The new lights thread

I made the helmet mount and lengthened the cable to a more useable length.(The foam under the mount is because of the stupid ridge on my helmet).

nice mounts!

A friend of mine is working on making a couple of Halogen set ups for us. 2 lights, 1 flood and 1 spot. I believe he is using 25W bulbs. The lights are done but we need power. I have never ridden at night before so I am looking forward to trying it out and experimenting with different configurations/setups.

Oh nice, sounds good. Make sure to overvolt them! I'm assuming 12V bulbs? 14.4V Ni-MH would be good, or even better would be 14.8V Li-Ion. I suspect you are going to get hooked, it's hard not to enjoy night riding. :)

Oh nice, sounds good. Make sure to overvolt them! I'm assuming 12V bulbs? 14.4V Ni-MH would be good, or even better would be 14.8V Li-Ion. I suspect you are going to get hooked, it's hard not to enjoy night riding. :)

Yes, 12v bulbs. Need to go battery hunting soon. Thanks for the info.

If you're going to run two 25W lights for a couple hours using a NiMh battery pack, the battery pack will be pretty big. A basic NiMh battery pack gives about 2 hours of burn time for 10W, so you'll be looking at something as large as a water bottle and weighing 5lbs.

Example:
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD[HTML_REMOVED]ProdID=2902

The price is good - around $80. Lithium is going to cost twice as much, but it will be a bit smaller and weigh 1/2 as much.

If you make your own lights, you could build ones using MR-16 bulbs. For the same amount of energy, an MR-16 bulb will put out twice as much light as an MR-11 bulb. That would mean a much smaller battery. The light would be larger, but there is also a better selection of MR-16 bulbs.

IIRC, thedude made himself a couple 50W MR-16 lights that were super bright.

It was a light geekfest tonight, comparisons with every light setup we had. Thedude is working through the pictures and will post up soon

I heard Dave and Mark were "docking", that's why they were late..

just as an fyi…synchro isn't always late

just as an fyi…synchro isn't always late

Sometimes he shows up on time, but then he has to bleed his brakes.

just as an fyi…synchro isn't always late

you don't have to warm him up, he's about as "sure thing" as it gets.

Light Shootout
http://bb.nsmb.com/showthread.php?t=116082

I know I'm REALLY new here, but I read someone mention the Amoeba lights. I happen to have one right now (spot version) and I'm waiting on my flood version to go on the handlebars. I also have the Airbike P7 light. Unfortunately, I've only used them for road riding this year (so far anyway…) even if I bought them for trail riding. The Airbike is on the handlebars while the Amoeba is on my helmet. They complement each other very well for road duty.

Before judging the Amoeba lights, please read what is said on other forums from people who are using them and racing with them. Scar, the guy behind these lights takes his business very seriously. They are super compact lights, very well built, upgradable, using batteries from batteryspace, quality Trailtech connectors.

Johnnydrz

Johnnydrz,

I'd really like to see these lights in action. Do you night ride at all (trails?) Are you in the Vancouver area?

Sorry Thedude, I'm from the Montreal area… The only time I rode in Vancouver was on my road bike, from Vancouver to Calgary for a fundraiser. I've been dreaming of riding the trails over there but I'm the cross-country type guy. But yes, I do night ride, I've been doing it for about 5 years now. Built myself halogen lights (for me and my wife actually) which are still going, except that I need new batteries now. I'm using my lights Amoeba spot on helmet and Airbike P7 on bars) on my SS these days to commute to work, and it's still dark when I leave at 6:00am. It was 4 celsius this morning…

Johnnydrz

Too bad.

We are doing another night ride and taking photos and the Amoeba would be interesting to see.

Have a good one.