Denali D4 2.0 or DL4 ...any thoughts or experience?

[GordonR]

Hi All, sorry if this gets asked all of the time but I'm struggle to find much help.

As per the title, I ride mainly day time, but for night time it would be more about extra low beam coverage than distance. I doubt I'd be doing much if any off road. And I'm thinking hybrid selective yellow lenses.

I get that the DL4 is more recent, and the D4 with lenses is substantially more expensive - is there much between them in real life? which do you think?

I suppose I could just go for cheap chinesium, for the looks of it, or not bother and just go and ride ...once it warms up a bit

 

[Bubb]

Don’t bother…just ride!

 

[TaskMule]

The stock aux lights are more than enough to supplement the low beams for night riding. The offer a nice wide flat beam when properly adjusted, and don't have to blind oncoming. They do render the main headlight cornering features useless though

 

[Sly]

Hi All, sorry if this gets asked all of the time but I'm struggle to find much help.

As per the title, I ride mainly day time, but for night time it would be more about extra low beam coverage than distance. I doubt I'd be doing much if any off road. And I'm thinking hybrid selective yellow lenses.

I get that the DL4 is more recent, and the D4 with lenses is substantially more expensive - is there much between them in real life? which do you think?

I suppose I could just go for cheap chinesium, for the looks of it, or not bother and just go and ride ...once it warms up a bit

My bike came with Denali S4's (not the same as D4's) and they were okay. They filled in with floods nicely.

I've since removed them and added CoLight D09 Pro's and Lone Rider Motolights - needless to say it is quite nice having a collapsed sun on the front of the bike when the sun goes down.

 

[gateway77]

Lone Rider Moto lights are simply night into day outstanding - but seem require fairly regular adjustment to stop blinding oncoming drivers.
For night riding in rural locations they are amazing!

 

[LeNoir UK]

Point to note if you opt for Denali DL lights. They are fine for mounting on the crash bars but if you fit them under the beak, you have to mount the light upside down (the bracket only rotates through 100 degrees or so) therefore the diffuser lens on the bottom row of LEDS is now at the top and will give the dispersed light upwards rather than low and close - You cannot rotate the lens to accommodate as it is bonded in. I have the DL6 and I found out the expensive way that they are not fit for under nose mounting!

 

[GordonR]

Yes, been looking at that, an old test of Denali D brought up the upside down question, and they thought it didn't matter. I thought the same as you but from what I can see of the lens, the dispersion is only sideways, there didn't look to be any downward focus ...that would then end the wrong way up.
Worst case you could fashion a new bracket and get it powder coated. Why the mount is on the bottom is beyond me, even the cheap chinesium puts the bracket in the middle so you can mount or hang. Some folk just. don't think. Then again, a lot of this stuff comes from trucks and cars anyway.

 

[Sly]

Lone Rider Moto lights are simply night into day outstanding - but seem require fairly regular adjustment to stop blinding oncoming drivers.
For night riding in rural locations they are amazing!

Turn the brightness down? Unless it's the BMW driving lights blinding people?