Honda Motorcycle GL1500SE Gold Wing Special Edition inner tail light requires a 24 bulb size while the outer tail light uses a 2057 bulb size. The replacement chart covers vehicle production spanning 1990 to 2000.
The year-by-year compatibility chart below provides a quick reference to verify the correct bulb size for your vehicle.
The Honda Motorcycle GL1500SE Gold Wing Special Edition uses two distinct bulb types across its tail light assembly: the 24 for the inner tail light and the 2057 for the outer tail light, both following ANSI standards applicable in the US and Canada.
The bulb 24 is a single-filament type operating at 12V and 2W, fitted with a BA9s base. The BA9s is a miniature bayonet cap with a 9mm base width, commonly associated with low-wattage indicator and marker lighting applications.
The 2057 is a dual-filament bulb operating at 12V with a high-beam draw of 26.9W and a low-beam draw of 8W. It uses a BAY15d bayonet base, which features offset pins to ensure correct polarity orientation during installation.
The 2057 is a brighter variant of the 1157 bulb. While both share the BAY15d base and dual-filament design, the 2057 produces greater output on its high filament, making the two types non-equivalent in performance despite their physical similarity.
Because the 2057 and 1157 share the same BAY15d base, physical fitment between the two is possible. However, substituting a 1157 for a 2057 in the outer tail light position of the GL1500SE Gold Wing Special Edition would result in reduced brightness on the high filament.
The inner tail light position uses the BA9s-based bulb 24, which is physically incompatible with the BAY15d socket used by the outer tail light. The two positions require separate bulb types and cannot share a common replacement.
Both bulb sizes remained unchanged across the full 1990-2000 model range of the GL1500SE Gold Wing Special Edition, with the 24 specified for the inner position and the 2057 for the outer position throughout that entire span.