Motoillumination headlight doesn't fit. Now what?
#11
Bright, yes, but doesn't project any of that light to usable light on the road. I don't like mine at all and plan on taking it off and throwing it in the fs section. I had to do some finagling to get it to sit right in the bucket, it's not a perfect fit but it doesn't move around.
One thing that I find really annoying is that the relationship between the high and low beam isn't how I would want it... When one is adjusted where I want it, the other is off...
I won't go so far as to say that I don't like the light, but it is a far more effective daytime running light than real night time headlight.
#12
I actually don't disagree with this at all... It did improve with a bunch of up and down adjustment, but it's kind of a weird light... It's super bright for a short distance, and then it rapidly disperses into nothing... It almost doesn't even make sense!
One thing that I find really annoying is that the relationship between the high and low beam isn't how I would want it... When one is adjusted where I want it, the other is off...
I won't go so far as to say that I don't like the light, but it is a far more effective daytime running light than real night time headlight.
One thing that I find really annoying is that the relationship between the high and low beam isn't how I would want it... When one is adjusted where I want it, the other is off...
I won't go so far as to say that I don't like the light, but it is a far more effective daytime running light than real night time headlight.
#13
I second that. The way I have mine set up, I need to be moving pretty damn quick to override the headlight.
#14
The difference between the two bikes in the dark is like... well, night and day.
I'll try some more adjusting... But I do find that when the high beam is best, the low beam is above the road surface. When the low beam is best, the high beam bottoms out on the road too close to the bike.
#15
On the concrete interstate with no street lights its ok, but in the city on black top forget it, might as well turn it off. It just doesn't project the light out at all, just a scattered mess barely in front of the bike. Maybe if you were to make the top half of the little circle lights projectors and keep the bottom half as is it would work a little better. I dunno.
I've adjusted it so many times I don't know what else to do. I work shift work so I'm either riding to work at night or riding home at night. I have it set up now to where I'm using the high beam pretty much as the low beam so I ride with the high beam on all the time. Still less light output than stock tho.
#17
#18
It does. I had the first gen and now run the second gen. I actually prefer the second.
#19
There's a good chance that's it. I'd be interested to see a Fat Bob (I'm assuming those are both 5.75" as well as the rest of the FXD line) with a pair of Motoillumination lights compared to the Speed Triple. I'm just comparing mine to the stock light, which doesn't set the bar high at all.
It does. I had the first gen and now run the second gen. I actually prefer the second.
It does. I had the first gen and now run the second gen. I actually prefer the second.
#20