HID lamp Assembly Royal Enfield thunderbird with Relays

[Mohsin]

Hi,

I have recently installed HID kit in my RE thunderbird bike, the HID is working fine and as expected, however recently someone told me that I should have relay in my HID otherwise it will drain battery quickly. So far I am not finding any issue, its been few days and had a ride of an hour or so in night too . My battery is new from Aamron so may be I won't face any issue. But I am not sure, so to be on safe side, do I need relay in the circuit of HID ?
The HID has two boxes, I thought one is with relay, also my HID is AC as per written on its box. I must admit that I went for HID without any prior investigation so I am not sure if I the best stuff or proper stuff.

Any suggestion will be appreciated.

[krimurali]

Hello,

Can you post pictures illustrating the original unit removal and how the new HID unit went into the headlamp assembly. That would be more informative. Just a thought. I think we can work on even small repairs and post it something like DIY procedure.

[Mohsin]

Well, may be you are right, for start ups, we should do it here. May be a new section here where we can post DIY guides
I will be inviting many RE enthusiasts very soon here

Now back to the topic:
Actually that was really tricky stuff, after mechanic did it, I came home and myself fixed things all from start and finally got it working right. Sad part is that it was really an "adjustment" so I can't dare to take out all stuff. But still I will what I can do

[Perks]

I think HID kit comes with relay included.