clear signal light lenses for gen1

[Larry]

Disagree is fine. I'm glad you have them spot or not - they look decent, roads signs and critter eyeballs pop at night plus you're more visible to drivers. Mine are pretty small 2" auxiliary @ 10 watt each. They do the job. Also added LED brake bulb for a bit more visibility from behind. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone-------- Original message --------From: "T zootpatutie@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Date: 3/28/2016 2:28 PM (GMT-05:00) To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Auxiliary light bracket   Have to disagree on not getting the spots.  Running the 12w Cree lights (16w on the other bike) fixed mounted to the fairing bracket.  Wired them to switched relays so always on.  Aimed them for low beam distribution.  Spots gave light out to low beam range, after which it begins to dissipate pretty quickly.  Rare to get flashed and much better at being seen day or night.  Cheap insurance in my opinion. Todd On 3/28/2016 9:56 AM, Larry larrysumner@... [DSN_KLR650] wrote:

  Not sure about most but LED lights draw less power so good on ur battery. I mounted one on each side of headlight... brackets attached to modified fairing on my KLR.  Got them at superbrightleds dot com...love them. Be sure to get diffused units, not spot lights or you will blind folks. Peace. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "John Theilgard jthouses@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: 3/28/2016 11:00 AM (GMT-05:00) To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Norm Keller normkel32@... Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Auxiliary light bracket   Are people mostly mounting LED lights. I need to add lights to my '01 KLR so on those infrequent occasions I'm riding home from work in the dark I can see the deer before I hit them. Would tungsten lights draw too much power? On Mar 25, 2016, at 11:39 PM, 'Norm Keller' normkel32@...normkel32@... [DSN_KLR650] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   My experience with driving lights is that they are most effective when they are closer to the line of vision of the rider. The greater the angle of difference, the greater the shadow effect, etc.  

[eddie mauri]

The following is a slight off-shoot to this topic, that said, "a few years ago I was driving home at 2am (I was in my cage), in the distance, a few miles ahead, I saw a blinking red light, I was wondering what it was............." as I passed the light, it was someone on a bicycle, and when I passed, the bicyclist had a blinking white light on the front that I could still see a few miles in front of them............ these were lights for a bicycle.  I have toyed with the idea of zip tying bicycle lights to my KLR to increase the viability (that is, people seeing me). And, attaching bicycle lights would not tax the KLR's anemic electrical system as they are battery powered.  You just have to remember to turn them on-and-off.  I imagine that the Odocoileus Virginianus would only laugh among themselves when they see those lights coming at them, but then again, it might scare them off?  My only concern it that bicycle lights might give the cops a reason to stop me for having lights that could be mistaken for an emergency vehicle.  I have one of those blinking red tail lights and I have been told that a bored cop might stop me because of it?  I have not yet been stopped. EddieSan Antonio, TX [color=#000000] [/color]

[Eddie]

#ygrps-yiv-1640393484 {margin:0.7em;}#ygrps-yiv-1640393484 p {margin:0;}#ygrps-yiv-1640393484 .ygrps-yiv-1640393484OECFntDef {font-family:"Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;} I had a Vista bicycle light(?) on the back of my former Transalp & switch it on mostly when I was parked. At night, it blinked it's red LEDs to the curiosity of many. Was it an alarm? What does that do? My standard answer was, "It's a red light that goes blink-blink-blink-blink..." It made a decent anti-collision light and I was never hassled about it by "the man". =) The mount broke one night and by the time I noticed and went back for it, a car had tested it's crush rating. The light failed, miserably. lol -eddie   --- New Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail replacement - get it here: http://www.oeclassic.com/   Original Message:

From: eddie mauri eddiebmauri@... [DSN_KLR650] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Reply-To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>, eddie mauri To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 3/29/2016 5:55:33 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Auxiliary light bracket   

The following is a slight off-shoot to this topic, that said, "a few years ago I was driving home at 2am (I was in my cage), in the distance, a few miles ahead, I saw a blinking red light, I was wondering what it was............." as I passed the light, it was someone on a bicycle, and when I passed, the bicyclist had a blinking white light on the front that I could still see a few miles in front of them............ these were lights for a bicycle.  I have toyed with the idea of zip tying bicycle lights to my KLR to increase the viability (that is, people seeing me). And, attaching bicycle lights would not tax the KLR's anemic electrical system as they are battery powered.  You just have to remember to turn them on-and-off.  I imagine that the Odocoileus Virginianus would only laugh among themselves when they see those lights coming at them, but then again, it might scare them off?  My only concern it that bicycle lights might give the cops a reason to stop me for having lights that could be mistaken for an emergency vehicle.  I have one of those blinking red tail lights and I have been told that a bored cop might stop me because of it?  I have not yet been stopped. Eddie San Antonio, TX

[SniperOne308]

The blinking or steady on light varies by state and is usually related to forward facing lights of a specific color.  IE. In New Mexico forward facing red flashing lights are only for emergency services type vehicles.  In other states it may be blue or green, etc.  A few states have laws against the white strobes or wig-wag alternating front lights. I am not aware of any states that have laws against flashing yellow to the front and rear, but that doesn't mean there aren't some.   Another potential is that such lights may be restricted in use to only when there is an emergency or cautionary need for them, much like some states don't allow the use of fog lights unless there is fog. It may be worth a few minutes to Google your state statutes.  Also, keep in mind that some locations allow individual jurisdictions to have more restrictions on such things than state law provides.  You might want to do a separate search on your county or city ordnances. If I have painted the view of a quagmire it's because that's what it is in general terms. Randy Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "eddie mauri eddiebmauri@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Date: 03/29/2016 3:55 AM (GMT-07:00) To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Auxiliary light bracket   The following is a slight off-shoot to this topic, that said, "a few years ago I was driving home at 2am (I was in my cage), in the distance, a few miles ahead, I saw a blinking red light, I was wondering what it was............." as I passed the light, it was someone on a bicycle, and when I passed, the bicyclist had a blinking white light on the front that I could still see a few miles in front of them............ these were lights for a bicycle.  I have toyed with the idea of zip tying bicycle lights to my KLR to increase the viability (that is, people seeing me). And, attaching bicycle lights would not tax the KLR's anemic electrical system as they are battery powered.  You just have to remember to turn them on-and-off.  I imagine that the Odocoileus Virginianus would only laugh among themselves when they see those lights coming at them, but then again, it might scare them off?  My only concern it that bicycle lights might give the cops a reason to stop me for having lights that could be mistaken for an emergency vehicle.  I have one of those blinking red tail lights and I have been told that a bored cop might stop me because of it?  I have not yet been stopped. EddieSan Antonio, TX [color=#000000] [/color]