Headlight bulbs

[richie the 1st]

When I had my Honda vision 110,it blew its head lamp bulb [low beam] the Honda dealer [21st] wanted £20,bollocks,so rang up wemoto got the same bulb for £4,20p couldn't tell the difference ,and others bits,so in total cost me £32.
And it was a pain to change it.

[The Bern]

Just to relieve the frustration .............

How many forum posters does it take...

To change a light bulb

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...

Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct.

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum.

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum.

36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty.

5 People to post pics of their own light bulbs.

15 People to post "I can't see S$%^!" and their own light bulbs.

7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.

13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".

5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

13 to say "do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".

1 to bring politics into the discussion by adding that (insert your least fav politician) isn't the brightest bulb.

4 more to get into personal attacks over their political views.

1 moderator threatening lock the light bulb thread.

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

[kayz1]

How true, but that is the nature of the interweb forum Bern...we just don not take a lot of notice:::

[Deleted User 4154]

What's the problem with Halfords

Unfortunately my confidence in Halfords is low when they change light bulbs (for cars) as twice now I have paid for it to be done and both times it ended up in the car garage sorting it out when it was being serviced. True it was the same store both times and maybe another store might be better at this process.

Halfords FFS. I only ever see that comedian's posts when some one else quotes them (and that's too often). You are quite right to have no confidence in Halfords, Basil. I've seen the mess their untrained primates can make changing a windscreen wiper, never mind

Taking half the front apart?

Good luck with that. I'd either crack on and do it myself as per the video or, if unwilling or unable, it'd be the dealers. I do find it irksome, though, the way manufacturers seek to rinse the last penny out of riders by making even the most routine of tasks require a trip to the local stealer. If you'd seen what I went through this afternoon topping up the coolant on my DN-01...

[Deleted User 4154]

Just to relieve the frustration .............

and 1 to say 'get a Helix, two Phillips screws and a H4 bulb and you're back in business in 90 seconds'

[smeghead]

Bloody hell, changing a headlight bulb should be a piece of piss. Why can't they just design the headlights with a removable front lens?

[The Bern]

Just to relieve the frustration .............

and 1 to say 'get a Helix, two Phillips screws and a H4 bulb and you're back in business in 90 seconds'

[Maxsymuppet]

Just watched the video. Stuff that! Taking half the front apart? There must be an easier way than that.

There is, take it to the dealer!

This is usually what I end up doing!

[Maxsymuppet]

Just to relieve the frustration .............

How many forum posters does it take...

To change a light bulb

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...

Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct.

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum.

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum.

36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty.

5 People to post pics of their own light bulbs.

15 People to post "I can't see S$%^!" and their own light bulbs.

7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.

13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".

5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

13 to say "do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".

1 to bring politics into the discussion by adding that (insert your least fav politician) isn't the brightest bulb.

4 more to get into personal attacks over their political views.

1 moderator threatening lock the light bulb thread.

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

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