Running lights for a Street Glide
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RE: Running lights for a Street Glide
ORIGINAL: drdiesel1
Adjust the head light up so you can see.[8D] You`ll find you don`t need aux lamps. Try it and see.
ORIGINAL: celtlion
The low beams on my SG aren't cutting it for night riding so I'm planning a winter upgrade to add auxiliary running lights.
Any suggestions?
The low beams on my SG aren't cutting it for night riding so I'm planning a winter upgrade to add auxiliary running lights.
Any suggestions?
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From: Roswell, GA
RE: Running lights for a Street Glide
If you want to keep the SG look, consider the HD fog lamps that mount on the engine guard. They are 55W each compared to the passing lamps' 35W. Different light pattern, but they work well. I have both passing lamps and fog lamps on my '04 EG that are always "on" so cagers can see me day and night.I have tried turning one or the other off at night to see the difference in light and, if I wanted to preserve the SG look, would find the fog lamps a good alternative to the passing lamps. The fog lamps provide great lateral light which I find useful at night on rural roads.
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RE: Running lights for a Street Glide
ORIGINAL: Harleypingman
If you want to keep the SG look, consider the HD fog lamps that mount on the engine guard. They are 55W each compared to the passing lamps' 35W. Different light pattern, but they work well. I have both passing lamps and fog lamps on my '04 EG that are always "on" so cagers can see me day and night.I have tried turning one or the other off at night to see the difference in light and, if I wanted to preserve the SG look, would find the fog lamps a good alternative to the passing lamps. The fog lamps provide great lateral light which I find useful at night on rural roads.
If you want to keep the SG look, consider the HD fog lamps that mount on the engine guard. They are 55W each compared to the passing lamps' 35W. Different light pattern, but they work well. I have both passing lamps and fog lamps on my '04 EG that are always "on" so cagers can see me day and night.I have tried turning one or the other off at night to see the difference in light and, if I wanted to preserve the SG look, would find the fog lamps a good alternative to the passing lamps. The fog lamps provide great lateral light which I find useful at night on rural roads.
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RE: Running lights for a Street Glide
I installed passing lights on my SG after less than one month.
It made a BIG DIFFERENCE.
I was concerned about deer standing on the side of the road, hiding in the edge of darkness, andjust waiting to jump in front of me. My high beam puts a very small spot in the road and the passing lights allow me to see more at a wider angle.
I used the clean looking mounts from HD.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
I wired into the ignition switch so that I don't accidently leave them on in the daytime and run down the battery.
The dash switch gives me control of them all the time, high beam, low beam, or not.
Looks are subjective, but I thought the SG was missing something. It looks better to me WITH the lights.
It made a BIG DIFFERENCE.
I was concerned about deer standing on the side of the road, hiding in the edge of darkness, andjust waiting to jump in front of me. My high beam puts a very small spot in the road and the passing lights allow me to see more at a wider angle.
I used the clean looking mounts from HD.
http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
I wired into the ignition switch so that I don't accidently leave them on in the daytime and run down the battery.
The dash switch gives me control of them all the time, high beam, low beam, or not.
Looks are subjective, but I thought the SG was missing something. It looks better to me WITH the lights.
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RE: Running lights for a Street Glide