alternative extra lights

[Dave R.]

I just installed the SW-motech sidecase brackets along with my HappyTrail boxes. Sofar they are great. I've done a short 1000mi camping trip and enjoyed the large volume luxury. The brackets attatch to mounting lugs on the bike and both case and brackets come off in less than 2 min with just a quick flip of a screwdriver. I guess Twisted Throttle is the only place I've seen where you can get them. I'm headed out to the Rockies this early August and will give a report back. They are the new version EVO brackets mounted on an 08 KLR. Good riding, Dave R.

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 5:03 AM -0700 7/30/08, David Bell wrote:

>I bought a 2002 KLR a couple of weeks ago. The high beam is ok but >the low beam is pathetic. As you all say, it is a small square of >light directly in front of the bike. I thought about raising the >headlight but then the high wont be right. I thought of adding some >cheap driving lights to fill in the low beam pattern which is very >dangerous and frightening when I have to dim for an oncoming >vehicle. Wal mart seems to have a variety of small lights in sets of >two. I am thinking of putting them in the mounts for the front turn >signals and switching to some flush mount turn signals. It looks >simple to do. > >I saw a picture of a bike with one driving light mounted on the >fairing above the headlight. Is this a good alternative? > >Will my alternator support a set of small driving lights? I could >switch them separately to turn on only one if necessary. > >What specific lights would you recommend?

Get some small, cheap lights and mount 'em with screws that hold the fairing to the headlight frame. If you have a'96 KLR or later, your magneto will have no problem with the additional load. Mark