LED placement

[jdavis]

Anyone have LED lights attached to the front wheel guard, if so, how well do they handle the road shock?

 

Edited July 29, 2019 by jdavis

[TorqWrench]

I haven't added LEDs to my Tracer yet but I had some 2" 10w Cree lights mounted on the bracket that held the front fender to the forks on my 2012 V-Strom. I never had any issues at all and they really lit up the road. They were too bright to use anywhere in traffic when pointed straight ahead. I offset them about 5* to each side and just a couple of degrees down. This did not bother oncoming traffic and I still had a HUGE improvement in visibility, especially ditches and treelines where  critters like to appear from at night. Hope this helps. 

Dan

 

[jdavis]

All sorted now thanks @TorqWrench. I also pointed them down a bit.

[DavidS]

I mounted mine between the forks, easier to find solid mounting points up above, and it didn't seem to provide much more visibility down lower. Also less likely to get  damaged in a drop.

 

IMHO - the ideal location would be on the engine guards - wider placement and easier to run wires there....

[whistler]

On 8/24/2019 at 8:19 AM, jdavis said:

All sorted now thanks @TorqWrench. I also pointed them down a bit.

+1.  I've had fork-mounted LEDs on my last several bikes for tens of thousands of miles.  Aimed them all 3 degrees down from horizontal; have never had an issue with useful coverage nor blinding oncoming traffic.  They work.

[TorqWrench]

I had fork mounted leds on my '12 V-Strom and then on the engine guards on my '14 Strom. I haven't added them to my Tracer yet, but I'm considering it. AdventureTech is in the works on a led mount kit similar to the one they make for the FJ. I'll see how that turns out and then decide where I want to mount my leds. 

 

[jdavis]

17 hours ago, DavidS said:

I mounted mine between the forks, easier to find solid mounting points up above, and it didn't seem to provide much more visibility down lower. Also less likely to get  damaged in a drop.

 

IMHO - the ideal location would be on the engine guards - wider placement and easier to run wires there....

I had a DRL mounted between the forks, but the beak now blocks it, so its gone.

[2and3cylinders]

The GV case guards makes it easy to mount driving lights at the optimum height

Down on the forks in my opinion they are too low but up higher you can also not only tilt them down but left right easier

On 8/26/2019 at 5:31 AM, jdavis said:

I had a DRL mounted between the forks, but the beak now blocks it, so its gone.

 

[jdavis]

On 8/26/2019 at 4:24 AM, whistler said:

+1.  I've had fork-mounted LEDs on my last several bikes for tens of thousands of miles.  Aimed them all 3 degrees down from horizontal; have never had an issue with useful coverage nor blinding oncoming traffic.  They work.

 

13 hours ago, 2and3cylinders said:

The GV case guards makes it easy to mount driving lights at the optimum height

Down on the forks in my opinion they are too low but up higher you can also not only tilt them down but left right easier

 

@2and3cylinders,My DRL's are mounted low on the fork legs and my Driving Lights are on the screen.

[mellow]

On 8/26/2019 at 5:31 AM, jdavis said:

I had a DRL mounted between the forks, but the beak now blocks it, so its gone.

Anyone know if the FJ and Tracer forks are the same size?  Would like to add those upper fork mounts for an aux light bar.

[WindsorPhil]

My Cree lights are mounted to the original reflector brackets near the brake caliper. They work perfect and light-up the roadway perfectly at night. My riding group says they look great from a distance also. No issues with coming loose from vibration or going out of alignment yet. I wired them to the original leads under the headlight where the OEM lights would be plugged into. They stay on all the time with the key switch.

[jdavis]

21 hours ago, mellow said:

Anyone know if the FJ and Tracer forks are the same size?  Would like to add those upper fork mounts for an aux light bar.

The mounts I used were 2" (49mm) light mounts. I would think that the Tracer and FJ are the same.