Just added BAL-1
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Just added BAL-1
I just got done installing my new BAL-1 kit on Ruby along with the BAL-ADAPT98G adapter kit for pre-1999 H-D models.
I figured I would do a mini-review of them as well.
I had been riding with a buddy one day last year when he mentioned that it was difficult for him to tell when I was stopping, that out of all the extra lights on the back of my bike, only one changed when I hit the brakes. I realized this was a problem. Initially I added a third brake light from a car's rear wing under my Tour Pack and wired them to the brake light. There is another thread about that in here, so I wont repost the details again. It worked very well and is still in place now.
I heard about the company BrightAssLights.com while reading through different posts on here and decided to check them out. They had a couple different models of tail lights for a few different types of bikes, but I settled on the BAL-1 model. This is a 4-LED tail light unit that replaces your stock lens. To fit it to my bike, I had to order the BAL-ADAPT98G kit. This kit included a new lens gasket and a short plug harness with the wiring plug on one end to match the BAL-1 unit and a standard 1157 bayonette base on the other to plug right into the stock bulb's socket.
Installation was really easy. 2 screws and plug it in. In my case, I wanted to save the chrome eagle visor over the tail light. I removed the screws from each side of the original taillight lens and pulled it off. Then I slid the visor off the original lens and slid it onto the new one. I removed the original 1157 bulb and the original gasket from the stock tail light base. I pushed the new gasket into place, plugged in the adapter's mini harness between the BAL-1 and the stock bulb socket and slid the new lens/unit into place. I then secured both sides of the lens and visor with new security type screws.
That's all there is to it. Now the fun part begins! Setting it! You can run it like it is and have stock-like pattern and performance while still having a much brighter tail light, or you can use the enclosed programming magnet to change to any of 23 different brake light modes/patterns or 3 different running light strengths. The running light strength comes default to 1% power(DOT approved), or you can select 3% or 10% for "off road use"(um, sure...). For brake light patterns, the first three are DOT approved and include steady, flash then steady or brake tap which is a longer period of flashing before steady. Then the brightness ramps up for the next 20 settings that are "for off road use only" according to the manual(yeah, okay...).
These lights aren't cheap, hence the security screws. The BAL-1 unit is $199.95 and the adapter I needed was another $21.95, but from what I have seen so far, they are definitely worth it!
I figured I would do a mini-review of them as well.
I had been riding with a buddy one day last year when he mentioned that it was difficult for him to tell when I was stopping, that out of all the extra lights on the back of my bike, only one changed when I hit the brakes. I realized this was a problem. Initially I added a third brake light from a car's rear wing under my Tour Pack and wired them to the brake light. There is another thread about that in here, so I wont repost the details again. It worked very well and is still in place now.
I heard about the company BrightAssLights.com while reading through different posts on here and decided to check them out. They had a couple different models of tail lights for a few different types of bikes, but I settled on the BAL-1 model. This is a 4-LED tail light unit that replaces your stock lens. To fit it to my bike, I had to order the BAL-ADAPT98G kit. This kit included a new lens gasket and a short plug harness with the wiring plug on one end to match the BAL-1 unit and a standard 1157 bayonette base on the other to plug right into the stock bulb's socket.
Installation was really easy. 2 screws and plug it in. In my case, I wanted to save the chrome eagle visor over the tail light. I removed the screws from each side of the original taillight lens and pulled it off. Then I slid the visor off the original lens and slid it onto the new one. I removed the original 1157 bulb and the original gasket from the stock tail light base. I pushed the new gasket into place, plugged in the adapter's mini harness between the BAL-1 and the stock bulb socket and slid the new lens/unit into place. I then secured both sides of the lens and visor with new security type screws.
That's all there is to it. Now the fun part begins! Setting it! You can run it like it is and have stock-like pattern and performance while still having a much brighter tail light, or you can use the enclosed programming magnet to change to any of 23 different brake light modes/patterns or 3 different running light strengths. The running light strength comes default to 1% power(DOT approved), or you can select 3% or 10% for "off road use"(um, sure...). For brake light patterns, the first three are DOT approved and include steady, flash then steady or brake tap which is a longer period of flashing before steady. Then the brightness ramps up for the next 20 settings that are "for off road use only" according to the manual(yeah, okay...).
These lights aren't cheap, hence the security screws. The BAL-1 unit is $199.95 and the adapter I needed was another $21.95, but from what I have seen so far, they are definitely worth it!
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