Glad to hear that it has been worth spending the cash on.
I've just had a quote of £239 for an H1/H3 HID kit from www.hids4u.co.uk

Thats a good price Derek.

You need to be sure of the quality of the bulbs, and that they have the correct focal length. This is especially critical in projector style lights.

All I can say is, the ones I have work a treat, use genuine Hella ballasts (note that hids4u charge a lot more for these), come with relays to ensure the bike wiring is not providing the startup current, and that the MD of the company used to work for Philips, so should know what he is on about.

Money is money though Derek, so if your happy to go with those and save a bit of dosh, give them a try and let us know how you get on.

And a lot of money at that - for a couple of bulbs. But I do like to see where I'm going. Purchase isn't likely to be for a while yet ( over the wintwer probably) but if/when I go ahead I will report back.