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Let's see how that LED headlight looks on your bike

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Old 05-25-2017, 06:02 PM
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Do the new LED headlights look ok for a traditional looking bike ? Let's see some pictures.
 
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Do you want pictures of a head-on glaring head light,, or a picture of what the head light does?
Otherwise a photo of a headlight looks like a really bright light staring at a camera lens.

You can get a good idea of what a head light looks like by going outside, starting your truck, turning on the head lights then stand in front of the truck and look at the head light (it helps if you get real close)
 
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I'm sorry, I take that all back.
A "traditional" bike will not look good unless it's head light only emits 18 lumens, anything brighter will be considered modern and should not be used in anything that needs to look like a bike made after 1963.
Then 27 lumens is OK, but only until 1987, after that,,,,, Well your on your own if you think anything after that can look "traditional".
Good luck,,
 
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Damn, John. Have a bad day?

Anyway, best I can do right now...but I'm not sure how "traditional" my bike is...

 
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Damn, John. Have a bad day?
Not really, just tired of stupid,, com`on man??
??Show me a picture of your headlight??

 
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This is the only pic I could find right now... Motoillumination, right after a thousand miles through New England, the Finger Lakes, and the Poconos...



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Originally Posted by JohnMn
Not really, just tired of stupid,, com`on man??
??Show me a picture of your headlight??

Speaking of dumb questions . Have you found any 2017 bike raffles to post up ? You never jump on board with the 4 bike raffle from your state .
 
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I've made more updates since this photo was taken, but, you were after an LED headlight image, so...

 
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I admit I was hesitant to buy an LED headlight for a time figuring it would look out of place on my Wide Glide but my common sense took over and I bought one of the knock-off LED's to see how it looked and how bright it was.

This thing is so much brighter than the stock headlight, there is no comparison. As soon as I installed it, my first thought when I flipped on the ignition was, 'can you see me now, idiots?'

The LED doesn't look bad at all on the bike and for the amount of lighting improvements it brought, it's staying. I will spend the bux to upgrade to a better LED but I have no regrets on that purchase at all...


 
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I have this question too. There's a bunch of Chinese knockoffs on eBay and Amazon and some see good others don't. Actually found one that is a legit company and offers 2 year warranty. The pictures they post show which leds are illuminated on high and low but what I've been looking for is to see what they actually look like coming at you. Can you see the individual leds or is it one bright white light. Especially during the daytime I'm looking to be more visible to incoming traffic, I don't ride much at night but I'd like to learn my chances of left turns in my path.
 


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