Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Lighting Again...
demographic:
--- Quote from: BDI on December 09, 2007, 04:10:18 AM ---I'm just looking to put some get you back to camp head lights on my K5. The kind of led you are showing is joke they might be bright and hurt your eyes to look at but they don't project light worth a crap. I have a single terralux led in My AA mini mag that is rated at 100 lumins It way out performs My big mag light with four C cell battereis.These are the type of LEDs that they use In the high end tactical lights Like the $180.00 surefire they are nothing like the LED flash lights with multiple LEDs like you can buy at 7-eleven for $10.00. If what I want to do works like I think it will it should be like haveing four big mag lights straped to the front of my bike only brighter with a white light instead of a dull brown light.
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That's a tail light mate.
If you read my post you will notice that I pointed that out :wink:
js:
If you just want a trail riding light try a niterider. I use the helmet mount with my weak kx headlight. if your in tight woods riding at night at low speeds the light is dim and if you tap your brakes it is exciting. so the headlamp give me all the light I need. I think it will light for 8 hrs http://www.niterideroffroad.com/hm.shtml
BDI:
--- Quote from: demographic on December 09, 2007, 06:36:15 AM ---
--- Quote from: BDI on December 09, 2007, 04:10:18 AM ---I'm just looking to put some get you back to camp head lights on my K5. The kind of led you are showing is joke they might be bright and hurt your eyes to look at but they don't project light worth a crap. I have a single terralux led in My AA mini mag that is rated at 100 lumins It way out performs My big mag light with four C cell battereis.These are the type of LEDs that they use In the high end tactical lights Like the $180.00 surefire they are nothing like the LED flash lights with multiple LEDs like you can buy at 7-eleven for $10.00. If what I want to do works like I think it will it should be like haveing four big mag lights straped to the front of my bike only brighter with a white light instead of a dull brown light.
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That's a tail light mate.
If you read my post you will notice that I pointed that out :wink:
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I realize that, I just didn't think that other people would. When you say LED that's what peopl assume you are talking about I was just trying to make clear what type of LED I want to use. I'm not trying to put you down in any way. I have what the wife calls an LED fetish I went on a mission to learn everything I could about LEDs.I love the little guys my christmas lights are even LED. What I have learned is LEDs are not really up to the task of a head light yet but I think they will be soon. There is some really cool stuff coming out silicon vally in the way of semiconductors and in the next couple of years we just might have are LED head lights. By the way I have Hid on my offroad bike and it is the best head light set up I have ever had and I Have run the head light guantlet more then once.
kx666:
abuddy of mine showed me his surefire LED light he said it put out 500 lumen's... or somthing crazy. i could not beleve how much light an led can put out!
Desert Panther:
talked to a Fleabay vendor today who sells the Diablo HID kit for dual sporting a bike. He said the KX definitely needs a E-line stator to run it. Dunno if he was speaking out of practical know-how, or "heard it from a friend".
So, any idea of the Moose set-up's charging output?
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