{"id":68,"date":"2009-07-13T22:38:08","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T02:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kz750twins.com\/?p=68"},"modified":"2012-03-31T20:26:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T00:26:59","slug":"headlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Headlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My philosophy on replacement headlights for the 750 is pretty straight-forward:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I want to get a reasonable amount of light (unlike the stock bulb), but&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t want to spend a bunch of money on a fancy housing and H4 bulbs or an HID system, and&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t want to draw too much power from the old bike&#8217;s harness and charging system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The headlight bucket accommodates a standard, round 7 inch bulb (unlike the earlier kz400&#8217;s and the like), so our options are just about wide open.\u00a0 So, I think I&#8217;ve settled on one type of headlight for my bikes: Sylvania or Wagner H6024 (60\/35 watts or 60\/40 watts) sealed beam Halogen Headlamp.\u00a0 Make sure the box says &#8220;Halogen&#8221;!\u00a0 You should be able to find them on the shelf of the local auto parts store, reasonably cheap.<\/p>\n<p>Yep, old school, not fancy, just works.<\/p>\n<p>If you are planning running on high-beam for long spans of time, or perhaps are considering a stronger headlight, you might want to consider installing a relay inline with the headlight power (like you would do if installing foglights on your &#8217;72 Camaro).\u00a0 The harness on these old 750&#8217;s don&#8217;t like your super-brighty-bright lights too much&#8230; and might decide to melt at 2am in the middle of nowhere&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My philosophy on replacement headlights for the 750 is pretty straight-forward: I want to get a reasonable amount of light (unlike the stock bulb), but&#8230; Don&#8217;t want to spend a bunch of money on a fancy housing and H4 bulbs&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kz750twins.com\/?p=68\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-replacement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My philosophy on replacement headlights for the 750 is pretty straight-forward. 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