LED Headlight: J.W. Speaker's NEW MODEL 8790
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08-07-2017 | 06:15 PM
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I have the 8790 adaptive headlight and love it. I had the Truck lite and it was much better than anyones stock light that I have seen. The truck lite has a nice wide pattern and lets you see the colors of what is going by. I bought the 8790 because I could and I have been impressed with what it does. It has a wider AND brighter beam than the truck lite and when you turn on the hi beam you can see all the way to tomorrow.
As someone else said, lumens mean nothing because it is the lenses that make it usable. Bottom line is yes, it is spendy. But if you want the best--- then this is the light to get.
As someone else said, lumens mean nothing because it is the lenses that make it usable. Bottom line is yes, it is spendy. But if you want the best--- then this is the light to get.
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08-08-2017 | 08:35 AM
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I had the 5 3/4 version on my Street Bob. The quality of the light is amazing. The high beam in particular seemed to go for miles. The adaptive version is pricey, but a pretty cool feature, although if I were to buy another one I'm not sure the adaptive version is worth the almost double price they were charging over the M model at the time.
I had the adaptive version and I say this because to really get the effect and benefit of the adaptive lights it had to be in a low speed turn where it wasn't that hard to see into the blind spot it illuminated. Cornering at cruising speed didn't have much of a changing effect. Now if you're really scraping pegs at night on poorly lit back roads then the adaptive feature would be well worth the money, but that's not really my riding style.
If if money is not an issue you can't do better, but don't feel you're missing out on too much with the non-adaptive version.
I had the adaptive version and I say this because to really get the effect and benefit of the adaptive lights it had to be in a low speed turn where it wasn't that hard to see into the blind spot it illuminated. Cornering at cruising speed didn't have much of a changing effect. Now if you're really scraping pegs at night on poorly lit back roads then the adaptive feature would be well worth the money, but that's not really my riding style.
If if money is not an issue you can't do better, but don't feel you're missing out on too much with the non-adaptive version.
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