For those with Aux lighting on their engine guards.

[Pappy!]

Have a question.
I will be adding aux lighting before I go up to Inzane. Will be either the 44's or the 60's listed below with a dimmer and a high beam override.

http://stores.advmonster.com/led-lights/

Question is..... do you have much reflective glare from your guard mounted lights? Good place or not so good for mounting?

[Jess from VA]

Glare from where?  The road?

Just be sure you do not mount them outboard where they will hit the ground before (or at the same time) as the guard in a tip over.  Some have slid a big piece of plywood (or some other stiff material) up to the tire(s) then lifted it up squarely to make sure there is clearance.  This is not going to happen on top, but can happen underneath.

[IamGCW]

Hey Pappy, Grumpy found a good source for lights.  You may want to check with him.  I am pretty sure they were very affordable. 

Good seeing you on that new Valkyrie.

Gil

[Pappy!]

Glare coming off the lights and shining up through a windshield or lowers mainly. Or glare off any of the shiny pieces!

[Jess from VA]

I've never heard this to be an issue from guard mounted lights.  They aim straight ahead with no obstructions or reflective surfaces.  Most use spots with a fairly narrow beam, even fog lights only expand from say 20 degrees to 40 degrees (or something like that).

[Grumpy]

See what you think of these, 30 watt led driving lights, scroll down in the ad to see what they look like.

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CREE-U2-30W-Led-Motorcycle-spotlight-1500LM-IP68-12V-60V-Offroad-Motocycle-Racing-Driving-Headlight-Fog/1690859206.html

[Pappy!]

Going for floods or fogs to light up the sides of the roads better in the evenings when I ride. Lots of forest rats up this way....should have been more clear on the light spread. Reason for doing it before Inzane is that I will be running power up forward anyway before I go so I want to do it all at once. Bought a Denali power center  to handle the systems.

[BF]

Pappy, I see no negatives with adding lights to your engine's guards.  







I got them here....

http://www.bigbikeparts.com/Inventory/Navision/16-104A?catalogNo=1

Trust me when I say they light up the road and the sides of the road very well.  

I ride/commute a lot at night.....I've got way more than plenty of light to brighten up the night.  If you don't have a lightbar on your bike, I highly recommend adding one of those as well.  The crash bar lights (they're 50wt) cast a wide and bright path and I very highly recommend them.

Another big plus IMHO is that not only do they light up the road, but they also light up the front of your bike....especially from the sides.  You're wheel and fender are lit up for everyone that approaches you from the sides.  If you have a two tone factory paint with some white on the fender, they really highlight the front of your bike.  

You can't have too many lights on a motorcycle.  Not just for you to see, but for everyone else to see you.  

[Jess from VA]

Keep in mind that good bright spots give better light ahead, and still give decent lite to the sides at night.  Of course to run them at night they must be dim-aimed, meaning low and right enough to not blind oncoming drivers... which really does light up your side of the road very well.

I have PIAA 1100X spots, and residual light still does the road sides very well.

There are a number of Utube vids with various types of light they give at night.

[YoungPUP]

Another idea stolen from a Goldwing. I've got walmart's version of the Kuryakyn (sp?) bullet spots mounted on the front mounting bolts for the front fender.  Made bushings to fit into the pocket where the bolt head goes then added longer bolts to hold the lights in place.  Made harnesses with black shrink tube that are attached to follow the brake lines down.

[Pappy!]

Thanks, BF! I should have remembered you had them on your bike. Knew I had seen them on one around here! Will proceed now that I know the glare is not an issue there. Would have had to order a different mounting system otherwise.
Have had both on my Rubicon (Jeep). The spots were wicked and I could see a mile, so to speak, down the road but I bought a pair of upper end fogs about a year ago and they light up the road, trees, ditches, deer, etc. for probably 3-4 times what the headlights do. No way can you out drive them. They are illegally bright so I run them on back roads and when hunting in Alabama.
That's what I want on the bike. Oncoming traffic will definitely see them regardless of spot or flood/fog.
As far as being able to dim them.....There is a modulator available that will dim (pulse width modulation) them to any point I choose and not have to re-aim them to avoid blinding other drivers. You can literally dim them to the point they will start strobing. With a high beam override they go to full output when my high beams are on.

[justintyper]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BJQ2CFU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 i installed these this spring. ive only gotten to ride at night once yet this season and im playing with adjustments but these are very bright and each light has a 10 watt LED chip they only draw about 1.5 amps total. they didnt come with mounts but i already had some aluminum piaa mounts i used but for the money you can't really beat these.