GET LIT UP!

[1olbull]

OK but then you dont have the long distance light

Check out the lighting chart I posted.
I have the ability to discern an object at over 250 feet!
This is comparable to a cage and WAY better than other OEM motors.
In real world terms, I gained about 10 mph in safe cruising speed on a dark highway.
Note that because lights fall off as distance increases, I have set mine to level at 20 feet just for this purpose.
As stated before, I do occasionally get flashed aqnd when I do I dip . . . oh well, works for me.

 

[1olbull]

Day Makers are made in the United States. Just bought some about two weeks ago. The lights are the best $640.00 dollars I have ever spent on a motorcycle. The brights light up the highway better than my wife's truck lights do. The low beam is fantastic for lighting up a wide area in front of the bike. No problems with taking a turn and losing lighting due to how we set the Rocket X dual headlights up. I guess if you were more show than go spending $640.00 dollars on lights would not be your cup of tea. So we will ask the question again imfasttoo "How many miles per year on the Rocket" Last time I ask this question was in regards to the reliability to the Carpenters systems.

Well said!
I try not to ride at night as much as possible, but having been caught now and then out in desolate country at night,
I'd pay $1000 or more to reasonably see the roadway ahead.

 

[scot in exile]

I do lots of night riding and never had a problem with the stock lights, but then again I do keep my speed below 100mph when the sun goes down.

 

[1olbull]

IMO, if one considers the time it takes a rider/driver to perceive, react and avoid an object in the roadway in the dark of night (no ambient light to speak of), exceeding 50mph is very likely outrunning your headlights.
This is especially critical for a motorcycle with OEM lighting which is considerably inferior to that of a cage!

 

[xlr8tion]

Not so!
JW Speaker in the USA.

Yeah and made in my home State of Cheddar and HEAVY WOMEN-Wisconsin!

 

[xlr8tion]

IMO, if one considers the time it takes a rider/driver to perceive, react and avoid an object in the roadway in the dark of night (no ambient light to speak of), exceeding 50mph is very likely outrunning your headlights.
This is especially critical for a motorcycle with OEM lighting which is considerably inferior to that of a cage!

That is true and if you hit a deer doing 70 and are thrown 100 ft and are killed on impact-how would you even know?

This forum could be in an alternate dimension of deceased cycle riders.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Not so!
JW Speaker in the USA.

YOU are correct I was told the parts are from CHINA and they are assembled in the US

 

[xlr8tion]

Made in China? Hopefully they are using CREE emitters as those are made in the USA.

Their XPG-2 emitters were just released....almost gave me a woody

Those prices are insane though when you think of what the plastic cost is and the emitters are cheap.

J and W is just robbing the Market blind till they get some serious competition and the Chinese will do an exact knock off of them and that is why you are seeing it happen.

350 dollars is too much for a headlamp to not expect the Chinese to cut into that action.

I don't ride enough at night and even if I did the cyclops would be sufficient as it is so true that at 70 mph you are way ahead of your headlamps....

Those J and W's look awesome though!

CREE FTW!

G

 

[xlr8tion]

Well said!
I try not to ride at night as much as possible, but having been caught now and then out in desolate country at night,
I'd pay $1000 or more to reasonably see the roadway ahead.

You can get the cyclops, a hooker, some blow and smoke for that much!

 

[sonny]

I commute five to six days a week to work on my Rocket X. Considering that I work the night shift, half is done in daylight the other at night. I average about 600 hundred mile a week riding. Rural highway would be an understatement. Average speed is 65-70 miles per hour. The JW speakers are PERFECT for the type of riding I do. Did some research before I bought the lights was concerned about quality of lights and workmanship. U.S.A. parts and assembled in the U.S.A. Maybe some folks just do not require superior lighting due to there riding style and conditions that they ride in. I require it. By the way xir8tion:
Married for the last 12 years and have no need for a hooker, Due to the fact that I work in a F.A.A. and military repair facility my employer is required to do random piss test.