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As if choosing a set of foglights wasn't hard enough!

Started by Moofner, Thu 24, Nov 2016, 10:52:10

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Moofner

A look through WingStuff.com was a bad idea. I've run across the worst thing you can do to a motorcycle owner.... choices.

Here are the new and upcoming additions that can be added to our Valkyries. I'm also pretty sure that all of these will work with the newly tested AdMore adapter/harness. More choice and cheaper isn't a bad thing.
First world motorcycle problems for me!

http://wingstuff.com/products/37519-led-fog-light-kit-w-drts-lights-for-gl1800?context=gold_wing_gl1800

http://wingstuff.com/products/37526-tridium-led-fog-running-driving-light-kit-for-f6b-gl1800?context=gold_wing_gl1800-lights_electrical

I own a set of the ShowChrome foglights, and I can vouch for their ability to light up the road. Adding a driving light/turn signal feature at a lower price than the Pathfinder lights might be too good to pass up.

2003 Valkyrie "Ricky's Bike"
2014 Valkyrie "The Gypsy Bride"


bscrive

The guy on the video says that they will work for the Valkyrie, so the harness may not be required.  

I really like these since they state that they are 200% brighter than the older LED version and have the turn signal integrated in them.  I may have to bite the bullet on this and get them.  :)

If only our Canadian dollar wasn't sucking sooo badly.  :tickedoff:



If global warming is happening...why is it so cold up here?

Robert

I would consider making some of my own by using to 3000 lumen lights that someone listed here. I don't think any other light is nearly as bright. I will post my idea later on how to do it.
"Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that."

Shrubbo

I couldn't find anything "for a bike" that suited what I needed. They had some big power but the ones I saw at the time only had 10 degree or so light spread. Not too worried what is ahead, its the buggers on the side of the road and night that can be day wreckers.

So I just bolted on 12000 lumens of 5 inch LED driving lights :D

30 degree spreed on the top half and the filter puts a 60 degree spreed on the bottom half. $150au as opposed to $500au. At the 100kph this gives me 10 seconds of viewing distance down the road and very acceptable on the sides. My mate never liked night riding where I loved it. Now he does as well as he just sits behind me.

Another big benefit is that people dip their lights now if they know what is good for them. We even had several people coming the other way on a narrow mountain road at night pull over to the side to let us pass. They thought I was a big 4x4 coming. We didn't know wtf was going on at the start. lols all round when we did.







When I get around to it I am going to put another 2 for 24000 lumens. Not to everyones taste of coarse but it doesn't have to be, just to mine :)


2014 Valkyrie, crap stuck on it everywhere!

woofred1832

                That was one of the first add-ons I put on the bike, but the $ they wanted for the ones from Honda was toooooo much, so I went on line and found a pair from japan, got the wire harness from Honda for the switch to go in the lower left by the fuel cap releace, the adappted the existing bracket on the lites and mounted them to the engine using existing bolts, and made a pair of expanded metal pieces to protect from stray rocks hitting the lites and painted them red, like I did to the covers inside the side radiator pods, and something I didn't find out till I turned them on, every third time they go on the go flashing strobe. NOT that I can ride down the street in that mode but it is cool to pull into a parking lot, or a lunch stop and hit that strob. I ride with them on even during the day just for viability but at nite they really add to liting up the road, and just for fun I hit strobe when behind a car, he pulled right over like he thought I was a cop,,,, waved as I went by to say thants for getting out of the way, I have added many other RED accents to the bike to make it mine, unlike any other Valkyrie on the road, and have had many complaints on it, NOW to dress us my 1975 GL1000, I plan to take off the engine side covers, the intake tubes, and the timing belt cover and have them powder coated RED? Each of us makes our bikes OURS and thats the fun of it........... have a good off season I look forward to SPRING....... be safe to all

Kidd

I bought two  of these to play with ,   will mount them on the engine guard horizontal or vertical .
Maybe cover it partially with red lens and make that part blink with turn signals


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If I like to go fast , does that make me a racist ???

F6Dave

The Tridium lights look awesome.  I may add them to my F6B.

Moofner

I was impressed by the blinker effect in the lower cowl area when I did Steelwheeler's bike. I just have to decide which platform to use and make it happen.

I have a personnel rule that I do not add items to my bikes for looks only. They have to have a function as well. I'm even looking at a paint job to increase visibility which will also look awesome.

Extra lighting is never a bad thing, we just have to choose which lights to use!
2003 Valkyrie "Ricky's Bike"
2014 Valkyrie "The Gypsy Bride"