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Extra lights on the crashbars?
Written by dotson85... on 4/7/2011 at 03:33 am

I picked up a set of LED driving lights off ebay a year ago and haven't had the
time to install them yet but they draw about 3 volts as I did hook them up to an
old battery to check the amount of light they produced. Then left them on to
see how long they would stay on, with the old battery. After 3 days they had
drained the battery. I plan to install them sometime this summer if riding
doesn't get in the way.

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Quinn" <twothreeclave@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, gang,
>
> The first owner of my PC installed some small, KMart-style lights below the
front
> crashbars, using screws to anchor the brackets to the plastic itself. They
don't light up the
> world, but they do create a nice triangle of light around the front of the
bike, which I'm
> sure helps to warn oncoming drivers, especially on dark roads.
>
> Unfortunately, they're in a perfect spot to be damaged if the bike tips over,
as it has on
> two occasions.
>
> I'm thinking of replacing them with some higher-power driving lights, and I
wondered if
> anyone here has thought about attaching lights on top of the crashbars. I
haven't looked
> closely at the various driving lights on the market, so I don't know how they
are mounted.
> I thought that I might drill holes in the top and bottom of the plastic
crashbar cover, insert
> a length of threaded rod through the holes (and through the space surrounded
by the
> crashbar itself), and tighten it in place vertically with nuts (with fender
washers) top and
> bottom, leaving enough of the rod projecting above the plastic to provide a
mounting
> point for the lights. In case the cover needed to be removed, the light could
be taken off
> by disconnecting the wires, then removing the bottom nut and lifting it up and
out.
>
> Putting lights in this location seems like a reasonable idea - they would be
low, to
> highlight road irregularities, and they wouldn't be in the tight space above
the front wheel
> (where clearance problems can occur) or mounted on the front fork (increasing
unsprung
> weight).
>
> I'd welcome the thoughts from the shadetree engineers here; I'm sure you'll
come up with
> some improvements! Thanks.
>
> Jim Quinn
> Jetson ('98 PC)
>