Anyone thinking of adding extra driving lights to your new bike ?

[OX-34]

I've wired the Eastern Beaver power pick-up from the blue/black wire of the OEM heated grip plug and switching the high beam via the yellow wire as per another thread in here.

Bolted up a handful of Denalis to the Yamaha crash bar using a couple of bar clamps and took a pic. Had to shoot downward as the light was too bright head on.

Will add more tomorrow.

 

[Tremor38]

The Custom Accessory 4" HID's have finally been powered up. It was daylight with the garage door open so the lumens aren't super impressive from the photo.

@Ox-34 - What I know is that the red wire is constant 12V ( same as battey's positive terminal). The brown wire is 12V with the ignition switched on. The Black wire is ground. I would assume that unless there is a switch mounted on the handle bar that the OEM lights would function like driving lights. That is unless there is a plug-in 87/85 relay with the headlights.

Did you notice a difference in wire diameter between the red and brown wires? I'm guessing that the red is larger and brown is used to energize a relay? No big deal if you didn't look real close as I could get off my lazy azz and check under the cover 8)

 

[OX-34]

Very poor photography, but more lights added:

Stock low beam throw:

Stock high beam, 4x Denali D1s, 2x 4" 35W generic HIDs, 2x PIAA Cross Country 25W HIDs:

 

[Tremor38]

Very poor photography, but more lights added:

WOW!...Aussies and their lights (insert favorite Close Encounters music here) Just kidding...I would do the same with all those Roos running around.

That's an impressive amount of light.

 

[AVGeek]

So Ox, which bracket did you use to mount the lights up above the turn signals?

 

[OX-34]

AVGeek

I just made up a pair of flat alloy triangles and bolted them to the "L" shape of the windscreen supports.

I removed the stock screen and made up a temporary one out of alloy checker plate. Much shorter than stock and no buffeting. I couldn't fit lights in that position with the stock screen.

The large HIDs are not on the stock OEM brackets, but instead on alloy bar clamps.