Installing relays in the headlight wiring of Standards and Tourers, (or one relay and a couple of diodes) will save you from an expensive starter switch meltdown.
John is right. I added relays 12 years ago and have been running a 130/90 bulb since. No substitute for watts (except maybe the expensive HID mod). I have never had to touch my starter or hi-lo switch. No problems with heat on the headlight lens or reflector. The bulbs typically last 3 years or so, cost $15 at Competition Accessories, and light up the road CLEARLY for a measured half mile on hi beam. About like well-aimed hi beams on a GL1800 Gold Wing - which is brighter than the hi beams on all of my cages (but not the illegal off-road lights on the Exploder).
I wrote up this mod on my web site, tech tips pages. See
http://www.horseapple.com/Valkyrie/Tech_Tips/Headlight_Upgrade/headlight_upgrade.html You don't need fancy relays, just standard 4 or 5 pin 30 or 40 amp $5 relays from Auto Zone or the like are fine. You need 2. Some 12ga wire and a fuse holder. $15 total and a Saturday afternoon and you'll have a headlight that lights the road like nobody else's does. Except a well aimed GL1800, that is.
Now if you have extra juice (I have a 1.3kW alternator) and are just NUTS about LOTS of light on the road ( I killed two mule bucks with my Valk in '01 ), I'll tell you how to install & wire aircraft landing lights in addition to the headlight mod. But seriously, do the relays & the 130/90 bulb, you won't need more lights on the road. I installed the landing lights mainly to warn cages not to turn in front of me. But long as I have them, they come on with the hi beam switch - you wouldn't believe the total light Deerslayer throws. I'm sure it shocks cagers I pass when I flip them on alongside them.
