Motorcycle Headlights

Swapping the motorcycle headlight is one of the changes that most alters the front end: a round chrome unit gives a custom or café racer a classic feel, while a small, angular LED cleans up a streetfighter. Here you will find main headlights from Highsider, Puig's Lumen range and the central, twin and designer LED headlights from Customacces, to replace the stock lamp or finish off a build.

Three choices to make first

• Size: round headlights go by diameter, and the most common are 5 3/4 inches (146 mm) and 7 inches (178 mm); there are also 90, 114, 140 and 165 mm units. Measure the rim of yours and check whether it mounts from the sides or from below, as your bracket has to match.
• How it spreads the light: an H4 headlight gives dipped and main beam from a single bulb, while LED units have their own module. Some designs split the two functions into separate pieces, such as Highsider's Comet-High and Comet-Low or FT13-High and FT13-Low: you need both to have dipped and main beam.
• Finish: chrome for customs and classics, black for nakeds and bikes with a dark look. The Customacces Ovni, Evolution and Revolver also play with the pattern of their LEDs.

Before you remove the original

The headlight is a safety part, so it must be type-approved for road use: the Customacces central and twin headlights state it in their names, and for the rest you will find it on the product page. Check the connector too, as not every LED unit uses the original plug, and if your headlight sits in a fairing or behind a screen, make sure the new one has somewhere to mount. How approval, power draw and wiring work is explained in motorcycle lighting.

If you are after a particular brand, there are the Highsider headlights in every diameter and the Customacces headlights designed for customs. And if you want extra light without touching the main one, take a look at auxiliary lights.