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Motorcycle Driving Lights
Nine Things To Consider Before Adding Auxiliary Driving Lights To Your Motorcycle Adding a set of auxiliary driving lights to a motorcycle is one of the most popular and affordable user-installed projects undertaken by the average rider to enhance the looks or safety of their bike. A few of today’s bigger cruisers and touring bikes …
Platinum Burner Driving Lights
Platinum Burner Driving Lights Review The Platinum Burner QH-75IT driving lights have a strong, concentrated light pattern and provide a good deal of additional light at a very reasonable price. This article details the results of an evaluation of an inexpensive motorcycle driving light kit to determine its applicability for use on a motorcycle as …
Bayco Nightstick Flashlight Review
A Different Kind of LED Flashlight Our own “Texas Joe” sent over a batch of the new Bayco Nightstick flashlights for a look-see. You remember Texas Joe? He’s that all-around handyman, mechanic, vintage motorcycle restorer, V6 Moto Guzzi inventor and chicken-fried steak eatin’ occasional contributor The Nightstick is an interesting new type of LED flashlight that was …
PIAA LED Lights
PIAA “High Intensity” LED Conspicuity Lights I feel kind of silly writing about a product that I couldn’t really find a use for. But, you never know — I’m sure some webBikeWorlders will be interested, and one of you must surely can figure out how to put these to good use? I found these PIAA …
Cee Bailey’s Motorcycle Headlight Cover Review
Cee Bailey’s Motorcycle Headlight Stone Guard The Cee Bailey’s headlight guard is made from thick aircraft-grade acrylic. It mounts over the headlight to protect the lens from damage. We can’t imagine a rock penetrating these guards and coming with Cee Bailey’s customer service and attention to detail, the guards are a winner. Ever seen a …
Motorcycle HID Headlight Conversion
Motorcycle HID Headlight Conversion This wasn’t my first attempt to add aftermarket HID lighting to my 2004 BMW K1200LT. Last spring I fell for a “too good to pass up” $129.99 eBay conversion kit sold by CQ Lighting (similar kits can be had for under $80 now). Ten days after making my payment, I received …
Motorcycle LED Brake Light
6″ SuperBrite LED Truck Light for Use on Motorcycles The subject of auxiliary and LED brake lights has been a very popular topic with webBikeWorld visitors for many years. We started reporting on LED lights before they were being used on motorcycles. This was back when LEDs were rare, expensive and not very bright — …
More Motorcycle LED Brake Lights, Tail Lights and Turn Signals
Motorcycle LED Tail Light Comparison: Part XV Our most recent LED light article was published in November of 2007. In that article, we compared a few of the latest motorcycle LED brake lights and tail lights. That was our 14th article on the subject, but apparently it wasn’t enough for our readers, who immediately asked for …
LED Redux: Motorcycle LED Turn Signals and Brake Lights
LED Redux: Motorcycle LED Turn Signals and Brake Lights Motorcycle LED lights have been a popular topic on webBikeWorld since we first started investigating them way back in… could it have been 7 years ago? Wow! Time sure flies… Seven years ago I thought for sure that, seven years hence, LED lights would have completely …
Harbor Freight Gordon LED Flashlight Review
Harbor Freight Gordon LED Flashlight The Harbor Freight “Gordon” LED flashlight is super cheap but super good. It’s as powerful as many other LED flashlights that cost up to 10x more. We haven’t been very keen on Harbor Freight, preferring instead to pay good money and get good tools. Sure, some bargains can be found …
Stanley Tripod Flashlight Review
Stanley Tripod Flashlight Review Very nicely made and a real conversation piece. Also very handy and by the way — it throws a nice, wide and powerful beam. I’m not sure when I first became aware of the Tripod flashlight, but as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have one. We …
Princeton Tec Pulsar Review
A Mini LED Keychain Light Things have been a little slow around here lately, mostly due to the intolerable weather that has us watching MotoGP video reruns instead of riding. The entire planet seems to be on fire, and the way it’s going, we’ll all have to find a new pastime sooner rather than later. …
Sylvania DOT-it Review
Stick-on LED Lights for Motorcycle Luggage? If you’ll pardon the pun, a light bulb went off in my head when I came upon these Sylvania DOT-it lights in a hardware store. They appeared to be perfect for use as a motorcycle top box or saddlebag light. No wires, no switches and the LED light bulbs …
Motorcycle Headlight Upgrade
Ducati Designs BMW K1200LT Headlight Upgrade When Rick first approached me about installing a headlight assembly on my 1999 BMW K1200LT I was a little bit hesitant. After all, the headlight assembly is a complete change from the BMW’s large single lens to what I thought was a foreign-looking device with two smaller lamps set …
Freedom Lite LED Cordless Work Light
