I don't think that the hidexpress light will clear the headlight bucket in a superbike. The $299 motowheels HID set-up will obviously fit since the picture shows it installed in a superbike.


http://www.motowheels.com/ital...ction=

However, the motowheels installer doesn't know his optics. You can only convert an H1 bulb (Ducati high beam.) Otherwise the light pattern is all screwed-up because the arc isn't placed at the focal point. The superbike low beam is a H3 projector-type unit so it can't be converted.

The problem is that a H3 bulb has a transverse (left-to-right) filament that sits at the focal plane of the optics. If you move the filament out of the lens focal plane it screws-up the light pattern creating hot spots and glare to oncoming traffic. So, if you put a HID front-to-back arc in the low beam fixture, the major part of the arc that runs forward and behind the focal plane cannot be focused and the light pattern is nonsensical for good night vision and preventing glare to oncoming traffic.

The Motowheels web site shows it as a low beam conversion, but if you put it in the high beam fixture it should be alright. My ballast is installed behind the radiator and forward of the battery box on a 916. The heat there doesn't cause any problems.