Ah, okay. I wasn't sure if the housings would need be something specific to HD lights or not. Might be better off to sell these lights and just order a universal light bar, huh?Passing lights or auxillary lights. You need some light housings and a light bar. What size are the passing lights?
There used to be some on eBay, you can probably just use those bulbs in them.
They also come in black.
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I looked at some, those are probably 4.5" bulbs, just need the right housings.Ah, okay. I wasn't sure if the housings would need be something specific to HD lights or not. Might be better off to sell these lights and just order a universal light bar, huh?
That's a great question. Anyone?Can the Vulcan handle those wattage bulbs since we are short on power .
Should be ok, but I recommend running a voltmeter.That's a great question. Anyone?
Agreed. I've been considering LED lights, but because I live up such a steep and curvy mountain road, I don't ride at night. So, having extra lights isn't a necessity for now. Thanks for the replies!If those bulbs are 100 watt that’s a big draw on the bike and if you wire them up for night use only you might have 300 watt including The headlight . I put a light bar on and I use 35 W bulbs. They throw some light but not really enough so I don’t use them they work but I tend not to use them. I don’t want to starve my bike for power.
The dignified man of science speaks! Bravo, sir!I added a set of driving lights on my bike about a year ago, intended for night driving. I was going to link them to the high beams. I ended up running them full brightness on the high beams, and greatly reduced brightness on the low beams. The idea is daytime running lights to be more visible to other drivers during the day. If you can make them work (power and mounting wise), I would recommend more lighting if only to be more visible to others.
As a side note, humans estimate distance by having two eyes (slightly different prospective) and by relative size. We also judge speed by the change in distance. A single point of light (one headlight) is extremely hard to judge distance by, especially at night when it's the only thing visible. We completely lose the dual prospective, and the apparent size of the light is very difficult to estimate speed and distance by. The always on front signals help by adding multiple points of light. Adding a light bar like this helps even more. The wider you can visually make your bike, the closer it appears to another human. It can reduce people misjudging your speed/distance and pulling out in front of you.
You can buy the running lights without the bulbsAh, okay. I wasn't sure if the housings would need be something specific to HD lights or not. Might be better off to sell these lights and just order a universal light bar, huh?
Loud pipes have saved mine countless timesNice. As a retired musician, everything you said about vision applies to our ears and sound location/identification.
Unfortunately, lights, making one more visible with HiVis, only helps if they're watching the road and not their phones 🤔. So, do loud pipes really save lives? I have five forward and five rear lights on my Goldwing. People still don't see me on that big thing.
EDIT: She's pretty, and I'm happy you're happy with her.My sporty will beat any Vulcan on this forum
