Aux Lighting - Cardiff Ten Owner
 

Evening gents

I see another Ten rider now and again in Cardiff and he's a regular on here too, I cant find his username for trying. Anyway if your out there mate, I saw you today and I was well impressed with the Aux Lights you had on the front and I'm sure you said you got them in Halfords too, can you give me some info please on fitting them and which lights you actually bought?

I'm fed up of people pulling out in front of me and also getting ready for winter although hopefully it wont be as bad as last years!

I'm not the guy you're looking for, but there's a ton of info on aux lights in this thread, maybe you'll find the answers in there.

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=9061

Thanks Pete, I'll check that out. Is there much involved in fitting these?

if you know nothing, with the right kit, custome made - piece of cake.

If you know a bit about electrics, and with the right brackets - easy

Ha I know nothing about electrics! Where do I get the custom brackets from and what lights do you recommend...

GULG

Made some brackets for the ten which come out just below the head light and then you can attach some aux lights from halfords. PM him and see if he can make any more???:icon_thumright:

I cant find this gulg username in the a-z list!

Gas up lets go...

Doh! Cheers

it was me you seen,

these are the lights i've got fitted http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165688.
i've got them fiited to my crash bars, so fitting was easy.
not sure where you can fit them, if you got no bars.

since i fitted them, car drivers think twice before pulling out on me.

just got to sort out the rear of the bike with extra lights,
then maybe cars will stop parking inches from the back of the bike at the traffic lights.

Keep an eye on the mounting brackets on the lights they are very thin, mine snapped on the Ten .:009:

mine snapped on the base of the bracket as well
fixed by using bigger washers

pic of them on my bike

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...2/IMG_0133.jpg

Are you running two mudguards on that? nice lights and the bars look boss too.

Hey mate, cheers for replying. I thought you mentioned halfords when I saw you the other day but it wasnt the best of days I couldnt hear you properly with the rain/wind. Those bars do look good, where are they from?
Also do you have any battery problems with those aux lights on the ten?

Just replace the bulbs with 35watts ones

Hi bexman,

Given how appalling the main beam is on the Tenere, I would seriously consider fitting driving lights not fog lights if you want to see where you are going at night!
I use these: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165688 and they fit a treat with GULG's brackets. They are a fraction of the cost of HID lights and simpler to install (no ballast) - but most importantly really light up the road.

If you just want to be seen better, rather than see where you're going, then you can save a shed load of watts and fit LED lights not halogen.

Better still.....fit 'em all!! :headbang:

As for battery issues:

Driving lights - wire them to the main beam circuit (legal requirement anyway). Use sparingly during day at low speed - at will during high speed night time use. Keep revs up (5k+ rpm) if worried about low battery!

LED's - sod all consumption. Wire up as constantly on (side lights/dipped beam).

Cheers,
Rick

That's sound advice Rick. Just fitted some Prism quad LEDs as side-lights and they're feckin A! Much brighter than stock & of course reduced power consumption to boot!

Just fitted a pair of these from e bay

12V 24V LED Spotlight Truck Pickup Van Motorhome RV ATV



Very bright spotlight ultra small (approx 2 inch diameter) and v low power consumption. I had PIAA before and these are brighter!

Approx �50 a pair delivered in 8 working days! Silver or Black housing

Thanks for all of the advice gents. Mike W, have you got a picture of those on your bike? Do you use them as running lights or fogs? Also what brackets do you use?

Nice find Mike :coolsmiley:. Comes as a complete kit with mounts as well.

Just found them on ebay - check out the vids:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/12V-2...-/140452990769

Listing is for a single unit but if it works out at about �50 a pair that's a winner in my book! Only an extra 18w as opposed to an extra 110W for the Ring driving lights.

As bexman says:

:pics now:


Edit: Added link for ebay uk (price in �'s)............
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12V-24V-LED-Au...item20b3d00752

Hmm nice option, just to need to work out where they would fit on the ten!

i'm running 2 mudguards at the mo, not sure if i'll just use the high one or go back to standard.
Its a KTM supermoto guard, real easy to fit as the front two holes are the same as the tenere then drilled the rear two using the towing bracket as a template. fitted two spacers at the rear. fitting was about 20mins from start to finish.

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...2/IMG_0128.jpg http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...2/IMG_0130.jpg http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...2/IMG_0135.jpg
http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...2/IMG_0137.jpg