Hypermotard light beam shape? - Ducati.ms

Drinky · Jun 28th, 2011, 7:48 am

Hi all,

I recently bought a hyper 1100S '07 on an ebay auction. The bike is from the UK and I reside in the Netherlands, so we drive on the right side of the road. I've searched google for a few hours now and haven't come across any info on the shape of the headlight beam. I've seen some retrofit topics but that would be my 2nd option.

So I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the HM has a flat beam or not

08hyper · Jun 28th, 2011, 9:29 am

We drive on the "right" side here in the U.S.A. also, I believe the headlight is the same for all Hypers, I think it comes just "CENTERED" I think all motorcycles are this way, the adjustment is just up & down. Aloha Alex

Drinky · Jun 28th, 2011, 10:20 am

So it looks something like this?

or does it look more like this beam(this is what I'm NOT hoping for :P )

08hyper · Jun 28th, 2011, 10:31 am

Closer to the bottom one, we only have one lamp, a car has 2 or 4 of them. Aloha Alex

Drinky · Jun 28th, 2011, 1:53 pm

If it's closer to the bottom one I think I will have to replace the headlight reflector. I've found the owners and service manual but is there also a parts fiche for the hyper online to look up the numbers?

Redkite · Jun 28th, 2011, 2:11 pm

I travel quite a bit between NL and UK. This was a problem on my S2R1000 and my M1100 - in the UK my light shone across into the oncoming traffic and on unlit roads I couldn't see anything (nor could the oncoming drivers LOL).
Used to sit a little waybehind a car and just follow..
Now I have a HM1100 Evo and as stated above the light does seem to be centred. Not a problem for me anymore. BTW I have an NL bike, not a UK one.
Stu

Drinky · Jun 28th, 2011, 2:30 pm

I know the newer models (e.g. evo, 796 etc.) do have a centered beam, someone else with a 796 told me he had the flat beam, however, does this hold true for the '07 model as well?

Redkite · Jun 28th, 2011, 2:55 pm

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Originally Posted by Drinky

If it's closer to the bottom one I think I will have to replace the headlight reflector. I've found the owners and service manual but is there also a parts fiche for the hyper online to look up the numbers?

Do you mean this? Download pdfs for bike parts upto 10 years old.

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