getting ready for HID light install?

[The Pope]

Hope its not something that will occur on a regular basis if I'm out riding.

I think that mine did stick one or two more times (but only at startup) within the two to three weeks after I did this. It's just that the moving parts just need to fine tune themselves. After those first few times, I haven't had any more issues with this and I've put over 8000 miles on the bike since the install.

[ninjawarrior1400]

I had the same problem with one of mine....called A&R they sent me a new one for the defective one I sent back to them...no problem great place to buy all your HID lights..

Ninja

[C14ger]

Better man than me, I won't dick around with installing an HID kit until they make it smaller with one unit and easier to install. I am considering adding some more lighting "lower" but still not sold on HID yet. Good luck with install by the way.

http://www.motorcyclehidlights.com/kawasaki-concours-hid-lights-c-76_183/digital-hid-kit-slim-ballasts-p-209

Here is a small HID unit. I had it in my RT and it worked great. I plan on installing them on my C14 eventually..

[maxtog]

http://www.motorcyclehidlights.com/kawasaki-concours-hid-lights-c-76_183/digital-hid-kit-slim-ballasts-p-209

Here is a small HID unit. I had it in my RT and it worked great. I plan on installing them on my C14 eventually..

The A&R kit looks almost exactly identical, right down to the cable lengths and connectors.

[h2smokin]

I finally got the bike out for a quick 20 miles tonight with the new lights . It is a whiter light with them but I'm on the fence if they actually light up anymore road than the stockers . I think I expected more but they are brighter in what they actually do show in front of you . I also had a little of that wiggling I read about by the lights when on high beam . I don't understand why they don't use entire lens for projecting light though? It's a clear cut line across lens and they don't really use the bottom of it at all . We'll see if the cost is justified if the bulbs last awhile . I will be carrying my extra stock bulbs just in case when I take a trip as you never know

[maxtog]

I finally got the bike out for a quick 20 miles tonight with the new lights . It is a whiter light with them but I'm on the fence if they actually light up anymore road than the stockers . I think I expected more but they are brighter in what they actually do show in front of you . I also had a little of that wiggling I read about by the lights when on high beam . I don't understand why they don't use entire lens for projecting light though? It's a clear cut line across lens and they don't really use the bottom of it at all .

Exactly.

There is no question they are much brighter and whiter.  But I think the light distribution is less effective than stock, especially on high beams.

[just gone]

The A&R kit looks almost exactly identical, right down to the cable lengths and connectors.

Not so fast max' 
Just going by the link($149.99 "Digital slim"), it appears to me that the A&R units are actually better, the ones in the link
do not appear to have a high beam option for the C14. The website does have some Phillips with a low/high HID option
but they want $269.99! 

This kit will do low beam and high beam effect both in HID. Our other kits will only do low beam in HID. The high beam effect is achieved by the movement of a selinoid inside the bulb. When you click into high beams, a voltage signal is sent to the bulbs motor inside that sucks the bulb in. This creates a scattered effect on the road like high beams.

[maxtog]

Not so fast max' 
Just going by the link($149.99 "Digital slim"), it appears to me that the A&R units are actually better, the ones in the link do not appear to have a high beam option for the C14.

They were answering a generic question for someone who has a bike with separate hi/low lamps and answered that they have such an option available.  I don't think that means the kit for the Concours would be that way.  Of course, I read it several more times after writing the last sentence and looking at other pages and I see what you mean.  It is extremely unclear.  Their site is pretty devoid of useful technical info.