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New LED for rain & night rides on my LIKE 200i LX
« on: August 01, 2013, 12:09:45 AM »
Bought this from amazon.
Made for bicycle riders.....figured I don't go much faster than they do. Came from cycle folks in Portland, OR - where I guess it rains a lot on the hipster bike riders.

I don't like messing with my scoots wiring - so looked for a good quality, battery powered light I can use for my morning/dark ride to work each day = and for those times I'm riding in the rain.
Installed easily on my rear crash bars. Bright as heck, 2 LEDs. Has a couple of rather unique flash modes (effective with drug zombied drivers  behind who get mesmerized by simple flash patterns) and a steady mode, which I'll use for day & night riding. Flashes for the rain (day or night)

Will report back on battery life....supposed to last 50 hours.
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Re: Added rear LED for rain & night rides
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2013, 12:12:19 AM »
Lights on ,but not directly at camera - too bright for that!
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Re: New LED for rain & night rides on my LIKE 200i LX
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2013, 03:03:17 AM »
I commute year round and often drive at night.  I will have to look into this.  Thanks for the links.
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Re: New LED for rain & night rides on my LIKE 200i LX
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2013, 06:08:21 PM »

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Re: New LED for rain & night rides on my LIKE 200i LX
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2013, 07:31:58 PM »
I use a thick black rubber band around the lower part of the rear fender and clip the light in that. Its never fallen off.
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Re: New LED for rain & night rides on my LIKE 200i LX
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2013, 01:40:42 AM »
I use a 12v strobe light tapped to my tail light wire....


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Re: New LED for rain & night rides on my LIKE 200i LX
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2013, 02:24:26 AM »
They look good for running lights but adding flashing lights IMO is not a good idea. I'm of the opinion that it just confuses matters when people see a light pattern that they have never seen before.

A bicycle on the shoulder is far different than a motorcycle in traffic.

Again just my .02

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Re: New LED for rain & night rides on my LIKE 200i LX
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2013, 03:10:33 AM »
Amac, wondered about that myself.
So far just using the slow blink for 5:30am ride to work w/few cars around.
Steady red for the daylight ride home.
If it's raining , night or day, will probably use the blinking red.
(I know of one fellow in LA, Calif. who has ridden his little Honda Metropolitan 50cc scoot for a couple of years with a red blinker on the back and a white LED on the front - he rides in all weather, all parts of town and even creeps up into the mountains. Even camping on that goofy little thing. He swears by it! He's the fellow who gave me the idea for these light additions to a scooter in traffic.)
Hard to know what to do on a scoot to stay safer.
Had a pair of guys in an old pick-up do a left turn from the right lane, across my bow, today. No signal and I know he saw me in my screaming yellow day-glo  jacket, he turned the previous corner with me next to his window. I'm thinking that whatever I can do to make an impression on surrounding drivers might be a help, but who knows, eh?
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