UView “Freedom Lite” Rechargeable LED Work Light Review Nice rechargeable LED work light with a big, soft, rubbery handle. The Freedom Lite LED work light is handy for the garage, shop and home. And best of all, it’s made in Canada! It’s been a very warm winter so far here in the Mid-Atlantic, which is …
NightStar Magnetic Shake Flashlight
Shake It to Power It! The NightStar “Shake” flashlight batteries are charged when you shake the light back and forth. This flashlight is waterproof and the manufacturer claims it can be stored for years with the expectation that it will still work when needed. It has a five-year replacement warranty. My flashlight obsession has most …
Pak-Lite LED Flashlight
A Snap-on LED Flashlight for 10V Batteries webBikeWorld was started back in 2000 (an eternity in Internet time) to provide our visitors with information on unique and hard-to-find motorcycle products and accessories. We get just as much of a thrill now as we did then when we find a really unique product, and the Pak-Lite …
Motorcycle HID Headlight Upgrades
Installing HID Motorcycle Headlights Here is some information on HID light bulbs and HID light conversions from Bill Finch of SOL Lamps. SOL Lamps sells an HID headlight conversion kit that can be used on motorcycles. UPDATE: The SOL Lamps website is not operational as of August 24, 2006. The H4 kit we sell uses …
Radiantz Billet Turn Signals
Big Radiantz “Dogeye” LED Turn Signals The word “billet” has been used quite liberally in the world of motorcycling, mostly due to the rise in popularity of custom bikes and their builders. The word has several meanings in English, which probably has added to the confusion. For example, one definition for billet is the place …
Yellow Motorcycle Headlight Bulb
Improving Visibility With Yellow Headlight Bulbs There are many wonderful and unique things to do and to see in France. One of the most curious for me was the use of the very distinctive yellow headlights on cars in France about 20 years ago or so. They looked so…different. Every once and a while, a …
Streamlight LED Flashlight Review
Pocket LED Flashlight for Deep Viewing I love flashlights, no doubt about it. I’m not sure why, either. I guess they bring back memories of my Boy Scout days and the motto “Be Prepared”. Surely a flashlight and a good knife are two of the absolute must-have items when preparing for any contingency. A modern …
Princeton Tec Yukon HL Headlamp
A Powerful Headlight for Working on Your Bike Powerful two-stage headlamp, made in the U.S.A. and with a lifetime warranty (that I have used!). The Princeton Tec Yukon headlamp is one of the most important tools in the webBikeWorld garage. LED headlamps have become an essential item around the webBikeWorld garage. A good quality headlamp …
Gerber Reactor 3 LED Flashlight
Gerber Reactor 3 LED Flashlight Review LED technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and motorcyclists are reaping the benefits. LED taillight and brake light replacements are now fairly common and original equipment LED lights have appeared on motorcycles. They can’t come too soon — there’s no reason why every motorcycle shouldn’t have an LED brake …
Motorcycle Headlight Protection Film
Protect That Motorcycle Headlight! 3M’s Scotchcal paint protection film is described in the two wBW articles listed in the right column. Scotchcal is a clear adhesive-backed urethane covering that is applied over clean and smooth surfaces to protect the paint or finish from scratches, nicks and dings. It helps protect motorcycle paint and finishes from scratches, rubs, …
Ducati Designs Ducati ST Headlight
Ducati Designs Sport Touring Headlight Upgrade Motorcycle lighting is one of the hottest topics on webBikeWorld. That means increasing light output, improving visibility, LED brake lights, turn signal brightness, wheel lights and other lighting novelties. You name it — if it has to do with lights and brightness, then motorcycle owners are interested. I’d like …
Motorcycle Brake Light Flasher
Comagination Motorcycle Brake Light Flasher Review Note: See comments about Comagination and their products in the Comagination VisiPath Headlight Modulator Review. Also see our updated article “Multistrada LED Brake Light Installation” for more information on installing the Life Brite LED brake lights and the Signal Dynamics LED brake light bar In Part 1 of this installation, we …
Using Motorcycle Turn Signals as Brake Lights
Using Motorcycle Turn Signals as Brake Lights This question comes up frequently: “Should I install one of those kits that converts turn signals to turn on with the brake lights?” In the absence of scientific evidence or studies on how vehicles react to different types of brake lights, here’s my opinion. The topic of using turn …
Comagination Headlight Modulator Review
Comagination “Visipath” Motorcycle Headlight Modulator Review Products that help improve motorcycle visibility are becoming popular, which is “a good thing” as our friend Martha Stewart would say. webBikeWorld has provided more technical articles on selecting and installing products related to motorcycle visibility than just about any other subject (see “Additional Reading” above). And we receive many …
