Riding spot light things

King Rat · Oct 29, 2018

Those extra lights that make a triangle of headlights..... any recommendations for which ones to get. Forget the Denali type things - I don't have a lottery win. :blast

There are some blue, oval ones on there, (one is broken in the crash).. inside I have found Li-tech and they are a 55w bulb, not LED type. Does this sound any bells in anyone's memory please? If I could get the same again I wouldn't need to worry about the wiring at all.... otherwise that gets complicated for (not for you patient, clever chaps with a workshop, I understand that).

What would people recommend please. It is only these lights, fuel quick detach fittings and the crash bars to fit now. Then she is done! :thumby:

Tractors are go · Oct 29, 2018

It depends upon what you're looking for, if it is just the ufo triangle of lights then daytime running lights are the thing. Not focussed and throw light out in all directions, hopefully making you more visible.

If it is extra light to see by, then look at Cree leds, although spots with a decent led bulb will be cheaper (just make sure they fit inside) and consume less current.

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King Rat · Oct 29, 2018

Tractors are go said:
It depends upon what you're looking for, if it is just the ufo triangle of lights then daytime running lights are the thing. Not focussed and throw light out in all directions, hopefully making you more visible.

If it is extra light to see by, then look at Cree leds, although spots with a decent led bulb will be cheaper (just make sure they fit inside) and consume less current.

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I don't know what they were. I need to replace the broken one, so a pair is needed really - I was shown they come on when you press the cancel button for 1 second.... extra lighting looking down the road, one each side on the GS mounting bracket. Some I have seen have 3 modes, which I definitely don't want, I can't be scrolling through to get the 'mode' I want. Just plain old on and off will do! I am on a budget, of course. Google just brings up the same, restricted tat every time. There doesn't seem to be much variety out there. All cheap Chinese crap, very expenive...but not much in between.

Flipfly · Oct 29, 2018

Yours sound like the old ring type fog lights, cheap as food to replace

https://www.ringautomotive.com/en/product/BRL0368

set on eBay now finishing in 23 hrs

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Ring-Automotive-BRL0368-Ice-Blue-Fog-Lamp/1823059253

King Rat · Oct 30, 2018

Flipfly said:
Yours sound like the old ring type fog lights, cheap as food to replace

https://www.ringautomotive.com/en/product/BRL0368

set on eBay now finishing in 23 hrs

https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/Ring-Automotive-BRL0368-Ice-Blue-Fog-Lamp/1823059253

Brilliant - thank you. I have been searchng for about 4 or 5 months and couldn't find anything like them......but that is because I am useless with a computer.
Thank you very much.

ymfb · Oct 30, 2018

I was recently told that there have been a number of SMIDSY type crashes where car drivers were confused by the three lights and thought it was a car, but further away.

I personally ride with mine on.

Popell · Oct 30, 2018

That was the argument that caused the Yamaha Fazer to have only one of the lights lit on dip
Can almost follow the logic but not where a triangle is concerned

ymfb said:
I was recently told that there have been a number of SMIDSY type crashes where car drivers were confused by the three lights and thought it was a car, but further away.

I personally ride with mine on.

vRSG60 · Oct 30, 2018

I've just fitted a pair of these. Nice white light and a flat beam pattern so shouldn't dazzle at night.
I already had a loom & switch fitted from my now defunct Givi lights so I just wired them to that.
You can also get the lights complete with a relay, loom & switch - Here
Only problem I have is that my SW Motech bars aren't parallel to the ground and so the lights are at an angle making the beam also at an angle. I'm getting a plastic part machined to add another angular adjustment to rectify this.

Flipfly · Oct 31, 2018

King Rat said:
Brilliant - thank you. I have been searchng for about 4 or 5 months and couldn't find anything like them......but that is because I am useless with a computer.
Thank you very much.

It helps when you’ve been here so long you remember the old stuff we used to fit

I knew they were ring lights so it did make searching for them a lot easier.

King Rat · Nov 2, 2018

Flipfly said:
It helps when you’ve been here so long you remember the old stuff we used to fit

I knew they were ring lights so it did make searching for them a lot easier.

I have been here a while, but there is no way I can remember what I have done to the bike over the years! But, funnily enough I can remember some of the stuff I did to the Morini over 30 years ago.

This is the bike I bought off Phil and it had them on when it came - and he didn't know what they were either! Anyway, those you pointed out to me are on their way, so thank you. :beerjug:

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