SacramentoMike
Not Safe For Work
I got my full set of Clearwater Lights installed and mounted today, so now I have both the original Glendas on the fender and now the big honkin' Kristas mounted up under the mirrors. I LOVE these things. I'll start with some snapshots, and sorry, but it's a little point-and-shoot digital that really doesn't convey much. After that I'll link to a little video I just posted on YouTube. This is my first ever YouTube post, so its quality isn't that hot either, but you sure can see how flashing the brights would look in the oncoming shot, and then how it illuminates the street facing away.
You'll see a surprise in the video too. Make sure you have your sound turned on. Glenn installed it so the lights are connected to the horn. Imagine some nimrod pulling out in front of you. You have time to blow the horn. Or flash the lights. You only have one left thumb. Oh, no! But now when you blow the horn ALL the LEDs come up to full brightness. It's an impressive flash, and VERY attention-getting. Thumb off the horn, they go back down. Amazing.
The photos:
Here they are, Kristas above, Glendas below--everything turned "off."
This one shows the lights "on," MINIMUM brightness (dimmable, remember?). The main reason I posted this pic is it's the best one to show how much "whiter" the lights look than the FJR headlights. And those are after-market Phillips headlamp bulbs that were a LOT whiter/brighter than stock. Sorry, don't remember the model. Guess I should have covered that reflective stuff I have on my tail bag--brightest thing in the shot.
And a couple taken in the dark--no flash--LEDs on bright. Because of the angle, the right one seems to be aimed more at the camera. It's not really brighter. But they have a very wide beam, as you'll see in the video. They really light up everything.
Finally, here's the YouTube vid. The lights kind of overwhelm the little camera in the oncoming shots, but it starts with the low beams and LEDs all on low power, then I switch up to high beams using the regular bike hi-lo switch a couple of times (you could seriously piss somebody off with these things, couldn't you? But of course, why would you do that?
). As I pull up nearer the camera, listen for the horn. Then I pull around the corner and click them up and down a couple times to light up the road. At the end I monkey around a bit with the dimmer switch while the low beams are on. I tell you, I feel safer already.
You'll see a surprise in the video too. Make sure you have your sound turned on. Glenn installed it so the lights are connected to the horn. Imagine some nimrod pulling out in front of you. You have time to blow the horn. Or flash the lights. You only have one left thumb. Oh, no! But now when you blow the horn ALL the LEDs come up to full brightness. It's an impressive flash, and VERY attention-getting. Thumb off the horn, they go back down. Amazing.
The photos:
Here they are, Kristas above, Glendas below--everything turned "off."
This one shows the lights "on," MINIMUM brightness (dimmable, remember?). The main reason I posted this pic is it's the best one to show how much "whiter" the lights look than the FJR headlights. And those are after-market Phillips headlamp bulbs that were a LOT whiter/brighter than stock. Sorry, don't remember the model. Guess I should have covered that reflective stuff I have on my tail bag--brightest thing in the shot.
And a couple taken in the dark--no flash--LEDs on bright. Because of the angle, the right one seems to be aimed more at the camera. It's not really brighter. But they have a very wide beam, as you'll see in the video. They really light up everything.
Finally, here's the YouTube vid. The lights kind of overwhelm the little camera in the oncoming shots, but it starts with the low beams and LEDs all on low power, then I switch up to high beams using the regular bike hi-lo switch a couple of times (you could seriously piss somebody off with these things, couldn't you? But of course, why would you do that?
). As I pull up nearer the camera, listen for the horn. Then I pull around the corner and click them up and down a couple times to light up the road. At the end I monkey around a bit with the dimmer switch while the low beams are on. I tell you, I feel safer already.
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