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[michaelokielee@yahoo.com]

Another, not sure why they are rotated

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[MrSurly]

Man, those look great!
Now, turn those suckers on!
I'm curious about their color matching your Daymakers.

[MrSurly]

I just had to post this stupid eBay ad.
I mean, the guy has lights....but he ain't bright.

[phato1]

Those are for riding downhill 

[MrSurly]

Under the heading of "just fer grins" I picked up some cheapie little LEDs just to see if I could mount em in the Kury housings. I made a bracket to get em in there and they aren't so bad. Their color is much closer to the Daymakers than the halogen bulbs although they are a bit too blue. This evening I hope to get a chance to check them out in use.
I don't have any high expectations as they are only 12w each side.
I'm hoping that I'll be able to find other wattages of LEDs in the same format and swap them out later. This pair of lights were less than ten bux.
At the least, they'll add some visibility while matching better.






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[miceracs]

   What I found with these 'cheap' Chinese products, they interfere with the radio. their electronics are basic with no radio interference system applied.
I had some, couldn't here hear radio also light brackets made of cheap soft alloy so unable to secure tightly. with the vibrations of the bike, constinlty moving.

at the end of the day, in this case, you get what you pay for !

I have the moto, which are good to be seen, and also looking at the clearwater, great for seeing. both are expensive, but quality is suburb.

[doublerunner]

  Take a look at Clearwaterlights.com . I have a set of the Erica lights and they are the best lights i have ever seen. They have low/high beam with low being adjustable from 15 to 85 %. High beam they are 6000 lumens each. They tie into the high beam and change with the headlight. They also tie into the horn so if you hit the horn they flash high. I installed the new optional dash switches from Harley and use one switch for these lights and a second switch for our heated gear. I bought a set of mounts from Clearwater and put the lights on the front engine guard. I run the them on low at about 30% and you can clearly see me comming from a great distance durring daylight. At night they add a nice pattern to the headlight and they make reading road/street signs easy. I don't even use the fog lights, don't need them.

This makes me very happy to hear this as this is exactly what I am doing. Will post pics when I get them in and done. Just ordered them yesterday

[JCZ]

I added my lights to the bottom of the crash bars go get more road surface, will add pics later when I can take them.

We're still waiting to see those pics.....

 

[MrSurly]

Just a bit of follow up on the experiment with the cheapie China EBay LEDs . Yes, they do cause some RF interference with a portion of the FM band.
I virtually always listen to XM though and they don't seem to bother it or my other gadgets. The surprise is just how freaking bright these little lamps are. They are not driving lights, not that concentrated of a beam but for conspicuity, they are really much more effective than I imagined. I went on a group ride in the hill country and rode sweep because the lead said he could spot these things a half a mile out in sunlight.
I don't know how long they'll last (likely not long) but for a couple bucks I'll get some spares. I'll also try to sort out how to address the RF issue.

These will never compare to Clearwater Darlas or Motolights but since they are priced like popcorn (and I had the housings anyway),  these may stay in use for a while. They are a little bit blue-er than the OEM LEDs.
I need to take some pics!


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[MrSurly]

A further follow up on the cheap LEDs. After my ride to Maggie Valley I must admit that despite the stupid-cheap price and blatantly low build quality, these silly cheap LEDs have proven to be downright amazing.
They don't seem to impress from the rider's seat as driving lamps ~though you can definitely tell when they are turned on in addition to the HD LEDs (spot and main)~ but from the standpoint of BEING seen, these are amazing.
The ride leader has no trouble knowing where I am(!) The lights are incredibly bright at near distances; and when about 75 yards away, the cheapos overwhelm the factory LED spots, such that the light signature of my bike becomes a tall triangle of the headlamp and the two fender-mounted china lights....the spots can't even be seen at this point. At greater distances, I can be picked from the crowd with ease. I added a ferrite choke to the power wire on each lamp and the radio noise is gone.
EDIT: Attached some pics from the Dragon which do a pretty good job of illustrating the daytime impact these have on "noticeability". The red/black Ultra about three bikes back. In the second frame all the lights are pointed right at the camera. (click to zoom)

[ltank]

I got some small LED auxiliary lights mounted to my crash bars.
From Super Bright LEDS . 10 watts each. 50 bucks each. Had them over a year now, now prolems. They come in chrome,  black or red.
Choice of 45 or 25 degree pattern. I got the Chome 25 jobs. Very happy  with them.

[CVODON]

For anyone who does not have LED headlamps, Several companies are now selling LED H Series (7,9,11 etc) LED plug & play headlamp bulbs. I put a set from Oracle Lighting on my wife's commuter car and they are amazing. these came in a set of two but I noticed Cycle Gear has single bulbs, that are the exact same, as my Oracle ones for $69.95 each this week. They are 6000K, low draw and will make dramatic change in your lighting.
But on the subject of this thread, with the LED daymakers on my SERG I removed and sold the moto-lights and I had the ones with there LED's. They just did not add anything to the lighting, the Daymakers so totally overwhelmed them that I saw no need for them. The Custom Dynamics inserts match the HD Led's and all was good. I also, when I bought them, and still do think the Moto's are overpriced terribly and not as attractive or well shapped as the Headwinds, but they are brighter than the Headwinds, if the Headwinds guy would just move into the current century and get some brighter LED's then he would have a great product, I have a $80 Fenix pocket flashlight that puts out more light than either the Moto or Headwinds, and only uses one rechargeable 18650 battery so why can't the bike light people do the same.

[porthole]

The real advantage to the moto lights is the "triangle" of light for getting attention.

[kiro]

The real advantage to the moto lights is the "triangle" of light for getting attention.

And in my experience it works really well for this...