- Modern Lighting for Older Vehicles

 

Click here for diagrams of the standard bulb types available

How do I know which headlamp bulb for my old bike

What about LED headlight bulbs?

How do I order?

All the bulbs listed below can be used for cars or motorcycles

Quartz Halogen bulbs give approximately twice the light output of the older Tungsten filament type, as well as being a "whiter" light. We stock Quartz Halogen replacement bulbs for most applications on motorbikes and cars.

 

 

Add £4.95 carriage up to £25.00

£25.00 - £50.00 add £6.95, £50.00 - £100.00 add

£7.95, Over £100.00 add £12.95

If in doubt E mail for a price norbsa02@aol.com

Overseas bulb & LED orders add £6.00. Overseas orders for other products E mail for carriage costs.

If in doubt E mail for a price norbsa02@aol.com

Overseas bulb & LED orders add £5.00. Overseas orders for other products E mail for carriage costs.

 

 

All these bulbs fit straight into the original bulbholders with no modifications or adapters needed.

What about LED headlight bulbs?

 

QUARTZ HALOGEN REPLACEMENT HEADLAMP AND

PILOT BULBS

British Pre-Focus

We have had specially made powerful Quartz Halogen bulbs with fittings to suit the British Pre-Focus type of headlamp fitted to bikes from late 1940s to the 1970s and cars up until the introduction of the sealed beam unit.

*These replace Lucas types 312, 414 etc.*

The bulbs these replace are shown as illustrations 4 & 12 in the diagram of standard bulbs

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

British Pre-Focus P36d (P22d)

 

 

 

12V shown, 6V bulbs have a different style envelope

 

Voltage
Wattage
Part.no.
Price
6
25/25
B625BPFQH
£8.95
6
35/35
B635BPFQH
£8.95
12
35/35
B1235BPFQH
£8.95
12
45/40
B1245BPFQH
£8.95
12
60/55
B1260BPFQH
£8.95

 

Bayonet Cap BA15d

BA15d Bayonet cap These fit most British and some American pre 1950 headlights. They are 15MM in dia with a parallel pin bayonet fitting. The bulbs these replace are shown as illustrations 14 & 15 in the diagram of standard bulbs

The original bulbs had a much larger glass spherical envelope, quartz halogen bulbs are much smaller. On most headlamps you can replace these from the rear without removing the glass etc.

Fitted to everything British and some American, 1920s to early 1950s £11.95

 

We've had these made with the pin to filament length the same as original Lucas bulbs so focusing is not a problem

Base type
Voltage
Wattage
Part.no.
Price
BA15d
6
35/35
B635BA15QH
£11.95
BA15s
6 Single filament
35

B635BA15SQH

£11.95

 

Bosch BA20d Bayonet Cap

BA20d Bosch type Halogen replacement bulbs. These are 20MM in dia. with pressed out parallel pins. They are available in 6V 35/35W & 6V 25/25W, 12V 25/25W & 12V 50/50W £9.95 The bulb these replace is shown as illustration 5 in the diagram of standard bulbs.

Single filament spotlamp bulbs 12V 50W £9.95

Everything German and many other European 1960s and some Japanese including the Honda 400 four.

Easily identified by the square 'pressed out' locating pins

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

 

Bosch BA20d

 

Minature Pre-Focus Single Lug

Minature Pre-Focus P15D25.1 Single lug. Halogen replacement bulbs are available in 6V 15/15W £8.95, 6V 25/25W £8.95, 12V 18/18W £8.95, 12V 25/25W £8.95

12V 35/35W £8.95 OUT OF STOCK

The bulb these replace is shown as illustration 19 in the diagram of standard bulbs.

Small Jap bikes

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

 

Minature Pre-Focus Single lug

Minature Pre-Focus Three Lug

Minature Pre-Focus P15D25.3 3 lugs. Halogen replacement bulbs are available in 12V 35/35W at £9.95 each. The bulb these replace is shown as illustration 16 in the diagram of standard bulbs.

Small Jap bikes & some aftermarket headlights.

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

 

Minature Pre-Focus 3 lug

American Pre-Focus
   

American Pre-Focus Halogen replacement bulbs are currently available only in 6V 35/35W OUT OF STOCK

The bulb these replace is shown as illustration 17 in the diagram of standard bulbs. £19.95 ea.

12V 35/35W OUT OF STOCK

Also 12V 35W single contact as used in Francis searchlights APFSCC £19.95 IN STOCK

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

 

American Pre-Focus

 

 

Marchal BA21d

Marchal BA21d 3 pin Halogen replacement bulbs are available in 6V 35/35W £19.95, and 12V 45/40W £19.95 OUT OF STOCK

Fitted to everything French 50s/60s (2CVs) and retrofitted to some English 'classics' in the 60s

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

 

Marchal

 

 

Lucas P36t 463

In the 1970s Lucas introduced the P36t 463. This was a 'half way house' between the British Pre-Focus bulbs and the later P45 & P43t. These had the British Pre-Focus fitting but with a H4 Halogen envelope in 12V 60/55W and the 3 spade push on connection.

