bright ass lites !!??
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04-23-2009, 08:13 PM
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#12
04-23-2009, 08:36 PM
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Check out Hyperlites instead. Much better value.
Ride Safe, Mike
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04-23-2009, 11:30 PM
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#16
04-23-2009, 11:38 PM
I put the BAL-1 on my bike a few weeks ago. Plug and Play install, easy to program with the magnet provided. Oh, and BRIGHT!!!!
Purchased direct on-line. Good service.
Got a headlight modulator for the front and the BAL-1 for the rear, the only thing left to do now is to knock the cellphone out of the morons' hands.
Purchased direct on-line. Good service.
Got a headlight modulator for the front and the BAL-1 for the rear, the only thing left to do now is to knock the cellphone out of the morons' hands.
#17
04-24-2009, 12:12 AM
Put a BAL1R on a couple days ago and wanted to gather "empirical evidence" about the brightness - Go to the "blog" page at http://www.johnscrip.com -- (it's the first entry on the newly-designed site).
There are photos...
There are issues gathering empirical evidence in this case - I have to do the tests again with more control and a reflectivity screen.
The BAL on the high setting was too bright to look directly into in the dark - However, it measured almost *exactly* the same number of foot-candles (160 if I recall) at 1'. The photos (using a fixed exposure and aperture for control), same thing. The BAL1 was very (VERY) obviously brighter, but it didn't translate to digital camera CCD's or analog light meters.
I plan on doing an indirect reflection test at some point soon...
But no doubt, the thing is freaking amazingly bright. No regrets on the $200 for that kind of luminosity.
There are photos...
There are issues gathering empirical evidence in this case - I have to do the tests again with more control and a reflectivity screen.
The BAL on the high setting was too bright to look directly into in the dark - However, it measured almost *exactly* the same number of foot-candles (160 if I recall) at 1'. The photos (using a fixed exposure and aperture for control), same thing. The BAL1 was very (VERY) obviously brighter, but it didn't translate to digital camera CCD's or analog light meters.
I plan on doing an indirect reflection test at some point soon...
But no doubt, the thing is freaking amazingly bright. No regrets on the $200 for that kind of luminosity.
#18
04-25-2009, 12:06 AM
UPDATE:
Messed around a little more today - Very interesting lens on the beast that I didn't really make note of...
Up close, doesn't look so bright (such as to the car that's stopped behind you).
Far away (say, 50' or so - two or three car lengths) the thing is like a red aircraft light. Very nice. An interesting and unique use of "low-res" optics.
Messed around a little more today - Very interesting lens on the beast that I didn't really make note of...
Up close, doesn't look so bright (such as to the car that's stopped behind you).
Far away (say, 50' or so - two or three car lengths) the thing is like a red aircraft light. Very nice. An interesting and unique use of "low-res" optics.
#19
04-25-2009, 03:09 AM
I concur John. The LEDs themselves are quite bright but not so bright individually to work nearly as well as the entire package does. Output of each LED is directionally focused by what seems to be an embedded reflector plus perhaps some lens effect due to package shape of the LEDs (and they are bright LEDs already) but the full effect is cumulative if the mounted collection of LEDs is constructed properly. The light emmited by each LED becomes additive once output from all LEDs in the cluster becomes columnated. It's the same principal of physics that SONAR and Phased-Array RADARs rely upon.
Last edited by RangeRat; 04-25-2009 at 03:15 AM.
#20
04-25-2009, 04:28 AM
I bought mine from Seminole Harley when I bought my Street Glide with the 20% off deal. Love it & you can adjust the settings with a magnet that they give you with the light. I keep mine on some varition of blinking all the time. Want to get those cagers attention. I also went with the Running, Turn, Brake lights for my turn signals, & the run Brake for the one in the bottom fender.