Spotlights - spotlamps - longer throw wanted

[Santa-2512]

I've just fitted some 20W spots to the bike again lol

while they fill the hole at the bottom of the low beam, they dont really add any punch or extension over the throw of the low beam.

Now looking at the beam pattern they have a wide spread beam, which is ideal for filling in the low near bike area, but offers nothing to the extension of the pattern.

Would a more focused spotlamp or spotlight work, so i could push the beam pattern up the road more?

If so what are you using

 

[blues n twos]

Denali D4’s you can even replace the OEM additional lights with a bracket, then they fit on the crash bars. Assuming you have a GSA.

If you have a look on YouTube for “A Bike Thing” there are loads of videos and tests on light beam.

Jon

 

[autogs]

if they have a wide spread beam then they are not spot lights! spend some money and get denali,lots of different lights that work very well,not cheap but proper stuff is never cheap.
im sure you know about "a bike thing " on you tube all you need to know about lights on a bike!

 

[autogs]

doh! overlap

 

[Myke Rocks]

Additional lights

There are three different types of additional lights:

Type 1. Foglights. Focal length: < 2 metres. Function: none I can think of. Pretty useless for anything except blinding oncoming drivers/riders.

Type 2. Driving lights. Nice spread of light, providing both width and depth to the range of vision. Undoubtedly the best choice.

Type 3. Spotlights. A narrow, long distance beam with no spread. Equally as useless as foglights, but for the opposite reason.

For some reason, the majority of auxiliary lights sold for fitment to motorcycles are foglights, which may explain why you cannot see anything useful with them.

I am not suggesting what to purchase, just providing a pointer as to why you are finding some lights useless.

However, to provide a comparison: Hella DE foglights are cheap, and no matter what you do with them are a waste of money, but Hella DE driving lights (for which you need a mortgage) are absolutely fabulous.
Foglights have a patterned lens, driving light have a clear lens and are HID.

 

[SBD]

Fog lights, properly set up, are really useful in thick fog. They light up the kerbs, so you can stay between them. If I need them, I’m using the car.
Spot lights are intended to light up the road fifty or a hundred metres ahead, and are additional to your high beam.
Driving lights will add brightness and breadth of lighting, which sounds useful on a bike.