Daymaker/LED headlight for a slim
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: 11th State 518
Please keep us updated. I'm looking at one myself.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Rome, NY
Honestly, the Evo2 is an excellent LED, but it suffers from the same problems all the other LED lights do... When you go into a turn, you are riding into the cut-off area and blackness. The EVO2 and almost all other LED lights were designed for vehicles that don't tilt. Speaker finally addressed thais problem with their (expensive) Adaptive Motorcycle LED. It senses the tilt of the bike and adds light in that direction. I've gone through the Daymaker->Evo2->Adaptive LED. If you do night riding the best safety thing you can do is to get a good light, and the Adaptive LED is the best, period. I see people spend big bucks on non-safety junk, and then penny-pinch on their lights. Penny-wise & pound-foolish.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 402
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From: Lake Bluff, Illinois
Honestly, the Evo2 is an excellent LED, but it suffers from the same problems all the other LED lights do... When you go into a turn, you are riding into the cut-off area and blackness. The EVO2 and almost all other LED lights were designed for vehicles that don't tilt. Speaker finally addressed thais problem with their (expensive) Adaptive Motorcycle LED. It senses the tilt of the bike and adds light in that direction. I've gone through the Daymaker->Evo2->Adaptive LED. If you do night riding the best safety thing you can do is to get a good light, and the Adaptive LED is the best, period. I see people spend big bucks on non-safety junk, and then penny-pinch on their lights. Penny-wise & pound-foolish.
You're facts ring true...But you have failed to address the adaptive JW Speaker price. I'm sorry, but I can't justify $799 for a light. $250 I can do, and I will be happy all day with the improved results of the 8700 evo2. Maybe if they drop the price in a few years or get competition on a similar technology...Then maybe I will see one on my bike.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 402
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From: Lake Bluff, Illinois
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2013
Posts: 953
Likes: 127
From: Rome, NY
You're facts ring true...But you have failed to address the adaptive JW Speaker price. I'm sorry, but I can't justify $799 for a light. $250 I can do, and I will be happy all day with the improved results of the 8700 evo2. Maybe if they drop the price in a few years or get competition on a similar technology...Then maybe I will see one on my bike.
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Road Warrior
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From: Edinburgh UK
Well done Revzilla, not!
The 8790 is a 7" adaptive only.
The 8690 is an "8790 lookalike" but is 5.75" and the extra lenses are what they call their "comfort light" (but, no, it's not adaptive ...or 7")
Incidentally there are other lookalikes on Aliexpress that are 7", look like an 8790, but they don't have the adaptive electronics in them, instead they use the extra lenses as left and right indicators/flashers (and are cheap as chips)
EDIT:
The 8790 is a 7" adaptive only.
The 8690 is an "8790 lookalike" but is 5.75" and the extra lenses are what they call their "comfort light" (but, no, it's not adaptive ...or 7")
Incidentally there are other lookalikes on Aliexpress that are 7", look like an 8790, but they don't have the adaptive electronics in them, instead they use the extra lenses as left and right indicators/flashers (and are cheap as chips)
EDIT:
Last edited by Gordon61; Apr 3, 2017 at 12:38 PM.