JW Speaker 8630 Evolutions Fitted

[Mark Dunn]

All,

Getting back to the 8630 EVOs, my thought would be to have the DRLs and marker lamps on all the time when riding, - which could be accomplished by wiring them into the low beam circuit. What do you think?

Best regards,
Mark Dunn

 

[mully95]

I appreciate you taking the time to do this write and provide good pictures. I will one day do this upgrade.

Those lights you have mounted or close to the crash bars are they flood or spot lights? I've been thinking of installing some additional lighting but really don't know what to get. The lights I have been looking at come in the two versions..... flood or spot. Getting them in spot makes more since but I don't know for sure.

 

[tdragger]

All,

Getting back to the 8630 EVOs, my thought would be to have the DRLs and marker lamps on all the time when riding, - which could be accomplished by wiring them into the low beam circuit. What do you think?

Best regards,
Mark Dunn

Hey Mark, the DRL's are on all the time anyway. With the high or low beam on, the DRLs are on but on low intensity. When you have the position light activated the DRLs are also on low intensity. Only if you energize the purple wire by itself does the DRLs go to high intensity.

 

[tdragger]

I appreciate you taking the time to do this write and provide good pictures. I will one day do this upgrade.

Those lights you have mounted or close to the crash bars are they flood or spot lights? I've been thinking of installing some additional lighting but really don't know what to get. The lights I have been looking at come in the two versions..... flood or spot. Getting them in spot makes more since but I don't know for sure.

The aux lights are off road lights from superbrightleds.com. They are the 30 deg models. They work great but I need to get a dimmer (http://www.lights.skenedesign.com/IQ_175.shtml) so that they don't blind oncoming traffic at night.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...aux-2in-modular-led-off-road-work-light/1699/

 

[Mark Dunn]

Hey Mark, the DRL's are on all the time anyway. With the high or low beam on, the DRLs are on but on low intensity. When you have the position light activated the DRLs are also on low intensity. Only if you energize the purple wire by itself does the DRLs go to high intensity.

Thanks tdragger,

They sound like a terrific addition and I'm looking forward to your impressions when you get to ride at night.

Best regards,
Mark Dunn

 

[mully95]

The aux lights are off road lights from superbrightleds.com. They are the 30 deg models. They work great but I need to get a dimmer (http://www.lights.skenedesign.com/IQ_175.shtml) so that they don't blind oncoming traffic at night.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...aux-2in-modular-led-off-road-work-light/1699/

Ok.... thanks a bunch!

 

[cr0ft]

I've been considering aux lights too, but it's on hold for now - the three Speaker headlights up front kind of made it semi-redundant. May still do it, more visibility is a good thing.

Was thinking these in polished stainless: http://clearwaterlights.com/infopg_darla.html to mount on the crash bars - they come with a dimmer and go to full intensity when you turn on your high beams. So both non-blinding to on-coming traffic when riding on low beams and super intensive when you go to high beam. Also insanely bright for the size - 2000 lumens while still looking great.

Wow, they also have a new top of the line model out... http://clearwaterlights.com/infopg_sevina.html - a cool 7500 lumens with 80% of the light designed to shoot as far as possible instead of in a flood pattern. Those should be insanely bright, just would look like ick on a cruiser, I suspect. Also, pricey.

 

[1olbull]

I appreciate you taking the time to do this write and provide good pictures. I will one day do this upgrade.

Those lights you have mounted or close to the crash bars are they flood or spot lights? I've been thinking of installing some additional lighting but really don't know what to get. The lights I have been looking at come in the two versions..... flood or spot. Getting them in spot makes more since but I don't know for sure.

These are the best I've seen so far:
https://www.clearwaterlights.com/infopg_erica.html

 

[barbagris]

- they come with a dimmer and go to full intensity when you turn on your high beams. So both non-blinding to on-coming traffic when riding on low beams and super intensive when you go to high beam. Also insanely bright for the size - 2000 lumens while still looking great.

I simply cannot see why you'd want DIM LIGHTS. Simply - to me - it's a (pun intended) DIM idea.

Either you need to see the road or you don't.

45 bucks a pop - rated 3500lumens undimmed. http://www.lightmalls.com/silver-co...-4t6-led-white-light-motorcycle-driving-light
that's 3500 RAW. as I suspect are the Clearwaters 2000 and 6000

I'd rather have Good DIPPED BEAM lights that dim MAIN BEAM lights.

 

[cr0ft]

The reason you want the lights dimmable is because 2000 lumens right in the eye of oncoming motorists is pretty darn antisocial. If you turn the lights off, you're less visible. Therefore, if you dim them and keep them on, you're visible and you're not a menace to society, all at the same time. The Clearwater setup also taps into the high beam so when the high beams go on, they automatically go to full brightness.

Dipped beam lights are a good compromise for seeing the road while not blinding on-coming traffic, but one drawback of LEDs that use projectors is that they're too precise. You're less visible with good LED headlights than you are with stock halogens from the side, because less light "leaks". That's why the idea of dim flood-style lights seems like a good one expressly if you're looking to be more visible, rather than looking to light up the road to the max.