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DRL Led Lights with amber Turns

Started by Kidd, Sun 26, Feb 2017, 16:49:33

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Kidd

Got them on the bike today  while I had time , still need to connect  them to the proper wires on bike .
The amber are turn signals , of course .




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bscrive

Holy crap Kidd, you are going to be blinding some people at night and probably during the day.  :2funny:



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hungryeye

I would lower them a little and add some light in the cowl blanks.
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Kidd

Well , now you have me worried , will probably try this from Skene lights http://www.skenedesign.com/lights/IQ_275.shtml
It dims the lights , if they can be dimmed , if I can not dim the light bar , I will use electrical tape  on the lens  to  black out some of the light  , ele tape allows no light to go through  it . So  I can reduce the amount of light  coming out  of the light bar .
Or , find some more plastic lens material  that I can cut up , shape  to place it over the  existing lens to dim the lights  .  These light bars are very very cheap  , I plan on them lasting a short time .

Wait and see what I have planned  for the rear  ,   a clamp mounted to the frame  under the rear fender with a bracket   coming out  with another light  bolted to it , not as big as the  front  lights  .
I am going for  safety with lots of added light



Quote from: bscrive on Sun 26, Feb 2017, 17:37:08
Holy crap Kidd, you are going to be blinding some people at night and probably during the day.  :2funny:



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Shrubbo

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Quote from: hungryeye on Sun 26, Feb 2017, 19:28:43
I would lower them a little and add some light in the cowl blanks.

A thing that should be considered is what will happen if you drop the bike. One of the things I like about the Valk' is when I had a blond moment and dropped the girl the result was zero damage. Skid to a halt and go rolling across the road and zero damage? That little feature had me considering long and hard about the mounting of my lights and that is precisely why I don't have mine vertical but horizontal. Even if the lights are cheap crushing them into the bike may not be.



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Kidd

Placing them horizontal was my first idea and still is my preference and I may still do it that way .
The problem  is , sticking out too far , I can just see knocking them off  or banging them on something because I forgot they were there , could happen .   
Some saddlebags  stick out as far as these would so why not ?
Placing them horizontal means going to a welder for a bracket  so they look nice , not a problem , really , just an extra step in the process   . Right now I am using  ugly  angle iron  from Ace  , you can not see it from the front , only from the side .

I do believe they would look really nice  horizontally



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

Kidd

Yes , you are right , hungryeye  said the same thing  to me about dropping the bike , the lights may cause lots of damage
So , maybe a break away  bracket  is in order , lol



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

Shrubbo

Looking at the photo I think you would be ok but just thought I would point it out bud. Like I said it was a consideration of mine after dropping my bike. I remember riding down the road another 10 minutes and pulling over and checking again... amazed at the zero damage. A feature I am not used to on a bike :)

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