Show us your hack lights - Page 3

BeeMaa · 12-15-2011, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ClearwaterBMW

YEP...
those KRISTAS are amazing
they look terrific on your rig
thanks for the picture
now, one day you'll have to change to HIDs for the low and high beam to keep everything around a 5,000 K color temperature
well done

I was just gonna switch the high and low beams to PIAA H7 bulbs and call it quits.
Is that gonna mess up the lighting with the Kristas?

Boondox · 12-15-2011, 05:12 PM

I have the aux headlamps on the GSA, Kristas on the GS (solo bike). Thinking the Kristas would be too big on the front end of the Hannigan, but the smaller Glendas would be just about right.

ClearwaterBMW · 12-15-2011, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BeemerChef

I gave up the Valentine... we just don't go fast enough...

Be well... Ara and Spirit

Amen to that

ClearwaterBMW · 12-15-2011, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BeeMaa

I was just gonna switch the high and low beams to PIAA H7 bulbs and call it quits.
Is that gonna mess up the lighting with the Kristas?

nah..... it'll be fine
i just like the "look" of HIDs with the kristas better
but, that is purely a preference thing, of course

BeeMaa · 12-16-2011, 02:04 PM

Cool.
I wasn't looking forward to researching light wavelengths and what goes with what.
Appreciate the help.

dholaday · 02-27-2013, 04:37 PM

Boondox:

I know you added a front bumper to your hack - what did you do about mounting lights to it?

Thanks
Duncan

BeemerChef · 02-27-2013, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ClearwaterBMW

i appreciate your reply and the info
do you have some voltage monitor to "watch" you charging system while underway?

Just bumped into your question.
I use also a Garmin GPS 3 [the old old model no one wants] that shows the voltage. That's enough for me.
Stay well... Ara and Spirit

RockyMtnRoadRash · 02-28-2013, 12:58 PM

Clearwater, if you're looking for a great option for a voltage meter, check out the signal dynamics one. It tells you everything you need to know with the minimum of fuss and space taking up.

http://signaldynamics.com/index.php/...id=44&vmcchk=1

You can see it below the switches in this pic: Very small and versatile. The picture is taken approximately 4 minutes before I plugged the hole with a small rubber duck. I tell everybody the voltmeter is my "Duck Status Light." I recommend doing so on any bike.

claude · 02-28-2013, 03:09 PM

Thought I'd go ahead and stick a picture on mine in here. Nothing fancy....two hellas on sidecar, one fog light between sidecar and bike and two driving lights on front forks. It lights things up pretty good actually.

Boondox · 02-28-2013, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dholaday

Boondox:

I know you added a front bumper to your hack - what did you do about mounting lights to it?

Thanks
Duncan

I put a set of Glendas on the bumper. Good for conspicuity but they really aren't designed to throw much light downrange. Adam from RocketMoto (a phenomenal vendor!) worked with me when I ordered Kristas to replace the OEM GSA fogs. He delivered a set with a harness that controlled the intensity of both sets (Kristas on the bike and Glendas on the hack) from a single dimmer, flash to full power on high, and also when I sound the horn.

Couldn't be happier!

Here's a pic so you can see the Glendas.

davebig · 02-28-2013, 03:47 PM

I'm a PIAA guy and probably should think about some driving lights on the fork legs, but I have aimed the chair piaas low right and have had no complaint from motorists I've met when leaving them on at night.DB

jeffygs · 03-01-2013, 04:24 AM

Claude, I friggin love that setup. I know thats your design, but what would it cost to buy a tub like that and all the mounts for R1100GS

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Originally Posted by claude

Thought I'd go ahead and stick a picture on mine in here. Nothing fancy....two hellas on sidecar, one fog light between sidecar and bike and two driving lights on front forks. It lights things up pretty good actually.

Slade 330 · 03-01-2013, 08:10 AM

Nudge bar and road view light photo IMG_1059_zps130529f4.jpg

these LED lights are amazing, flood up large area and don't suck much power

Slade 330 · 03-01-2013, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ClearwaterBMW

clearwater light KRISTAS:

the controller (the top one for the sidecar/the bottom for the bike)

an "artsy" picture with them ON:

a bit closer... with JACK on board/his doggles OFF for a second:

Great professional pics

vnp514 · 03-01-2013, 10:46 AM

I went with the Hella lights.Fogs on the sidecar, driving lights on the bike.

Pete

12-15-2011, 05:12 PM	#32
Boondox ^OP Travels With Barley Joined: Aug 2007 Location: North Central Vermont Oddometer: 2,441	I have the aux headlamps on the GSA, Kristas on the GS (solo bike). Thinking the Kristas would be too big on the front end of the Hannigan, but the smaller Glendas would be just about right. __________________ I got a sidecar to travel with my dog. He never complains, is delighted to be with me, approves of my dietary choices, is a social butterfly who helps me meet folks, appreciates a good beer, snuggles better than my wife, and hangs on my every word as if it's the most profound thing he's ever heard. TravelsWithBarley.com

12-16-2011, 02:04 PM	#35
BeeMaa Hack Pilot Joined: Feb 2011 Location: NoVA Oddometer: 1,092	Cool. I wasn't looking forward to researching light wavelengths and what goes with what. Appreciate the help. __________________ Eric B '06 R12GSA/Hack An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein

02-27-2013, 04:37 PM	#36
dholaday Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2008 Location: White Salmon, WA Oddometer: 219	Boondox: I know you added a front bumper to your hack - what did you do about mounting lights to it? Thanks Duncan __________________ It is better to have ridden and crashed, than to have never ridden at all.

02-28-2013, 12:58 PM	#38
RockyMtnRoadRash Useful and decorative Joined: Jun 2006 Location: SLC, UT Oddometer: 499	Clearwater, if you're looking for a great option for a voltage meter, check out the signal dynamics one. It tells you everything you need to know with the minimum of fuss and space taking up. http://signaldynamics.com/index.php/...id=44&vmcchk=1 You can see it below the switches in this pic: Very small and versatile. The picture is taken approximately 4 minutes before I plugged the hole with a small rubber duck. I tell everybody the voltmeter is my "Duck Status Light." I recommend doing so on any bike. __________________ -RMRR держите мою водку и наблюдайте это!

02-28-2013, 03:09 PM	#39
claude Sidecar Jockey Joined: Mar 2002 Location: Middleburg, Pa. (Snyder County) Oddometer: 2,728	Thought I'd go ahead and stick a picture on mine in here. Nothing fancy....two hellas on sidecar, one fog light between sidecar and bike and two driving lights on front forks. It lights things up pretty good actually. __________________ Claude Founder: Internet Sidecar Owners Klub at SCT http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SCT/ President: C Stanley Motorsports Inc. http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/...rsandTrailers/ http://freedomsidecars.com/

02-28-2013, 03:47 PM	#41
davebig Another Angry Hun ! Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Minnesota Oddometer: 655	I'm a PIAA guy and probably should think about some driving lights on the fork legs, but I have aimed the chair piaas low right and have had no complaint from motorists I've met when leaving them on at night.DB __________________ Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virture. Ambrose Bierce

03-01-2013, 08:10 AM	#43
Slade 330 Adventurer Joined: Jan 2013 Location: Pinjarra Western Australia Oddometer: 57	LED flood lights these LED lights are amazing, flood up large area and don't suck much power

03-01-2013, 10:46 AM	#45
vnp514 Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2007 Location: Eastern Washington State Oddometer: 556	I went with the Hella lights.Fogs on the sidecar, driving lights on the bike. Pete

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