Light wiring question

[ducatilover]

Whut?

Put simply, he said, let Ducatilover ride your Bandit. I can see how it was hard to grasp

[DrunkenMistake]

Put simply, he said, let Ducatilover ride your Bandit. I can see how it was hard to grasp

Translated this means,
"Allow Ducatilover to ride your bandit so he can 12'oclock the bitch and write it off for you, thus eliminating your lighting issues."

[nzspokes]

Righto, just looked at ELwire. Would look good on a Honda.......

Me, I want to see where im going.

[DrunkenMistake]

Righto, just looked at ELwire. Would look good on a Honda.......

Me, I want to see where im going.

HID kit?
Halogens?
Clear Visor and not a dark smoke tinted one at 6:45 am on a road with no street lights during winter? (Guilty)

[nzspokes]

HID kit?
Halogens?
Clear Visor and not a dark smoke tinted one at 6:45 am on a road with no street lights during winter? (Guilty)

Its more the field of light on the Bandit is straight ahead. Very narrow. I ride alot on country roads at night so no street lighting. I cant see into corners. So will set the spots up to see into corners. Just have them on when needed. Going to start with 35w bulbs but may look at 50w if needed.

[nzspokes]

Oh and stick with halogens. I cant see well with LEDs and HIDs.

[CookMySock]

Oh and stick with halogens. I cant see well with LEDs and HIDs.

Whats up with HIDs? I find the 6K ones awesome.

Definitely more light = safer.

[nzspokes]

Whats up with HIDs? I find the 6K ones awesome.

Definitely more light = safer.

I cant see with them. Ive been told some people cant and im one of them.

[bogan]

Its more the field of light on the Bandit is straight ahead. Very narrow. I ride alot on country roads at night so no street lighting. I cant see into corners. So will set the spots up to see into corners. Just have them on when needed. Going to start with 35w bulbs but may look at 50w if needed.

Ah, thats not so bad then, are spot lights diffuse enough to do the job? You might be able to shim the bulb a bit to make a more diffuse beam pattern (not like it's compliant anyway!).

I cant see with them. Ive been told some people cant and im one of them.

You know you're supposed to look where they are pointing, not directly into them right?

[neels]

A 10A switch will be fine, doesn't matter which side the lights are switched on.

The only advantage of a relay is that you can wire it to switch off with the headlight or ignition.

[CookMySock]

I cant see with them. Ive been told some people cant and im one of them.

Bizarre. I've never heard of that.

[nzspokes]

Bizarre. I've never heard of that.

Get out more then......

HID and partly LED light can give some people trouble with depth perception. Im one of them.

I bought some headlight bulbs for the Bandit. The guy selling them to me said they give 90% more light than stock. They didnt. I rode on them once and took them out. I had to ride on full beam at 50kph and couldnt see much. He argued they were brighter than halogens which they were. But the quantity of light they produced was very low. They were Xenon 6000k bulbs.

So for me halogens seem to work.

[nzspokes]

Ah, thats not so bad then, are spot lights diffuse enough to do the job? You might be able to shim the bulb a bit to make a more diffuse beam pattern (not like it's compliant anyway!).

Will find out soon. Have to polish the lights yet as they come in white.

[Coldrider]

Get out more then......

HID and partly LED light can give some people trouble with depth perception. Im one of them.

I bought some headlight bulbs for the Bandit. The guy selling them to me said they give 90% more light than stock. They didnt. I rode on them once and took them out. I had to ride on full beam at 50kph and couldnt see much. He argued they were brighter than halogens which they were. But the quantity of light they produced was very low. They were Xenon 6000k bulbs.

So for me halogens seem to work.

Light output can be measured as foot candle, lumen, lux, candlepower, radiance, illuminance, candela, but 6000k merely means the temperature of the colour.

[nzspokes]

Light output can be measured as foot candle, lumen, lux, candlepower, radiance, illuminance, candela, but 6000k merely means the temperature of the colour.

Agreed. I tend to use lumen.