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Rock712
Posted on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 04:55 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
So I'm in a moral debate what to get:
PIAA Cross Country or the 525 Dual beam

Does anyone have any experience with either?
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Natexlh1000
Posted on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 08:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Go cheap!
They all break when you drop your bike.
Get yourself some $30 walmart specials.
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Johnboy777
Posted on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
PIAA are great lights - much better IMHO than Hella, etc.

But the PIAA Cross Country look like re-badged TrailTech's to me.

http://www.trailtech.net/single_hid_scmr16.html

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Matchanu
Posted on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 04:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
+1 on going cheap.

My aux lights are plenty bright, cost me about 20 bucks, the housing is the same color as the case/wheels.

I first went big, using the light bar and some 80$ off road lights. The lights were very bright but it just didn't look right, plus they covered the left side scoop.

I went with smaller lights and made my own brackets using some aluminum attached to the turn signal bolts. Looks right. Hooked them up to the bright switch using a relay and direct wiring to the battery.
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 04:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
quote:

They all break when you drop your bike.



My PIAA 1100x survived hitting a car.
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Hangetsu
Posted on Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 10:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
+1 on the 1100X. They put out very substantial light - they're no HID's, but I think they're the next best thing.
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Socrates
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 08:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Low Beam: DDM Tuning 35W 6000K HID
High Beam: Sylvania Silver Star
Driving Lights: PIAA 1192X

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Sleez
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2010 - 09:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
10% more light for 500% more money????

not my way of new math!!

"cheapies" (hellas in my case) work great and haven't let me down yet, if i crash them, i can replace them easily.
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Socrates
Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
you could go this route...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60 7184
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Zac4mac
Posted on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 12:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
My Uly came with a nice pair of PIAAs and they are very bright spots.
I have them aimed on either side of the hi-beam's light ball.

On my last Harley, I bought a $30 pair of 55w halogen driving lights at Vato Zone and mounted them on the fork tubes.
Very good low-budget fix.

More light is better at night.









Z
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Drunk_uncle
Posted on Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 05:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I am running the LED Denali lights off Twistedthrottle.com. I am very happy with them and they come plug and play. 20 min to install after fabbing up my light mount bar. 299.99 gets you everything!
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