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Author Topic: Installed LED headlights on my M750 (pics inside)  (Read 1727 times)
justin-branam
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« on: August 22, 2011, 04:49:39 PM »

I had some mad max style halogen projectors on my bike when i bought it. They look pretty cool, but as far as doing what they are supposed to, light things up, they sucked! I havent been riding at night because of them. The fire department im with bought a bunch of the Rigid Industries LED lights for some of our grass fire trucks. I was pretty impressed with them, so I thought I would give them a try. I ended up getting on of the "Dually" lights for my low beam, rated for 1300 lumens at 15w power draw. I went with the "Dually D2" for my high beam, rated for 2600 lumens at 28w power draw. I went with the spot beams on both lights. I made up a simple little bracket out of some aluminum bar, and went to town wiring them up. I haven't taken the bike out for a ride yet, as I'm waiting for it to get dark, but here are test pictures i did inside the garage. Hope you all enjoy!

Note, all pictures were shot at the same shutter speed and aperature (1/30 @ f4.0) so I could get a true comparrison of the light output.

First the bracket I made:



A few shots before and after of the lights:









Now the test shots. They are in this order: halogen low beam, high beam, both beam. Then LED low beam, high beam, both beams.











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« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2011, 04:55:49 PM »

definitely unique
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« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2011, 05:39:22 PM »

Looks great!  Love the DIY projects- your old lights looked neat too.  I think it would look even better with some compact signals and ditch fork reflectors.
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« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2011, 06:45:34 PM »

Holy crap! That's impressive light output, especially at fewer than 45W total draw.

Need some round capsules. Imagine a staggered or inverted vee dual high / dual low setup?

-Matt
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« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2011, 07:27:13 PM »

Yeah, the turn signals are getting switched to small clear LED's and the fork reflectors are getting some blackout paint over them. All in all though, I was fairly impressed with the ride tonight. The low beam was pretty good, and the high beam was just ridiculous!! Ill try to do a nightime ride video sometime in the next few days.
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« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2011, 09:21:09 PM »

Your low beam is going to blind someone.  There is no cut off at all. Sad

On your original lights are those Ordning cutlery caddy's from IKEA over the lights?  Tongue
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2011, 05:03:00 AM »

Your low beam is going to blind someone.  There is no cut off at all. Sad

On your original lights are those Ordning cutlery caddy's from IKEA over the lights?  Tongue

Don't worry, I adjusted the low beam down from where it is in the picture and actually had a friend drive towards me on a 2 lane road to make sure he was not blinded. There is a sweet spot with the lights so I can get about 75-100 feet in front of me lit very well, yet oncoming traffic is not bothered by it, even when im on full throttle and the front of the bike is raised.  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2011, 05:51:19 AM »

Your low beam is going to blind someone.  There is no cut off at all. Sad

On your original lights are those Ordning cutlery caddy's from IKEA over the lights?  Tongue

Serious.  Low beams should be wide and have a cut-off to avoid bliding traffic ahead of you.
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« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2011, 08:07:33 AM »

Serious.  Low beams should be wide and have a cut-off to avoid bliding traffic ahead of you.

I don't want to turn this into an argument about how this should have been done, but the light works great and as I mentioned it does not blind oncoming traffic. My fire department has a saying "If it works and it's safe, then its right"  waytogo
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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2011, 09:19:37 AM »

side-bar. nice tank.
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