Aux light options for EV

[Gusable]

What are my options for driving lights on my 98 EV? I've seen some here and there on californias and like the idea of more candlepower!

[lti_57]

Your options are wide open these days
get a pair of LED lamps     should be good to go
ADV Monster is good source.
Ebay has some smoking deals on lamps most are well made  metal i bought  4 of them like 1500 lumens  for about 24 dollars
been running a set of them on my Quota no problems to report

[Tom H]

Try this post, it might help you:

http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=89088.0

Tom

[Gusable]

Thank you for that link

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

I just put these on my Convert, don't have them wired up yet though.








The housings came from JC Whitney? back in '08 and were on my Ambo until recently. They had 35 watt halogen PAR36 sealed beams in them and did a decent job of lighting up the sides of the road. For my Convert, I've replaced the halogen sealed beams with 71 LED sealed beam "floods". My headlight does pretty good with distance, I needed to fill in up close and to the sides.

I didn't want the "gnarly adventure bike" or modern look, that's why I went with a more "old school" setup. We'll see how they work soon.

[Sheepdog]

Hepco Becker does a light bar/chrome spotlamp combo for the EV. However, I recommend that you limit bulb wattage to 35 per lamp. The 55 watt stockers push the charging system a little too hard.

http://www.motomachines.com/Twinlights--Moto-Guzzi-California-Evolution-EV-Classic-Special-Sport-Jackal-Stone_p_290.html

[Wayne Orwig]

LEDS, your alternator will thank you for it.

I run a 20 watt each set of LED driving lights, on a dimmer at about 20%. Then on the open countryside with no traffic I can turn them up to 100%. That is a very good amount of light.
I used to run 55 watt incandescent. The EV alternator would only handle them at higher RPM. Get stuck in traffic, and you have a dead battery. Plus that did not put out as much light.

 

[rodekyll]

For aux lights I go with HID.  35w of HID completely bleaches out 35w of LED.  I've got an LED headlight and HID aux lights on my Convert.  That's how I know.  So if you want superior light down-range for a small energy budget, in my opinion, an inexpensive pair of HID from ebay or elsewhere is a good place to start.  The downside of HID is that some take a few seconds to warm up to full brightness, and some need to rest a few minutes before they'll light up again.  In dip-and-bright driving (traffic oncoming), that can be problematic.  I got HID projectors with hi/low gates and plumbed them in to the dimmer on the bike.  So I can raise or dip them for traffic without shutting the HID off completely. 

[Gusable]

Good info! Thank you.