Hello, I just recently bought a smoke lense kit for my nightster. It had only amber bulbs, but I was planning on buying some red ones for the back. I like the look of the smoke lense, but I am also concerned about saftey. I tried LED bulbs and I dont like the look of them and they flash faster (I dont want to add a equilizer). I found some really good red bulbs made by Kuryakyn. They are Iridium Coated red so they wont flake or turn pink. My question is are smoke lenses ok for tail lights/brake lights as far as visibility in day/night. Also have any of you tried these Kuryakyn bulbs and are they worth the money? Thanks!

 

Never tried the Kuryakyn bulbs but just about everything I have seen by them is absolute crap. Won't run anything from Kury on any of my bikes. Then again bulbs shouldn't be too difficult.

 

i have smoke lens.amber in the front,red in the back got em from the dealer. i think there fine at night. when i ride i still try to use hand signals regardless of my signals. BUT its hard to beleive theres so many dumbass people out there that have no idea what im doing. good luck

 

I would strongly reconsider the LEDs. If you run them just on the brakes you dont need an equalizer. Dont buy the cheesy bulbs, get the nice ones from radiants, they cost a little more but are the worth it. Mu taillights will burn your retinas thru my smoked lenses.

 

I think the rear smoked lenses are up for debate on safety. I thought about it until I heard of a guy that got rear ended and died on his bike. Would it make a difference who knows, but I'm sticking with what I got until I see in person that LED with smoked is brighter. Not saying anybody lies on here, but it is a safety concern of mine.

 

I have LED's from Autozone in the rear turn signals of both bikes and they do not flash fast. They did for the first few times, but then back to normal. I would use the LED's as they are very bright red and react fast when you hit the brakes. I feel the clear/smoked lenses will be safe as long as you have a good bulb in there like an LED or very red bulb. Yeah Kury stuff is not all that great and I'm sure you will pay big bucks for thoes bulbs.

 

I made some vids of my Nightster with smoked lenses and LEDs, judge for yourself how bright they are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGfUoAQ-YvU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRkDAs_jJhw

 

See the LED's are the way to go for sure. I stll have reg bulbs in the fronts on both bikes, but I love my LEDs in the rear. I have the HD LED tailight on the XL50 and love it, still stock on the C and that sucks LOL!

 

I have LED bulbs and smoked lenses. I don't think there is an issue with brightness.

 

Thank you for the videos, I'm now a believer. I don't have anybody near me that has them and like I said wanted to see them before I did it because of safety. I will definately need to crack the wallet open and get them.