM kits use a digital ballast to limit the start surge to 2x the running current. 6 amps to start and 3 amps running for the 35 watt ballast. They also offer 55 watt ballasts but the bulbs run super hot with those and can melt the housings in some cases. I am hopeful that their self proclaimed hype of a custom bulb geometry will prove true so I can retain the excellent stock beam pattern and enjoy the 3x increase in brightness with no uncontrolled splash shining everywhere that a stock geometry HID bulb has due to it's longer length compared to the halogen that the reflector was designed for. The only concern for a solenoid or shutter controlled headlight bulb in a CBR250R is the single headlight bulb. If it blacks out at speed on a back country road there is no backup plan such as switching beam filaments. You will suddenly find yourself in the dark with no options. If I decide I like the HID, I will at least carry a spare bulb to get me home. Normally they give a purple warning for many hours before they die but anything can happen with only one headlight system. I may have to consider hacking the housing open in order to install some led driving lights in place of the position lights as a back up plan.Please post pics and maybe even video after you install the DDM kit. It would be really helpful to see how the light shines down the road instead of just aiming it at a garage door as well as displaying how the hi-lo system works and how effective it is/isn't.
I'm also curious to see how badly an HID set up would blind oncoming drivers and how well the kit would handle the load while starting up the engine being that the light comes on when the key is turned to the on position regardless of whether the engine is running or not.
I did not take anything off the bike, Just need to reach up, pull the rubber cover off the back of the bulb, release the spring that holds the bulb in place and swap it out with the HID bulb. Blug your wires in "all plug and play" mound the ballast where ever you want and your set.BBR- can u pls post a detailed installation guide ? how did u manage to get the headlight opened up. did u had to remove the fairings?
Will any ballast work for this? I have an extra ballast with cables that look like this:I did not take anything off the bike, Just need to reach up, pull the rubber cover off the back of the bulb, release the spring that holds the bulb in place and swap it out with the HID bulb. Blug your wires in "all plug and play" mound the ballast where ever you want and your set.