Spot lights

[fazersharp]

i wanted them for more light on the floor in front of me so i can have a better chance of seeing pot holes.Concentrate more on the floor lighting,

WOW you really can see a lot more than before

Picture below

[slappy]

I tapped into sidelight circuit , put an inline 3 amp fuse, not sure if it was necessary then a switch  to turn them on separately, But if I forget to switch them off they go off  when I switch ignition off anyway.
Had them on for over a year now with no problems, not bad for about £25 for both lights, switch and wire.

[darrsi]

i wanted them for more light on the floor in front of me so i can have a better chance of seeing pot holes.Concentrate more on the floor lighting,

WOW you really can see a lot more than before

Picture below

Hahaha, crikey that's just a bit too good. 

[Frosties]

FROSTIES, i'm still curious as to which fuse you tapped into with the splitter gadget?

Liking the results fella - like me the crisp white light really does the job and I reckon lays down about as much light as a car 


Wired mine into the heated grips circuit which had a separate fuse. The feed for the grips is via a relay from the rear brake circuit.


I did try the tap in the central fuse box but found the cover wouldn't close properly.......was prepared to do this and simply gaffer tape the fuse box but changed my mind.


Lots of ways as you know to wire these lights in as mentioned by others - depends on available time I suppose.


I reckon if you went for the central fuse box and gaffer tape approach then you'd have it all done in an hour - allow double for wiring into other circuits.

[darrsi]

Wire then directly into the side light circuit, when the side lights are on so are the LED spots, also the side lights stay on with the headlights, so LED light are still on with the headlights.
Switch the headlights off ,side lights and LED's still on, switch all light off LED's off.
Leave all the lights on and switch the ignition off and all the lights go off anyway.
It's impossible to leave them turned on wired this way. One less switch to go wrong, less clutter on the handle bars, less to wire up.

Easy peasy.

Side lights?
Don't forget you have a different bike to me, so your fairing is a bit more advanced.

[darrsi]

FROSTIES, i'm still curious as to which fuse you tapped into with the splitter gadget?

Liking the results fella - like me the crisp white light really does the job and I reckon lays down about as much light as a car 


Wired mine into the heated grips circuit which had a separate fuse. The feed for the grips is via a relay from the rear brake circuit.


I did try the tap in the central fuse box but found the cover wouldn't close properly.......was prepared to do this and simply gaffer tape the fuse box but changed my mind.


Lots of ways as you know to wire these lights in as mentioned by others - depends on available time I suppose.


I reckon if you went for the central fuse box and gaffer tape approach then you'd have it all done in an hour - allow double for wiring into other circuits.

As we found out the fuse box under the seat was a no go as the fuse tap doesn't fit into it at all unless you maybe start cutting a panel out of the lid somewhere which was really the thing to do.
There was a wire with a fuse on already outside the fuse box that was part of my air horn wiring, so we used that.


But as i said before, now the indicator beeping system only works with the spot lights switched off, then stop working with the lights switched on, which is a bit puzzling as we didn't go anywhere near or tamper with the beeper wiring at the front of the bike?
I put the beeper indicating gadget on my bike because i was fed up with people walking out in front of me without looking as i was about to lean to turn into the road where i live. I either had to keep waiting for them to cross before me, or use the air horn on them, but what i found with the air horn was that people did a little panic dance deciding whether to go backwards or forwards, or it would just simply make them jump. It all got a bit like Groundhog Day so i decided to put the beeper on to pre-warn them i'm approaching. It works most of the time and has been a big improvement, but for those special ones that just don't look or listen they still get the full air horn blast to wake them up. 

[Frosties]

The beeper issue is a weird one. Worked fine before the spots were wired in but now works with lights off but not when they are on....WTF.


Do you know how the beeper is wired in....from the indicator relay?

[fazersharp]

i wanted them for more light on the floor in front of me so i can have a better chance of seeing pot holes.Concentrate more on the floor lighting,

WOW you really can see a lot more than before

Picture below

Hahaha, crikey that's just a bit too good. 

I couldn't resist, it was crying out for it

[tommyardin]

If your bike doesn't have a sidelight supply /sidelights you can wire the spots into the live supply that goes to the dipswitch, the negative wire goes to the chassis of the bike
(Whats commonly known as ground or Earth)

[tommyardin]

i wanted them for more light on the floor in front of me so i can have a better chance of seeing pot holes.Concentrate more on the floor lighting,

WOW you really can see a lot more than before

Picture below

Hahaha, crikey that's just a bit too good. 

