Looking for more & brighter rear lighting ideas.

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macx
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Looking for more & brighter rear lighting ideas.

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I've been researching the heck out of all this lately, think I've got it to
where I want it. Actually, more lighting front and rear. Instead of spending
for clear lenses and all that, I'm currently thinking Light Buddies (maybe brighter
than RunNLites?) front and rear and going to the 36-LED bright white color 1156
signal bulbs, I just measured and it appears they'll fit into the housings OK.

But there's a lot of area around and esp under the license plate that should give
good opportunity for more LED lighting. On the Light Buddies site,t hey do list
a number of different license plate holder options, but it's hard to tell what would
be the best fit, not even much in the way of pictures or specific dimensions, etc.

Anybody have any suggestions?

OH, and for the headlite, I've been thinking about one of their Zenon white bulbs,
I know how much heat the halogen's can throw off so am going to stay away from
them. I've heard these fancy bulbs don't last as long, but - - . It's the light I'm
after.

So, boils down to what can I do on the rear end, besides the Light Buddies in the
signal housings. I've already got the flashing LED brake light thing, and it is nice
and bright. It's just that there's still a lot of "darkness" on the rear of the bike
that could use some more light. I do lots of night riding (home from work) and
there's lots of sleepy folks out there with nothing on their mind but "get out of my
way, I'm headed home!" at 4:00am.

Thanks for any leads, pics, what's worked and what hasn't!!
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Re: Looking for more & brighter rear lighting ideas.

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I added P3+ Lights on the rear on each side of my license plate. They were easy to install and are very bright.
http://www.p3lights.com/
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Re: Looking for more & brighter rear lighting ideas.

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Hyperlites mount at the top outside of the license plate. They are easy to install and relatively inexpensive.

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Re: Looking for more & brighter rear lighting ideas.

Post by Airman »

TNOutback wrote:I added P3+ Lights on the rear on each side of my license plate. They were easy to install and are very bright.
http://www.p3lights.com/
It looks like the P3+ LEDs are about twice the price of Hyperlights. Is there any reason/advantage for that ?
I don't get caught in the rain, I ride in it on purpose.
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