Can You See Me Now - Aux Lights for the 3R

Journeyman

"And this one is just right" ~ Goldilocks
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One of my lights went out. The company said they no longer made the yellow ones, so they refunded me 100%. I bought these replacements. They're smaller, inexpensive, look pretty good, and extremely bright. $27, so if a rock takes one out I'll just buy another set.

Edit (3-4-23) I'm using these as marker lights to be seen by other drivers during the day, not to increase my ability to see at night.

No way I can run them at night without blinding other drivers and in the daytime they're borderline obnoxious- which is perfect. These can be switched from white, yellow, both. I only have a one-way switch, so I didn't wire the white in. I think with both on they'd be nuclear.
 
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There are different opinions on that. I've gone with further apart. I've noticed when I see Beamers off in the distance they pop with those yellow lights mounted low. The only downside I see would be certain situations in hilly terrain, which is where I live.
 
 
These lights do look nice, BUT . . .
In my world of crash reconstruction and motorcycle lighting optics, any production LED side light costing under $100 US is inadequate.
Get a light meter reading at 1 meter for lux and I would bet that object identifiable light cast forward would be less than 200 feet and perhaps even less. Remember that at 60 mph you move 88 feet every second and at night you will have about a 2 second response time for a simple response.
By the time you react and apply brakes, or swerve, that 200 or less feet is gone. You have struck the hazard at or near 60 mph.
Just trying to be helpful - absolutely NO offense intended. Up front, I run the Clearwater Erica with my JW Speaker Adaptive 2 headlights

Clearwater Lights LED Motorcycle Lights and Off-road Vehicle

At Clearwater Lights, your safety is our primary concern. Clearwater Lights are the only fully-adjustable high-powered LED auxiliary motorcycle and off-road lights available, allowing you to maximize your ability to see and be seen in constantly changing ambient light conditions.
www.clearwaterlights.com
 
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