I couldn't resist, it was crying out for it

Hey Sharpie I bet you do brisk business in wedding photographs, you know! make the bride look good and all that stuff.
Or do you work for the police incriminating innocent people lol!
Great bit of work   
I love it
 

[darrsi]

i wanted them for more light on the floor in front of me so i can have a better chance of seeing pot holes.Concentrate more on the floor lighting,

WOW you really can see a lot more than before

Picture below

Hahaha, crikey that's just a bit too good. 

I couldn't resist, it was crying out for it

Hey Sharpie I bet you do brisk business in wedding photographs, you know! make the bride look good and all that stuff.
Or do you work for the police incriminating innocent people lol!
Great bit of work   
I love it
 

My neighbour was out in the driveway yesterday looking for a leak, and i mentioned to him i had taken a photo and noticed a damp patch on the right of the picture.
So i sent him this photo by Whatsapp yesterday........no response yet. 

[ogri48]

Hoping to getting around to fitting me second hand givis today, had some twat pull out in front of me and the missus in Cheltenham yesterday, which was nice, on top of slippery roads and braving the hurricane..

[fazersharp]

Great bit of work   
I love it
 

I was going to put a rat running across the drive but thought this would be better.

My neighbour was out in the driveway yesterday looking for a leak, and i mentioned to him i had taken a photo and noticed a damp patch on the right of the picture.
So i sent him this photo by Whatsapp yesterday........no response yet. 

 

He's probably too scarred to say anything

[tommyardin]

i wanted them for more light on the floor in front of me so i can have a better chance of seeing pot holes.Concentrate more on the floor lighting,

WOW you really can see a lot more than before

Picture below

Hahaha, crikey that's just a bit too good. 

I couldn't resist, it was crying out for it

Hey Sharpie I bet you do brisk business in wedding photographs, you know! make the bride look good and all that stuff.
Or do you work for the police incriminating innocent people lol!
Great bit of work   
I love it
 

My neighbour was out in the driveway yesterday looking for a leak, and i mentioned to him i had taken a photo and noticed a damp patch on the right of the picture.
So i sent him this photo by Whatsapp yesterday........no response yet. 

You know why he has not responded as yet?  He moved house immediately after receiving that picture, the houses up your lane are now valued at £12,000.

[Frosties]

Hey Darrsi, are you still checking out how good your lights are in shop windows and the rear of cars when sitting behind them ???


I'm still loving mine on all my bikes and find myself turning them off on dimly lit roads to see the difference. Sad fecker or what 

[darrsi]

Hey Darrsi, are you still checking out how good your lights are in shop windows and the rear of cars when sitting behind them ???


I'm still loving mine on all my bikes and find myself turning them off on dimly lit roads to see the difference. Sad fecker or what 

Still not been on the bike since they were fitted to be honest.
And got another week off yet to sort out the beeper issue as well.

[dickturpin]

Everyone still pleased with these 10w lights?.... I'm tempted!

[Frosties]

I've got the same on the Bandit aswell as the Fazer 


As said before, if you include fuse taps and a switch then it's less than £25 all in. I appreciate you're a Northener but c'mon eh 

[dickturpin]

We northerners haven't got £25s to throw away like the affluent southerners....We need to spend carefully up here.
But we do have the best roads and scenery 😁

[slappy]

I am a proper northerner, born in Scotland and live in Yorkshire, being tight is a religion to me but I am willing to break into the piggy bank if it helps some blind cager see me.

[Frosties]

  .....totally agree, c'mon Turpin - DO IT  . Seriously, you won't regret it fella and will wonder how you managed without them. In addition, up t'north you lot get less daylight hours than us down here so you need them more 

[dickturpin]

.....totally agree, c'mon Turpin - DO IT  . Seriously, you won't regret it fella and will wonder how you managed without them. In addition, up t'north you lot get less daylight hours than us down here so you need them more 
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[maddog04]

Frosties......I got a Bandit, can you pm me with the ins and outs of how and where you fitted them......my pooter doesn't open some of the links ppl post on here...especially pics

cheers

[darrsi]

I went out on the bike earlier and the lights do make a great difference.
Shame i couldn't sort out the indicator beeper issue though, it just won't work when the sidelights are switched on?
Tried wiring it a different way but still wouldn't have it.
It's no big deal, i just got used to it that's all.

[Frosties]

Frosties......I got a Bandit, can you pm me with the ins and outs of how and where you fitted them......my pooter doesn't open some of the links ppl post on here...especially pics

cheers

Will post up pics of the Bandit tomorrow fella