Member Contributer Mozza Posted March 7, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 7, 2018 Hi. I'm rebuilding a 2017 VFR800F ABS European version purchased from an auction. Big front end crash. Purchased most of the parts but the headlight is totalled. It will cost a minimum £1130. From the US I can save about £300 but the VFR version is slightly different VFR800F 2AC and part numbers are different end codes my version 33102MJMD12 US 33102-MJM-315. Does anyone know of any reason why I won't Bea able to use the US version? Thanks Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Woodie Posted March 7, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 7, 2018 different beam pattern possibly ? The bike didn't come from RS at Todmorden by any chance ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted March 7, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 7, 2018 Shouldn’t be as all the other vfr hav3 same headlight unit. try the Japanese site that sells new parts. Hav3 bought stuff from them and had shipped to uk for cheaper than I can buy here. Look on the centrestantd or sticker thread for web address as cant remember it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Mozza Posted March 7, 2018 Author Member Contributer Share Posted March 7, 2018 Thanks Fink purchased some items from Japan but the headlight is still cheaper from US. Impex-jp.com for the Japan site I've been using, excellent value for most parts. I cannot see it being any different as they are all LED's so the drivers will be the same even though they have a different end ref to the part number too. From what I know Stanley are the manufacturer of the lights so would expect no change to design across any continent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Mozza Posted March 7, 2018 Author Member Contributer Share Posted March 7, 2018 Thanks Woodie. Didn't think of beam pattern. Could that pose an issue in the UK. Copart purchase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted March 7, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 7, 2018 I don’t think it’s the beam pattern, as the lights in Europe and Canada have the same part no as the UK one. Remember the crossrunner uses the same headlight. On same subject there are white panniers and a quickshifter on eBay at mo under crossrunner .One pannier £150 other £100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Mozza Posted March 8, 2018 Author Member Contributer Share Posted March 8, 2018 Great I'll check them out. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Woodie Posted March 8, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 8, 2018 14 hours ago, fink said: I don’t think it’s the beam pattern, as the lights in Europe and Canada have the same part no as the UK one. Remember the crossrunner uses the same headlight. On same subject there are white panniers and a quickshifter on eBay at mo under crossrunner .One pannier £150 other £100. Was just a thought, I've had older bikes MOT fail for the wrong headlight DIP. I know the universal headlights and other bikes are a vertical dip so they don't have to produce different beam patterns for L and R/hand drive countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted March 8, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 8, 2018 The USA always used to have a different unit than Europe, due to the silly DOT regs. I haven't checked the part numbers myself, but the D12 and 315 part suffixes suggest there is a difference. Could be presence of sidelight or not, though, and nowt to do with anything that could fail an MOT? Ciao, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted March 20, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2018 Remembered about this thread today whilst I had phone in hand, so took a pic of the lettering on a Uk headlamp. Would someone in the US care to compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Thumbs Posted March 20, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2018 That's a USA DOT number after the circle with E4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted March 20, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2018 I know hence asking if someone could compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Thumbs Posted March 20, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2018 There's one on eBay from the USA https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-HONDA-INTERCEPTOR-VFR-800-FRONT-HEADLIGHT-HEAD-LIGHT-LAMP-/302646900967?nav=SEARCH Its got 2 broken tabs but is only $500 Dont suppose there's any members near Dallastown, Pennsylvania ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted March 23, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 5:38 PM, fink said: Remembered about this thread today whilst I had phone in hand, so took a pic of the lettering on a Uk headlamp. Would someone in the US care to compare? The lettering on the front it not very useful, unfortunately, because, as Thumbs has noted, it contains both the E-mark and the DOT mark,--no doubt just to cover all the markets with the same outer lens. But it doesn't mean all of the reflectors (or whatever they use to control the beam pattern on an LED headlight) are the same. Honda usually marks the rear of the headlight housing in white ink to differentiate the market for the headlight: "A" for USA and "UK" for the UK, "G" for Germany, but the actual markings used now may follow a different pattern. That is what Honda did at least up to 2004. Ciao, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer fink Posted March 23, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 23, 2018 Was aware of that on older bikes. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
economist Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 The lettering is exactly the same on my 2014 US model, just in case you were still wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Grum Posted March 24, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 24, 2018 The lettering (Fink's headlight photo) is exactly the same on my 2014 U version Australia and New Zealand model, just for info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Mozza Posted March 24, 2018 Author Member Contributer Share Posted March 24, 2018 Thanks for all your help on this. To me it looks like there are no significant differences. I'll check out the eBay one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted March 25, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted March 25, 2018 It's your money... Ciao, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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