The BAL-1 was one of the first upgrades to my new bike. I know two people that have been rearended. One was hurt, but not too bad. The other was killed and his female passenger also died in the crash.

I felt it was a small price to pay for a little extra insurance that I will be seen from the rear.

I get comments on the light all the time, even from people in cages at the stop lights. Most are like "that sure is a bright tailight, what kind is it?"

Bottom line, I really like my BAL tailight. I would buy one again in a heartbeat.

 

Ordered mine today!

 

I've seen the Harley version, and it's pretty bright. Price: $140.00. How do they compare?

http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US

Ride safe,

Bob.

 

Yeah, what he said.

 

Yes, brighter still. I saw it out at my dealers. The parts guys thought so too.
They have a display for both the BAL and the Kuryakyn it appears to be a little brighter, however I have the BAL and it is good enough for me and certainly 100 times better than stock.

 

I've seen and compared the Harley version and do not care for it at all in comparison. The BAL is WELLLLL worth the money.

 

The headlight pulser, or modulator, is from Custom Dynamics.

http://www.customdynamics.com/signal..._modulator.htm

It pulses the headlight in daylight and automatically stops when it gets dark. I've seen a few metrics with them, but don't recall ever seeing a Harley with one. I used to flip the headlight from dim to bright several times in daylight to help cagers see me better. Wanted a better way. Maybe a strobe. There just wasn't one available so I went with the modulator.

In daylight, it pulses (or modulates) the headlight on and off. There is a setting for two different flash rates. If you're on high beam, it flashes the high beam. If on low, it flashes the low. There is a sensor that turns it off at dark. A really kewel feature of the module is that it will automatically guard against headlight failure by switching on the other beam if one beam of your headlight burns out. I've always been a little apprehensive about losing my headlight in the dark. This solved that problem.

I know some will say that it will cause premature headlight failure, but I've run mine for over 12,000 miles without a burned out bulb. With the automatic burnout feature, I'm not too worried about it anyway.

I have literally seen cagers start to run out in front of me and then slam on the brakes when the pulsing got their attention. It won't prevent some jerk cager from someday running out in front of me, but I'm convinced that it reduces the risk by a great margin.

 

A lot of folks don't like the modulator, but everyone has their own opinion. I won't have one on my bike but I do have driving lights beneath my floorboards that I run every time I ride. It gives a triangle of light that seems to get the cagers attention. Whatever one desires to stay safe, ya know.

 

I have the Harley version on my Softail along with the "Backoff" Brake module installed....(in blinks five times quickly then burns steady) and everyone says I stick out like a sore thumb when brakes are applied. It's also tied into my red/tail/running/brake/signal lights.... Is it as bright as the BAL,,probably not, but it keeps the cages back with it's LED Brightness and the pulse of the "Backoff" Brake module.

 

Installing my BAL-3R is probably the best mod I've done to my bike (yet). I can't recommend them highly enough.