Enlightened Farkling

[ionbeam]

Deleted duplicate post. I thought multiple postings was a FJR Forum disease and confined to that platform. I seem to have perfected the double-post here too.

[ionbeam]

I try not to ride at night so I only got these LEDs to be more visible to cagers...

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Good job, nicely done! I also installed conspicuousness lighting for my '15. I found some really nice BLING mounts for them at a surprisingly good price. Patting self on back for good job done.







Then good friend and fellow NERD FJReady spoiled my party. Russ pointed out that when I run the lights at higher brightness and with the lights mounted up so high they make the turn signals invisible. Oh shucks!! I hate it when that happens. Being both a skilled mechanical engineer, machinist and helpful friend, Russ machined up several light mount sets which puts the lights down lower. This took care of the turn signal problem and actually improved the conspicuousness by making the lighting triangle larger.



Fancy BLING mounted light on the right, Russ's Smart Spot light mount on the left.







I'm not saying that there is a problem based on the light output of some aftermarket LED lights, just be aware that bright lights mounted up high can interfere with the visibility of the turn signals. My high output lights run at just 40% would wash out the turn signals during the day.

Edit to add: When was my FJR ever that clean?

[FJRPittsburgh]

Which lights are those Alan? Really nice.

[Pat Mitch]

Which lights are those Alan? Really nice.

I like the first picture from ionbeam. They are clean looking. I’d like to know where I can get those.


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[bungie4]

And these mounts will be available when, and for how much?

I could get ride of the Millenium Falcon arrangement on my aux lights.

[ionbeam]

Which lights are those Alan? Really nice.

The lights are ADV Monster Model 20. I have a pair of Model 60 lights on mirror mounts as the top lighting. The 20's are 1,200 lumen each and the color temperature is 5,700K so they are pretty much white.

I chose to go with 45° floods instead of 15°spots. When I turn on the high beams the lights go to 100% output and it is like turning on stadium lighting. The high mirror lights and low axle lights together give huge light fill. Flood lights are best used for conspicuousness lighting because they are visible well off from the center. If I lived in the south west I may have gone for spots for good down-range lighting, but here in the north east with tight twisting roads and hilly terrain the I felt that the floods are more appropriate.

[ionbeam]

The fancy BLING light mounts were from Clearwater, they are for their Darla lights. If you call/write to Clearwater they will sell you the mounts separately, IIRC, they were ~$40/pair. The mounts are really nice and are slotted to assist in alignment. The decision I had to make is to look way cool and wipe out my front turn signals or ride more safely and simply be plebeian.

The second set of light mounts were made by FJReady over in the other sandbox. Russ only made a few of the mounts for himself and friends, you would have to write to Russ and see if he would be interested in making more mounts. Russ and I have a bartering arrangement where I do work for him in exchange for parts Being the thoughtful engineer that Russ is, he designed his light brackets so that if you are involved in an OH-SHIT event, the brackets won't break the very expensive castings on the ES USD forks.