I used them to illuminate the interior of my tour-pak and put two smaller ones under the speaker pods to light the saddle bags. I tied them into a switch and a acc power source. I don't use them for exterior lights but the are quite bright.
Hi Bikerick,not all led strips are the same brightness, depending on what type of leds. I purchased my led strip headlights from the Hero Led, you may have a search. That uses low power side-emitting smt leds and waterproof with backed self tape.
I got a kit from "Joe Florida" No soldering, just cut and plug and play. Mounted a strip under the fuel tank, small strip behind horn and air cleaner and a longer strip, facing in and down on bottom of frame. Looks like you're riding on a cloud at night. Also I got the multi colored ones because different jurisdictions are somewhat picky about what COLOR lights you can have...Here is a short video I did after the install in a dark garage.