LED Headlight

[sking1973]

I want to add a headlight to one or two of my Sting-Rays for safer night riding, and want to use a vintage look bullet light. Here's where I need advise. I want to retrofit them with LEDs since those incandescent bulbs tend to eat batterys. I've seen some guys on here changing their lights to LEDs before. I was thinking of just getting a some cheap 5 LED bike headlights and somehow inserting the guts of those into the bullet lights. Can anyone shed some light on how I might do it? I want to keep it simple and not get into a ton of wiring and soldering. That's why I thought of just using the pre-built LED headlights.

 

[sking1973]

I just saw Kev's LED conversion in the How To Manual and think I might be able to handle that since I just saw those Sylvania LED lights at Wally World the other nite. Hey, but if anyone else has any ideas feel free to post 'em. I, and others, might be interested.

 

[socal_jack]

I've actually posted a few on this subject

this one is using a 2-cell mag-lite LED replacement bulb(~$17) in a Miller light, one soldered wire since I couldn't use the screw-in receptacle for the new bulb, used a plastic bulb mount from a newer headlight, the electra in the thread below
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=7759&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=led+light&start=15

this one uses mini-mag LED replacement(~$6) more wires and solder due to replacing the crappy rotary switch in the electra headlight plus making non-solder connections for the LED wire ends
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4564&p=45276#p45276

This one uses Mr16 halogen replacement LEDs(~$24 total with shipping for LEDs, battery was the real expense), requires much more time and effort but worth it
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7729&hilit=led+cruiser