These are £12.95

Pt.no B1260463 Now unobtainable

 

P45t H4

The BPF type bulbs as above were superceded in many European and British export models with the P45t type base as in this diagram but shown with a Quartz Halogen envelope. Fitted to Kawasaki Z1s and Fintail Mercedes.

Priced at 6V 60/55W, 12V 60/55W & 45/40W

£11.95

The bulb these replace is shown as illustration 3 in the diagram of standard bulbs.

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

 

 

P45t

 

An adapter can be fitted to these headlamps allowing current P43t H4 bulbs (as below) to be fitted to a P45t headlamp

£4.00 each

Pt.no. BPAD

 
Conventional P45t bulb BPAD adapter

 

Base type
Voltage
Wattage
Part.no.
Price
P45T
6
60/55
B660P45TQH
£11.95
P45T
12
45/40
B1245P45TQH
£11.95
P45T
12
60/55
B1260P45TQH
£11.95

 

12V 60/55W YELLOW QUARTZ HALOGEN H4 headlight bulbs

LOOK DIFFERENT & BE SEEN

   

These new yellow H4 headlights are specifically designed to make motorcycles more visable.

Most cars either have 'Daytime running lights' or run with their headlights on even in good visability, so so just riding with your headlight on is often not enough.

A yellow headlight will make your bike stick out in a sea of white lights.

Because it is different, motorists will notice it and you will be seen. Yellow headlight are 100% road legal so MOTs aren't a problem.

These are modern Quartz Halogen bulbs that give a longer beam & the manufacturers claim 100% more light than from a std. QH bulb, particularly if yours is getting old.

Pt.no. B1260H4YEL. £9.95 each.
Try one, you really will notice the difference. I saw on the first ride after I fitted one, car drivers waiting to come onto a roundabout staring at me. They didn't do that before & they'd obviously seen me. I've fitted one to both my alternator bikes.
The Legal bit. Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 No. 1796SCHEDULE 4 item 7 Headlights : Colour - White or yellow

 

 

QUARTZ HALOGEN H4 TYPE BULBS

This is the bulb that would have been originally fitted to most British cars & bikes of the early seventies onward, and is still fitted to many new cars today

12V 60/55W P43t H4

Osram 12V 60/55W P43t H4

Pt.no. B1260OS £4.95

 

Also available 12V 35/35W P43t H4, gives just as good a beam but not quite as bright. Ideal for bikes with dynamos or small alternators. Pt.no. B1235P43QH £9.95

 

H4 Bulb connections

As in the picture above, there are three pins that stick out and face you. Left side vertical is ground....right side vertical is high beam....and top horizontal is low beam

 

An adapter can be fitted to P45t headlamps allowing current P43t H4 bulbs to be fitted.

£4.00 each

Pt.no. BP4543AD

 

 

QUARTZ HALOGEN SIDE LIGHTS

Fitted as a pilot light inside a headlamp these are ideal for daytime riding light

The 12V 23W BA9s are brighter than LED BA9s

Click here for diagrams of standard bulb types available

6 & 12V Quartz Halogen pilot light bulb BA9s and BA15s. Bright enough to be noticed without straining your charging circuit. Direct replacement, needs no wiring or switch changes. These replace the bulbs in illustrations 25, 26 & 39 in the diagrams of standard bulbs.

British Pre-Focus headlamp use a BA9s pilot, and BA15d Bayonet Cap headlamps use the BA15s pilot bulb

These can also be used for brighter indicators.

These will fit British bikes 1920s to date and most other cars and bikes

The BA9s 6V 10W or 20W and 12V 10W & 23W

Metal bulbholders are recommended for 20 & 23W bulbs. See Motorcycle & Car lighting

BA9s 12V 23W QH

Ideal for a daytime riding light

On older British bikes where the pilot bulb turns off when the headlight is on, 23W is best. Very bright, you can even ride with it if your headlight fails!

An all metal bulbholder is recommended such as Pt.no. HL13124 £12.95

For bikes where the pilot bulb stays on when the headlight is lit (Commandos, late Bonnies etc.)10W is the maximum due to heat

 

 

Cap Type
Voltage
Wattage
Part.no.
Price
BA9s
6
10
B610BA9QH
£4.00
BA9s
6
20
B620BA9QH
£4.00
BA9s
12
5
B125BA9QH
£4.00
BA9s
12
10
B1210BA9QH
£4.00
BA9s
12
23
B1223B9QH
£4.00
BA15s
12
10
B1210BA15QH
£4.00
BA15s
12
20
B1220BA15QH
£4.00

 

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

6V QUARTZ HALOGEN STOP/TAIL LAMP BULBS

Powerful quartz halogen bulbs for the standard BAY15d stop/tail lamp. Available in 6V 5/23W & 12V 5/35W these replace the bulbs shown in illustration 24 in the diagram of standard bulbs. They can be seen for miles. These are £12.95 ea.

These fit almost everything with a combined stop/tail bulb, excepting some vintage cars which had parallel pins.

Click here for the diagrams of standard bulbs

OUT OF STOCK, unlikely to be any more. Replaced by LEDs, click here

LED stop/tails available in 6V/12V Click here for LEDs

Offset pins

Pt.no. 6V B623BAY15QH

 

 

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