Just finished installing a pair of Vision X LED spotlights. Pretty impressed with their performance, specially considering how small they are and how neat tidy they look. The neatness is due in no uncertain terms to GULGo�s brackets and special adapters, which are really solid and work a treat � thanks (arse licking over!)

Attached some photos of the install, which might be of help to others thinking of going down this route�

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Very nice fit.

But how good are they as Lights.


Which did you go for Spot or driving?

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Colin
09 XTZ in Blue and its nearly Stanard.
My Mods - Peatbog rear rack

I went for the 10 degree spots, although I did toy with getting the 15/45 elliptical ones. A bit concerned that the beam might be too narrow with the spots, but it's a really nice spread of light and nicely fills in the void left by the standard main beam and I'm glad I got the spots in the end. They are very bright and give a nice crisp white light, sharper than 55W halogens and the beam goes further than the bike's main. I'm hoping to take some pictures from the saddle for comparisson in the next couple of days...

I have used a mates set and yes they are very good ,had one wide attached to the bike and a spot on the hlemet ,for night time trail riding they were first class

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OFFICIAL CRASH TEST DUMMY

Here’s the view from the saddle…

They’re not the greatest quality photos as it was a bummer keeping the camera still with shutter speed of 1/2 at f2.8! However they give a good idea of the beam patterns, particularly clear is how useless main beam is on the Tenere.

A few things to bare in mind: (1) The LED spots are aimed downward slightly as I’ve set them up to fill the void left on main beam (illustrated quite well in the pictures), so they would go a lot further if set up dead ahead. (2) Both headlamps use Ring 55w +80% bulbs. (3) All six photos were taken with the same camera settings. (4) I live at the arse end of nowhere so it is proper dark with no light pollution. (5) Two fence posts are 18m and 30m away, and the fence panel at the end of the lane is 75m.

Dip only (just about scrapes 30m)...


Main only (look at the 18m of dark in front of the bike)...


Main and LED...


Dip and LED...


LED only...

Hi, are these lights road legal?
70% of my riding is done in pretty much single track country lanes to and from villages and to be honest im not very impressed with the main beam on the bike. can you quickly switch the lights on and off like main beam??

kind regards,

Legal? Well, erm yes if use in conjunction with main beam at night and not when there is oncoming traffic, but no if you use them in the day or with dip at night. Generally it is not the lights that are legal/illegal, but more when/how they are used.

Switching: I have them wired into a separate switch on the left bar, so can be flicked on easily, but then they could just as easily be triggered from the main beam switch alone (see pic).

Like you, I drive on country lanes where there is little or no traffic so use main beam a lot, so additional low wattage lights are really very handy.

I did consider wiring the dip bulb to stay on with the main, but that's 110W/9A. Quite often I complete a whole journey just on main at night, with heated grips etc this would have been marginal on the alternator output. If I lived in town I would go for this option though and save the dosh spent on the spots, as you'd use main beam for much briefer periods.

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It is true about more lights making you more visible. Also if the lights are unusual it attracts more attention. I'm fitting my Ten with LED strips in the front so it would stand out more. It might look a bit tacky but better than being run over by a day dreaming cager.

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Some questions for those who've already installed aux lights:

1. Is there a min / max as far as Amps for the relay ?

2. Did you connect the grounding back to the battery or somewhere on the frame?

I wired my daytime lights into the the rear tail light , no worries about over draining power,and they turn off when bikes off. My vision x lights are wired into my full beam,they use hardly any power and you don't have to worry about relays..