Many thanks - yes I was pleased how they turned out (no pun intended, although thinking about it... aha ha...)

As for the auxiliary lights, I've been doing a bit of research and it seems Fog lights have a limited use on a bike (the sharp cut-off means you loose a lot of light once you lean into a turn). What I'm actually looking for is a decent long-range light - the low beam gives a pretty decent wide spread anyway (especially with the new 100w bulbs fitted), but the high beam is still pretty poor penetration wise (stop sniggering at the back Capt. x)

I found this link: http://www.cyclegadgets.com/products...t.asp?Item=PIA

Which seems to make sense, so I'm looking at a set of PIAA 004X's, which offer a round beam, which means it doesn't matter if you mount them vertically or horizontally, and a review I read seems to rate them highly - offering a lot of extra light for a regular 35w Halogen bulb...

As for HID versions, they are a lot more money, and it seems on adventure bikes (particularly those used off-road), people often have problems with reliability, and there is the issue as to where to mount the ballast's too of course (although they would fit pretty neatly inside the plastic fairing cheeks on the Tenere perhaps?)

I see you can get HID driving lamps with built in ballast's now - both Trail Tech and PIAA do them (the PIAA is a rebranded Trail Tech I understand), but again, I've read differing reports and a lot of warranty replacements going on... I do like the Hella Micro DE lamps (in an industrial/terminator sort of way), but the regular Fogs would be of limited use, and their HID's are a lot of money for potentially not much better illumination than the Halogen PIAAs???

btw. for anyone who didn't know, the driving/fog lamps Touratech sell are the Hella Micro DEs, but with a TT bracket and shield - you pays your money etc.

I'll keep you updated once I sort the driving lamps...

Jen xx

ps. Trip is going well - I've just broken the 10,000 mile mark on the bike (so that's just under 9000 miles here in the USA), and fitted a new chain and sprockets - mainly as a precaution, the OE steel sprockets still have plenty of life in them, although the chain was pretty knackered after all the desert riding in sand etc. I'll be heading for the east coast in a couple of weeks, just want to do a bit of skiing first xx

pps. Glad you're liking the TBM report - I've not seen part 2 or 3 yet, but they should be here any day now...

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