Over the past couple of weeks I’ve installed all the wheel bearings as well as an HID kit. I also added the washers to the shock to remove the side-to-side play in it.

I didn’t get many pictures of the install of the wheel bearings. It’s a messy job! There are many sources for how to do this. One thing I found was that using a nail punch was far more effective at seating the bearings than sockets as many have suggested.

I installed an HID kit as well. It may be a bit annoying to other drivers on the road, but if I’m annoying them, then they know I’m there. I will be adjusting my headlight to be aimed correctly once the bike is outside. I don’t want to be too annoying.

The kit I got is clearly a car kit that has been split in half and thus set up for a single headlight motorcycle. It has a few issues, though, primarily a fuse that isn’t protected from the elements. The wires were also all the wrong lengths. The kit consists of a relay, a bulb, a ballast, a capacitor, and the wires going between. Both the relay and the ballast have to be installed at the front of the bike to connect with the headlight connector, but the battery is, of course, at the other end of the bike. The cabling going from the relay to the ballast is very long, while the power cable barely reaches the battery. I basically had to rewire everything to make it work, but now it’s a very clean install.

The light pattern is very similar to the halogen pattern, though much brighter. You can see the difference between the two, though my phone camera does a good job leveling and the brightnesses between the two don’t look significantly different. Top picture is the halogen, bottom picture is the HID.

I’m beginning to get to the point where I don’t have much more to do until the weather warms up and I can get the bike out of the basement and get it running to sync the carbs, change the oil and coolant, etc.

As always, here’s a gallery of the work done.

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