Why Buying Motorcycle LED Lighting Is a Good Idea! With motorcycle auxiliary lights, you can not only keep the bright side of life. You are also more attractive!
Whether you want to save car drivers from bothering to look in the mirror, be aware of your presence or make better progress on that windy road at night, a set of powerful motorcycle auxiliary lights is your new best friend. This is important for both front and rear auxiliary lights.
At the end of the day, whether you're thinking about the front, rear, or both, running lights are about improving your safety. They make you stand out or enhance your night rides by illuminating the road from curb to curb and up to 250m. So the question is not whether your motorcycle should have running lights, but which lights are best for you?
What is important when buying motorcycle LED lighting?
At moto-mate, the choice of lights was a little easier because we knew we wanted the DENALI series to be in our lineup. However, not everyone wants a Rolls-Royce of lights, but they still improve their visibility on the road.
1. If "just more visible" is your goal, basic LED lighting may be your solution
The basic two-wire LED lights definitely improve your visibility from the front. Basic LED lights feature an aluminum housing with sealed flying lead connections (connectors are watertight seals). When we say "basic," that doesn't mean they're cheap and geeky. They still do the job and are well made.
They're solid units with a lens pattern that's part wide-angle diffuse and part long-range. These lights don't use the latest CREE LED technology, but they do provide a very bright 'white' light output and have proven to be completely reliable and effective in letting people know we're on the way too. Quite simply, these are great value and very effective lights.
2. Or are you looking for "I want the best motorcycle light technology"?
In this case, premium lamps using the latest CREE LED technology and auxiliary lamps with a light output from 2190 to 8750 lumens (per light box). These lights use a 3-wire system which gives you low and high output, meaning they can be used in conjunction with your low beam headlights and your high/through beams at 50% output and full power . Apart from providing you with different light outputs, you can also change the beam pattern to meet your requirements. With interchangeable lenses included, you can adjust the beam of the telespotlight to wide-angle or a combination of the two.
How about enhanced motorcycle LED light features?
The answer here depends on what motorcycle you have. Meaning, do you have a motorcycle with a CAN bus.
You are riding a motorcycle controlled by the CAN bus.
If you ride a BMW, KTM or Harley then you can plug into your motorcycle's CAN bus system for ultimate LED light functionality! You can do this with a CAN bus accessory controller. The CAN bus accessory controller makes it easy to install LED auxiliary lights on your bike. These controllers allow you to integrate the lights into other functions of the bike such as hazard lights etc.
You don't ride a CAN bus controlled motorcycle, or your motorcycle doesn't have a CAN bus accessory controller available?
If you don't have a CAN bus controlled motorcycle, but still want to use auxiliary lights, all is not lost.
With basic two-wire lights, they can be wired into the ignition feed through relays and switches so they can operate at 100% output as basic daytime running lights (DRL). While yes during the day, not at night as you'll need to turn them off (via a switch installed) as they may distract oncoming traffic.
Do auxiliary brake lights work?
Here's why you should consider purchasing motorcycle LED lighting for the rear of your motorcycle. When you brake, the auxiliary brake lights increase visibility to oncoming traffic, but what if you don't brake and just slow down? This means that the brake lights will not be displayed, and there is an increased chance that a vehicle behind will hit you from behind. If you have connected your headlights via the CAN bus accessory controller, there is a secondary brake light port that allows the secondary brake light to flash when you slow down, increasing your safety from being rear-ended.
Incidentally, yes, you are correct in thinking that if someone hits you from behind, it will be their insurance that will have to cover. But if the crash gives you a ticket to the hospital, that doesn't matter much anymore. The auxiliary brake light combined with the CAN bus accessory controller can make traffic behind you aware that you are slowing down long before you hit the brakes.
