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Author Message   Firstbatch Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 08:04 am:        Picked up the Optronics driving lights at Walmart for $16. They are 2 1/2" spheres that look much like the PIAA 1100X. Had the PIAA on a previous bike and really like them but a bit on the spendy side. Great thing about the Optronics is the lamp is a MR16 which are readily available in multiple wattage and beam angles. The Walmart pkg includes 50 watt lamps with 40 degree beam angle which is more like a flood light. Lowes and Home Depot sell replacement lamps for about $5. And if you really want to go hi-tech you could install MR16 LED lamp. Lots of choices. Mounted the lamps to the low bolt hole on the fork slider covers using a simple 1" spacer and a 2" 1/4"-20 bolt. Really like the the triangulation of light this mount provides. Similar to what you get with the Motolight caliper mounts. I suppose they are vulnerable to being damaged if you off road much but, at $16 it would be simple to repair/replace. Pics: http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5378.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5379.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5380.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5383.jpg   Yankee_dog Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 08:17 am:        Bottom line. How does their output compare to the PIAAs? yankee Dog   Firstbatch Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 08:23 am:        They seem to be almost to bright and I most likely will go down to a 35 watt lamp with a 15 degree beam angle. For daytime riding the visibility they provide to other motorist is tremendous.   Johnboy777 Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 08:24 am:        Very nice ... but it looks like you have a headlight out. .   Hooper Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 12:28 pm:        Beat me to it... How'd you do the wiring?   Firstbatch Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 01:43 pm:        A few pics outside with multiple light configuration.....and I gave the headlight a whack and look, that one that was out came on. Decide to turn the beam down 5 degree from plumb and that makes these 50 watt lamps work well for visibility without having the death-ray look. Hoop, I just ran the wires up the fork cover and then ran it up the front brake line to the nose cone for terminations, etc http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5395.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5392.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5393.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5395.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5397.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5398.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5401.jpg http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/fimduc/CIMG 5402.jpg   Johnboy777 Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 05:37 pm:        Hey Firstbatch, How do you like those 'wind wings' (very cool) and where did you get them. Thanks .   Hughlysses Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 08:22 pm:        Very sanitary install. Nice job.   Firstbatch Posted on Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 08:34 pm:        Yep, the Shades work great and together with the Strada bracket and a ZG screen it is near perfect turbulence "management" for me. It's funny, in the pics you see the Shades, but looking at the bike they disappear

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