These are pricey, but pretty trick....

http://www.motolight.com

 

i have the amotostuff kit with the 510s.....they have 35 watt bulbs so the draw isn't bad and the installation with their bar is a snap.

 

Here are the ones I went with. They are 35 watt.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/336885846_76e0188793.jpg

Here is a link for the lights. The bracket is from AdventureMotoStuff.
http://www.rallylights.com/index.asp

They look good and blend with the bike.

 

Thanks for that - what model number are they?

Has anyone ever tried the Hella Micro DE Xenon HID kit? http://www.rallylights.com/hella/Micro_DE.asp Or would these be too bright to use as regular driving lights permantly switched on?

 

Take a good look at Hella products, they make some nice smaller units that you can mount on the forks for a triangular effect and then add a headlight modulator. If the Hella come with 55 watt bulbs you can swap them out for 35 watt bulbs. I have cheaper Blazer lites on the forks that are 20 watt MR 11 halogen bulbs in a bright yellow. Quite effective and noticeable. Also have a headlight modulator.

 

BLM-Accessories.com. Halogen lighting is becoming a thing of the past but cheap. Uses too many watts. HID's is the top of the line. They are now making them with the housing enclosing the ballast. The light is out of this world. 12 watts to 36 watts that will blind you even in the daytime.

 

HUGE +1 for Moto-Lights... as for pics of 'em on my DL1k, click "My Strom" link in my signature line. Great lights for seeing AND being seen.

Stromette

 

I have Hella Optilux lightsfrom http://www.rallylights.com/ with 35w bulbs installed. A mere $20 for pretty high quality lights. They're mounted on the AMotoStuff bar. I am VERY pleased with both the lights and the price.

 

I have the Hella Micro DE fogs on my car and Hella FF200 on the Strom. The Micro DEs are far superior to the FFs and, for that matter, superior to any other medium-sized fog lamp that I've ever had, including others from Hella, Cibie and Piaa.
Another suggestion if you like to run alot of "stuff," is Electrosport's high-output stator.

 

Many many thanks for the input from people....

Yesterday I bit the bullet and bought the Hella Micro DE Fogs for £65.99 + £14.48 shipping to Ireland (total $158 ) off eBay. Got them from a guy in Germany. Also noticed another guy selling the HID version for €358 ($478 ) and again from Germany if anyone is interested.

I also went with the ElectroSport Stator and Rectifier. I emailed them and they claimed an approx 35% increase in wattage so I should now have loads of power to run everything including the 55w lamps (didn't want to have to put 35w bulbs into them). So whether that is a 35% increase in total or a 35% increase in the extra available wattage I'm not sure, but either way I'll have loads of power.

I bought the Pat Walsh light bar and I plan to mount the lights under the bar rather than on top as most people seem to do. I'm trying to create the "light triangle" so other vehicles can see me. The fogs should give me extra light at night too. More than likely I'll also swap out the standard headlight bulbs for PIAA ones......

 

If I may suggest going with a dual headlight relay (got mine from Eastern Beaver-GREAT service!) and the Hella "+50" bulbs. I was amazed at the difference those two things made...
Do a search on this site for "Electrosport stator." A guy from there posted a graph on the output of their stator vs the stock one.

 

Cheers Fourvalve

I think that graph was for the DL650 and not the DL1000, but I may be mistaken.

Question - what does the "dual headlight relay" do? Is it the same as the Amotostuff "High Output Headlight Harness" (http://www.amotostuff.com/Merchant2...nt2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=05002&Category_Code=dl1000_electrical)

 

Yes, it's the same thing. A relay basically is a much more direct route for juice going to the headlights. Depending on who you believe, up to 30% more electricity gets to the bulbs with a relay setup. And either relay setup is plug 'n play, with two wires going to the battery. It took me about 30 minutes to wire mine. The stator for the 1k should be very close the the Wee's, I'd think.

 

great, thanks for the info. I was on the fence on whether to get one or not, but it's definately on my shopping list now.

This buying parts for the bike is an expensive hobby......

 

Buying parts for the bike is monetary BLACKHOLE! So is racing a car, but with a larger, hungier blackhole...

 

I just don't understand why go with such inefficient lighting as Motolights or smaller Hellas, PIAAs etc when for about the same money and 1/3 the wattage draw you can get lights that are radically bright and efficient. I guess being in the LD community has spoiled me with the latest technology.

 

HID-if one can afford it-is definately the way to go. I can't afford $600+ for a set of aux lights... Also, it seems that HID lights are only available in a driving-type beam and not a wide-angle fog. I want close-up light that I can use most of the time. Run a set of driving lights on the road, with other riders/drivers, and I'll bet you'd see road rage.

 

same here - I want lights that can be left on all the time I'm on the bike. My main requirement was 95% visibility (without blinding) and 5% extra light....

 

Has anyone tried these HIDs? http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2624