I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 1:30 pm
I sometimes couldn't properly see where I was going at night because my headlight was aimed too high (ex. w/passenger) or too low (ex. w/ full 9.5 gal. tank ). Also, I sometimes wanted the beam pointed at the ground immediately in front of my tire on a rough trail, or way higher up to read a distant overhead banner. No doubt, if you ride at night, you've experienced similar situations.
On many bikes it's simple enough to just lean forward and manually tilt the headlight bucket up or down, but it's not so simple on most fairing equipped bikes. I recalled that those old Vetter Windjammers had a knob to adjust beam height, but that seemed too old-school, so I devised a system to electrically raise and lower my beam via a dash mounted toggle switch. I used the guts from a electric remote car mirror and it functions in the same way, even has the same ratcheting feature when it reaches the end of its travel. That's the klunk you are hearing in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agz6NdvqQTE
It's been in use for a few years now, and has therefore withstood the GSPD torture test. The actual headlight unit is a LED JW SPEAKER 8900 EVOLUTION, fantastic illumination (but pricey) and way less power consumption than a standard H4.http://www.jwspeaker.com/products/led-h ... olution-2/
Because my headlight is fairing mounted and does not steer with the handlebars, I also installed 2 steerable 10W LED spot lights on my bottom triple clamp. Total power consumption on high beam with spots turned on is 65W. Low beam alone is only 20W.
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wuddya think?
On many bikes it's simple enough to just lean forward and manually tilt the headlight bucket up or down, but it's not so simple on most fairing equipped bikes. I recalled that those old Vetter Windjammers had a knob to adjust beam height, but that seemed too old-school, so I devised a system to electrically raise and lower my beam via a dash mounted toggle switch. I used the guts from a electric remote car mirror and it functions in the same way, even has the same ratcheting feature when it reaches the end of its travel. That's the klunk you are hearing in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agz6NdvqQTE
It's been in use for a few years now, and has therefore withstood the GSPD torture test. The actual headlight unit is a LED JW SPEAKER 8900 EVOLUTION, fantastic illumination (but pricey) and way less power consumption than a standard H4.http://www.jwspeaker.com/products/led-h ... olution-2/
Because my headlight is fairing mounted and does not steer with the handlebars, I also installed 2 steerable 10W LED spot lights on my bottom triple clamp. Total power consumption on high beam with spots turned on is 65W. Low beam alone is only 20W.
wuddya think?
