Headlight Lens Trends in Open Headlight Motorcycle Designs

Most open headlight bikes, streetfighters, custom motorcycles now commonly feature a headlight housed within but protruding out of a front cowl. Yet the lens is now much more than a cover; the lens now becomes an aesthetic and is the identity of the motorcycle. The modern look of the headlight lens is derived from the introduction of LED technology as well as the implementation of the beam-shifting technologies.

On Danyang Yeya Opto-Electronic Company Limited, we specialize in groundbreaking LED multifunctional lighting products such as headlight lenses designed for open headlight solution. Here are the 4 major trends in Headlight lens design for open headlight motorcycle headlights.

1. Minimalist Round and Hexagonal Lenses with Technical Aesthetics

The time-worn round headlight make a come back now but with a techy facelift. Today the open headlight type headlights use multiple-facet lenses and/or free-form lenses that have visible internal optics, rather than just concave parabolic reflectors behind a simple piece of plane glass. There is also a trend of making the lenses on the motorcycle in the shape of hexagons, octagons and even shapes that are geometric, and this is particularly popular among motorcycles with the style of streetfighters.

These lenses tend to clear or smoke slightly enough for the rider to view the complicated LED module and projector within. The lens is itself a design feature—the high tech in it visible. Danyang Yeya is able to manufacture custom clear, frosted and gradient smoked lenses in a variety of shapes to give the motorcycle the unique front end and identity.

2. Integrated Lens Optics for Beam Shifting Systems

Motorized beam shifting systems also known as low beam/high beam switches (solenoid or actuator operated) has become common practice at open headlights, allowing for switching between low and high beam intensities by moving the beam, but not the headlight itself. When using low beam, the narrowed breadth of the cutoff line should be sharpness-free with no flare, and a broad, long pattern should be achieved with high beam, all of which is to be accomplished by the co-action of the lens with a moving cutoff shield or roller shutter.

This entails the use of lenses to collimate light from multi-chip LED arrays, with precisely calculated free from surfaces. Danyang Yeya's engineering team creates lenses that stay focused on the beam over the entire range of the headlight's travel within the headlight housing, even in the case of compact, open housings. This clean cut-out, wide front light-up and superb down road reach are made possible by this concept.

3. Durable Polycarbonate Lenses with Advanced Coatings

Headlight lenses made with an open design are 100% vulnerable to weather conditions, dirt, UV rays and temperature shifts. Glass lenses are not only heavy but also break easily and get scratched. The whole trend of the industry went to injection molded lenses, often made of polycarbonate (PC).

The impact resistance, lightweight construction and design flexibility are just a few of the advantages of PC lenses. Danyang Yeya hard-coats and stabilises with UV-copings for scratch and ageing resistance. Anti-fog and hydrophobic coatings are added for off-road or adventure motorcycle use for better visibility levels in rainy conditions or sudden shifts in temperature. Such coatings have the effect of prolonging the life of the lens and without compromising its optical clarity.

4. Customizable OEM/ODM Lenses for Brand Differentiation

Unique Headlamp lens can contribute a great identity to a brand in motorcycle after-market as well as OEM markets where there are large competitions. Open headlamp offers an easy add on to modify them using a special shape lens, or an engraved brand name or logo, or specific transmission color or some sort of smoked insertion inside of a headlight so that it seems darker but doesn't reduce the transmission of light at all.

Danyang Yeya offer professional engineering service for OEM and ODM customer, using an already established tooling to manufacture a precision lens to your need. A strictly quality control policy are followed through the simulation with optics, to tooling checking, from mass production, output and the final inspection of all products to ensure the leg is delivered with quality. Prices are reasonable, delivery time prompt and hence it has earned itself the name of a reliable motorcycle brand supplier from worldwide.

Summary

Key trends of four lamps to open headlight for motorcycle are simple geometric style, addition of beam shifting functionality, strong construction from Polycarbonate and the customisation ability to match brand logos. With Danyang Yeya Opto-Electronic Company Limited's excellent engineering and quality driven production services and response capability they are perfectly situated to fulfill the headlamp lens requirements of changing markets. For your naked bikes, street-fighters, customs you cannot go past and we would be delighted to discuss OEM / ODM solutions.