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Motorrad:
With my moose setup.. it is essentially a slow drain battery setup..

I have to charge it before I ride the bike... EVERY TIME...

Sure it works..

BUT nothing worse than riding around... comming back through town... wondering if your lights are going to stop working... AND I dont mean riding at night... I mean.. Brake lights... those things that get you pulled over by the people with flashing lights on top of their car....   when your on a PUSHING the limits of street legal bike already... NOT GOOD.

littlewing78:
Maybe the helmet light is the way to go.  Thanks for all the suggestions.

KE5:
Can the Moose coil be used to charge a small battery? I know little about electrical. Thinking of a k5 powered project that'll require full lighting and horn, but little to no use at night. I don't want to pop a lot of green for a system if I can get by with little more than a total-loss battery system with mostly LEDs.

jtm60:
thats what i am thinking also..just go with a battery and do the minimum to get legal..I would rather drop money on nice wheels/tires for my project..i know i will never ride it at night..

alward25:
That is what I did until I got my lighting system installed.  a 7 series battery will run all your stuff for a while and fits in the battery box.  I had a trickle charger cord behind the LH number plate to plug it in after each ride.  i would buy a turn tech 5 Ahr battery if you did not want to by a lighting generator and then test to see how long it takes for you to run it dead, just so you know.


--- Quote from: jtm60 on October 04, 2011, 10:10:42 AM ---thats what i am thinking also..just go with a battery and do the minimum to get legal..I would rather drop money on nice wheels/tires for my project..i know i will never ride it at night..

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