Auxiliary lighting question

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jc100

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Looking at adding extra lighting to a bike but this is mainly for night riding and not daytime visibility. From what I'm reading LED lights often dazzle drivers due to dispersion problems . Are there any rreasonably priced focused lights that can be added that won't dazzle oncoming drivers? I'm not that interested in HID lights right now as they often have the same problem.

Edit: these are really for supplementing my dipped main beam.
 
How about a LED based light...that's in a housing? LED's draw very little power....
 
The problem is that the bike I'm getting has a well known problem with underpowered lighting. Most people supplement the lights by adding an HID low beam conversion and the LED auxiliary lights. The problem I've read about the LED lights is that they have a different light beam type and easily blind oncoming drivers. I found some HID auxiliary lights (housing and projectors etc) that would do the trick as they have a more focused beam, but these things are $500 a set. Just wondering if there's anything cheaper? If not I'll go the LED route but will have to aim them very low and reduce the power a bit. I just want to be able to see well at night on highways and backroads, these things aren't for offroad use that I'm looking for.
 
Phred said:
you might wanna check these ones out. They are LEDs, using 10w power, but claim to produce more light than a standard 55w Halogen Bulb. Seen em in person on the guy's Concours and they are Bright!

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...red-LED-Auxiliary-Fog-Lamp-W0QQAdIdZ381839849
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Thanks but same problem with glare...also, those lights are expenssive. I have a line on a good quality product from Ebay that is about $140 for 1600 lumens for a PAIR of LED auxiliary lights.
 
jc100 said:
Thanks but same problem with glare...also, those lights are expenssive. I have a line on a good quality product from Ebay that is about $140 for 1600 lumens for a PAIR of LED auxiliary lights.
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These LEDs dont have a glare, they are in a housing with a projector. Just be careful with Ebay, 1600 Lumens may not actually be 1600 Lumens, I have had bad experiences in the past. Show some Pics, I am interested.
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/2allbuyer/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

This is the sellers store on UK Ebay but you'll find it on canadian ebay too. Lots of people on another forum have used his lights and rave about them. The problem is that they don't have a focused beam throw for LED lights apparently the same way that you get from halogens or HIDs with proper projectors. Great for daytime visibility but at night on full power they dazzle oncoming traffic. Some people fit a dimmer with these lights to power them down at night. The Ebay guy above has 1500, 1600 and 3000 lumen lights. The 3000 ones are like looking at mini suns apparently.
 
http://bit.ly/MT5duals

Let me know what bike you have, that might not be the exact kit that fits yours ;)

Flawless cut off, all projectors are high/low beam. Their 55watt 4300k lights up the road like you wouldn't believe :)

You need any help with the install just lemme kno.

-Jamie M.
 
If this is about the tiger all you need is HID on low beam.
It is projector headlight and it has straight line cutoff.
You can aim it up and down as you like and it will not annoy anyone.

I have 35w HID replacing 55w bulb and it is much, much better. Install is simple too. Nothing to cut, just mount ballast in nose cone, plenty of space there..

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toysareforboys said:
http://bit.ly/MT5duals

Let me know what bike you have, that might not be the exact kit that fits yours ;)

Flawless cut off, all projectors are high/low beam. Their 55watt 4300k lights up the road like you wouldn't believe :)

You need any help with the install just lemme kno.

-Jamie M.
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That is totally awesome. I take it you have to bake the light assembly to get it apart to fit that kit?
 
I think I just Velcrod it. There is little room there and it would stay in the place just by fixing the wires.
It is straight swap. Pull bulb out, plug bulb connector to ballast, ballast wire to HID light. I had to drill hole in plastic bulb cover for cables to go to ballast and back ( just remembered that). Kit I used was Chinese dual kit and I got it in 2009. It still works fine and other half of the kit that I decided to use as spares never got out of the box. I think it was 50$ something crazy cheap... Ultrastar bulbs would cost more.
 
jc100 said:
That is totally awesome. I take it you have to bake the light assembly to get it apart to fit that kit?
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Sorry for the late reply, apparently I didn't get e-mail notifications that you replied.

We just used a good quality hair dryer, the lens comes off the headlight pretty easy. Some people bake it in the oven, but the headlight assembly is expensive and I'd rather do it where I can see it :)

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That company makes all different sizes of projectors, super small/short ones for older bikes too. The light output from those kits is mind blowing.

You could probably seal it up to be weatherproof so you could run dual projectors as fog lights on your bike, just by themselves, and would provide a retarded amount of light on the road.

If you need any help with the install or wiring just let me know.

-Jamie M.
 
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