Additional lighting

[busapilot911]

I stole this idea from Thrasher. I used inexpensive foglights from Pilot. The fogs give a flat wide beam. They are mounted on an angle (follows the fairing) which projects a "v" pattern. I wasn't sure if this was going to work, but it works great. The regular headlights do OK with lighting up the road in front, but I wanted something for cornering. The fogs "lean" with the bike and the way I have them aimed, they light up the turns pretty nice.
I am still toying with mounting them on the forks instead, but I am not sure.

I'll post some pics.

 

[busapilot911]

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[thrasherfox]

Schweeeeeett A mod named after me!! lol thanks... glad you like them...

Kind of cool how you get that V shape isn’t it.. I have never road twisties at night with them, but what you said makes a lot of sense, now I am going to have to try it muah ha ha....

The best thing I like about it is you are not doing any cutting or any other permanent changes to the bike, just using the existing fairing screws...

I had thought about mounting them on the forks but I was worried that if I mounted them on the outside that might interfere with turning, and if I mounted them on the inside I would get the spread pattern that I wanted.

If you do it I would love to see pictures of it and what they look like..

Looks good Busapilot!!

Where did you place the switch for them? have nay pictures of that?

 

[zukracer]

how about some detailed install shots? or at least close ups of the mounting.

 

[dezzy7]

Nice mod

 

[busapilot911]

Thanks Thrasher and Dezzy. Here are some close-ups of the switch and the mount. They are wired right to the battery right now cause I couldn't figure out how to hook them to the ignition.

The mount is simple. I took out the fairing bolt and put it through the light base and back into the fairing. I put a piece of rubber between the base and the fairing to try to prevent damage.

The wires just run (loose till I figure something better) up through the fairing. They are connected with plug connectors to make taking the fairing off easier.

 

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Sorry, I suck at taking pictures.