Auxiliary Light Bracket Options

TXTele

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I want to mount auxiliary lights to my 2017 Super Tenere. I have found two brackets that I like, but they mount the lights in completely different areas and I want to solicit advice from folks here with a lot more experience on which position for the lights is better (pro and cons). I am probably going to go with lights similar to the PIAA 3.5" or some other brand about that size. I do not have crash bars and don't know if I will ever get any. I may get the Yamaha skid plate for very light duty slow fire road, open field type of riding. I ride mainly on road and have a dirt bike for off road.

The first option is to use the Yamaha brackets which mount the lights neatly under the headlight:
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The second option is to use the Denali mounting brackets and move the lights farther outward:
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Thanks for your replies and comments.
 

TXTele

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Thanks for your reply. My understanding is that they are both great mounting brackets.

I guess what I wanted to know is if there is some benefit for mounting the lights further apart with the denali bracket vs the Yamaha bracket. I also wanted to know if there are cons for mounting the lights further apart with the denali bracket, like maybe they could hit objects easier sticking out further from the bike than the Yamaha bracket location.

If the lighting effect is about the same with either, I would be inclined to go with the Yamaha bracket to tuck the lights under the headlight for a cleaner look. If the lights are too close together with the Yamaha bracket so that the lighting is affected, I would consider mounting them further apart with the denali bracket.
 

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To be honest they don,t stick out much on the denali but then my vision x lights are only 2" square, id i did not have crash bars and were mounting bigger diameter lights i would go under headlight.

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Be careful about mounting too large of lights under the nose. At full fork compression you can end up breaking the front fender when fender meets lights. Not that great for the lights either, but the plastic fender tends to break first. BTDT. The PIAA 530s are sold as a direct fitment, so should be ok.

The lights mounted farther out does give a better beam spread. Typical rule of thumb on lights is to mount them as high and as far out as you can to get the most light down the road in the best beam spread. Too close together and you're just overlapping the beam spread of each light, rather than getting the maximum coverage of each light.
 

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I went with the Denali Auxiliary Light Mount $51.99, DOT LED Driving Lights one flood one spot $112.53, Kuryakyn 2328 Universal Wiring $48.76
 

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