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Technical | How To / Re: Mounting supplementary lights...
« on: April 13, 2015, 05:09:16 PM »
My personal experience with these lights are the higher the better. Use the mirror holes to mount the lights. You will not be sorry.
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Agility 125 / Headlight Bulb - H4 or S2?
« on: August 01, 2013, 06:28:04 PM »
I originally had them wired to the hi beams. But switched them to blinkers as I added the second led spot.
I commute at night. And find this lighting clean and effective without killing the battery. I have only been flashed once. So I angled down a little and have had no issues since. They are very bright. The pictures don't do them justice.
I commute at night. And find this lighting clean and effective without killing the battery. I have only been flashed once. So I angled down a little and have had no issues since. They are very bright. The pictures don't do them justice.
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Agility 125 / Headlight Bulb - H4 or S2?
« on: August 01, 2013, 02:53:43 PM »
After fighting the same battle on my big boy bike, I found low wattage led spots do the job best. Point them low and you won't blind many people.
Since my last test I added a second light. They draw so little. And I like the idea if putting them where the blinkers were.
Low beam
High beam
Street Stock vs Led
The spots are a touch high here. About the level of the hi beams. But you can focus them lower to avoid blinding people. I did have them running off the hi beams power. But I found I got much more light off the battery with a switch.
I will shoot another video tonight. This set up is not the cheapest, but is great at night. You can do this with lights from eBay for under $100. Probably closer to $60.
Since my last test I added a second light. They draw so little. And I like the idea if putting them where the blinkers were.
Low beam
High beam
Street Stock vs Led
The spots are a touch high here. About the level of the hi beams. But you can focus them lower to avoid blinding people. I did have them running off the hi beams power. But I found I got much more light off the battery with a switch.
I will shoot another video tonight. This set up is not the cheapest, but is great at night. You can do this with lights from eBay for under $100. Probably closer to $60.
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Agility 125 / Re: Headlight Bulb - H4 or S2?
« on: July 30, 2013, 01:36:09 AM »The problem I've encountered every time I tried to change the type of bulb for a given lamp is that every reflector has a focal point that has to match the position where the bulb concentrates the most amount of light. When this point is shifted I've found that the projector most times does not do a good job in directing the beam where it's supposed to be on the road. Good luck and please let us know about your results.
Agreed. This is why I hung up the whole idea and put the LED's spots on the bike. I put them where the blinkers were and put yellow bulbs in the flashers and wired them as blinkers.
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Agility 125 / Headlight Bulb - H4 or S2?
« on: July 22, 2013, 01:52:04 AM »Here is a quick video. I strongly recommend wiring it off the battery directly. It puts out much more light.
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Agility 125 / Re: Headlight Bulb - H4 or S2?
« on: July 21, 2013, 05:46:25 PM »
I bought the spot because it was a spot. I have it pointed down(3 car lengths range) to avoid blinding people. I also run it off the high beam. That pretty much keeps it around 50% power. I did not know that headlight power lead was dimmer until I hit the flasher button and the LED doubled in brightness. I was not aiming for more light down the road, but brighter light in the 3 car lengths range.
The old rule of driving is not to go faster than you headlight range. Since I putt around in the 40 mph range I did noo see the need to have headlights that lit up 100 yards. I did a video showing the Model 60 Floods on my KLR. There are crazy bright.
I will shoot a video tonight with the model 30 on my scooter. The weaker the headlight the better the LEDs seem. I now have the same Model 60's on my VStrom and they don't seem anywhere as powerful as they did on the KLR. The help, its not as dramatic.
The old rule of driving is not to go faster than you headlight range. Since I putt around in the 40 mph range I did noo see the need to have headlights that lit up 100 yards. I did a video showing the Model 60 Floods on my KLR. There are crazy bright.
I will shoot a video tonight with the model 30 on my scooter. The weaker the headlight the better the LEDs seem. I now have the same Model 60's on my VStrom and they don't seem anywhere as powerful as they did on the KLR. The help, its not as dramatic.
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Agility 125 / Headlight Bulb - H4 or S2?
« on: July 21, 2013, 03:48:16 PM »
I got tired of the light issues quickly. So I put an AdvMonster model 30 led on.
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