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Merc16
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2011 - 12:30 am: | 
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Dennis c, more info on your set up please. |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2011 - 12:53 pm: |
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No easy way around any of this. I also found the 2010 bike lights better than the 06 ones. Thought is was just me. Do not know about the USA but you can not use HID on low beam on bikes in the EU.
The battery and charge are on the margin for the stuff used on a Uly. One of the good things about a GS I guess.
A PIAA on dip lamp and a HID main with them both on with the main works well. The problem is the light output is not focused with the lenses. Bad design. All of that would be about 75 USD I guess.
Looks like Dennis_c has fitted a proper lighting rig and that how it should have been from the factory.
For a 30 min run to work I would ditch the heated vest. I have run many a mile fast and in very cold weather and not found the need for one myself. The main problem is wind chill. A fully lined one piece suit with two or three mixed layers of man made and non-man made fibers is the way to go. Do a search on how the mountain climbers do it. Also do not use a Gore-tex type suit without something to stop air getting through under it. Your hands will be ok on the Uly but I find my feet get cold so try some over boots or liners. This helps a hell of a lot as the body core has less of a problem if the other parts are warm. I have tried loads of top gear and still go back to my £30 SIDI one piece suit. It just works so well in any weather.
Also if you are going to ride in the cold eat before you go and lots on a long trip. The food generates heat in the body core as it burns. You will also find using a balaclava with you helmet will help heat loss through you head which is a big problem on a bike. Keeping warm is not a problem and good lighting should not cost to much either. Depends on how you do it I guess. |
Towpro
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2011 - 01:35 pm: |
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I know you guys aren't into Chinese junk, but I see 12V 10W LED spot and flood lights starting to hit the market running around $15.00. these are not bunches of LED lights, it's one surface mount LED like the CREE flash lights use. (I saw some on an Amish Horse and Buggy last night. along with neon glow blue under the buggy  )
This might indicate the price will be dropping as competition (even from off shore) will drive down the price on those way over priced LED's we can now get for motorcycles. |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2011 - 10:13 pm: |
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>>>>Looks like Dennis_c has fitted a proper lighting rig and that how it should have been from the factory.
Dennis doesn't have to pay $100,000 for EACH bike sold that fails to comply with FMVSS.
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Thejosh
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2011 - 10:30 pm: |
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If that's the case, it looks like our own government is working against us. I would think they should be more concerned with lead paint coming from china than what type of lighting are on motorcycles and how to fine manufacturers. |
Court
| | Posted on Monday, November 14, 2011 - 11:26 pm: |
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>>>it looks like our own government is working against us.
Everyday.
Today it was revealed that 4 more large Obama "bundlers" are receiving "stimulus" funds over $500,000,000 for businesses that the due diligence basically said "not a chance in hell".
Look up Ron Perlman.
Also . . if you EVER think the government is going to "help" you . . . you are in deep shit.
The law is the law . . . .
quote:Standard No. 108 - Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment - Passenger Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks, Buses, Trailers, (except pole trailers and trailer converter dollies), and Motorcycles (Effective 1-1-68 for vehicles 2,032 mrn (80 or more inches) in width and Effective 1-1-69 for all other vehicles)
This standard specifies requirements for original and replacement lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. Its purpose is to reduce traffic crashes and deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes, by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and by enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility
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Dennis_c
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 03:48 pm: |
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at least I could see where I was going and have a chance seeing the deer along the road
(Message edited by dennis c on November 15, 2011) |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 12:30 pm: |
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Here in the UK lights need to be E4 marked. Use what is right for your own part of the world, if it is a problem for you.
LED lighting is getting to be VERY good and would be great for headlights but a word of warning. Not all are as good as they should be. The CREE lights are amazing and I guess it will not be long before something like it is available for headlights. Not at the moment though. |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 12:46 pm: |
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>>>>Looks like Dennis_c has fitted a proper lighting rig and that how it should have been from the factory.
Dennis doesn't have to pay $100,000 for EACH bike sold that fails to comply with FMVSS.
A company, like Buell they must go with the Law. On the other hand once you have the bike , like many here its your problem if you break the Law. If it came to it I would rather pay the fine than be dead because I could not see at night. |
Dennis_c
| | Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 02:21 pm: |
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those are off road racing lights you have to be careful how you aim them |
Panhead_dan
| | Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 08:40 pm: |
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Just speculation here but it seems like all the new bikes are going to have to have every kind of electronic contraption on them in order to be competitive. This may effect the street line of the future EBR products as well. What this means is that any issues in the charging department will have to be adressed in future products, I assume. It also means that any upgrades in charging systems for air cooled buells will have to come from the aftermarket and shade tree mechanics.
Winding a stator with a different diameter wire and a different length can't be that damned hard, can it? What about the regulator? I don't think we need to re-design a regulator if one exists that will do the job, possibly for some other application....
All I know for sure is that my charging system is functioning as designed. That design just barely works. I want more zots! |
Skinstains
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:40 pm: |
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Here's my set up...
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Skinstains
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:45 pm: |
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I don't have a good pic of it but they are HID's mounted in the blinker holes. All I had to do was get a piece of 1/8" flatstock and bend it a bit and drill a few holes and it bolts to the lower tree.
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Skinstains
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 10:49 pm: |
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One day I'm gonna get around to tossing the stock set up and shoe-horning these in where the stockers go. Unlike Dennis_c, I don't have the welding ability so I just hammered some flatstock and bolted them up where I found holes. |
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