Help identify my lighting setup.

[dave_a]

Zulu, "4 eyes" explain please.
Do you know what the whole upgrade to Sport lights cost? It's not a plug n play is it?
Triumph doesn't have a Tech bulletin on the swap, do they?
Relay needed?
Thanks
Dave_a

[ZuluTiger]

Dave, all the answers are in previous posts. It's like oil, over subscribed and a lot of info. With a Sport headlight you have the ability to actually have all four elements on, depending on the wiring and trickery. I did not do that and have two and two, as per OEM. But, some have experimented with it, if you search. This upgrade is not a Triumph offering, but rather something the members here came up with. Yes, relays needed.

[Grouchybastard]

Originally Posted by dave_a

Zulu, "4 eyes" explain please.
Do you know what the whole upgrade to Sport lights cost? It's not a plug n play is it?
Triumph doesn't have a Tech bulletin on the swap, do they?
Relay needed?
Thanks
Dave_a

Been down this road Dave. Just looked and the sport headlight assembly is $586 on Hermy's site.  There's a " how to" on here for installation and wiring.

I considered the retrofit labs kit as well. All things considered, dimmable auxiliary lights were my choice. Had budget not been an issue, I would have gone the sport light route. But it was, and I don't regret my decision. 

If you haven't seen it yet....https://www.tiger1050.com/index.php/topic,40539.msg462079.html#msg462079.  Plus there's tons more if you really want to go down the rabbit hole. 

Good luck. 

[dave_a]

Thanks GB for the background. Got a chuckle from reading the back threads. A Sport headlight conversion started aound $300 now around $600. Makes auxillary lighting the clear choice in my case.
For anyone in US. reading this, I found what I think is a viable solution for mounting auxillaries: Hanging 1-3lb lights off the molded inserts of the fairing may not be good long-term. (see Denali bracket).
I found a light bar mount kit at Tractor supply of all places. It attaches to the upper fork legs by clamping on supplied rubber pads. (No damage).
Anodized aluminum, it's sturdy yet light. It can be positioned outward (touch first on tip over) or inward and forward to save the lights. Best of all it was $22 when I bought it. Couldn't find a link this morning.

[ZuluTiger]

These:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/traveller-2-in-adjustable-mount

Use the link to check out what they have, seems the Tiger has a lot of DNA common to agricultural stuff, which I'll vouch for when it comes to suspension, lighting and longevity!

[Grouchybastard]

Originally Posted by ZuluTiger

These:

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/traveller-2-in-adjustable-mount

Use the link to check out what they have, seems the Tiger has a lot of DNA common to agricultural stuff, which I'll vouch for when it comes to suspension, lighting and longevity!

  

Thanks for posting the link.   

[dave_a]

Tractor's have better lights, don't they?
It might be the next size up, but that's the basic idea.
I'm going hang a set of yellow fog lights under the white Rigid spots for daytime visibility to fend off the half blind retirees here in Florida.
Yeah Zulu, the full Monte! Uppers and lowers, white and yellow. With all the windage, I should knock 10mph off the top end (which I will never use)

[OX-34]

Originally Posted by ZuluTiger

.......I still think.....

[OX-34]

Zulu I'm only teasing.

[OX-34]

Originally Posted by dave_a

Thanks GB for the background. Got a chuckle from reading the back threads. A Sport headlight conversion started aound $300 now around $600. Makes auxillary lighting the clear choice in my case.
For anyone in US. reading this, I found what I think is a viable solution for mounting auxillaries: Hanging 1-3lb lights off the molded inserts of the fairing may not be good long-term. (see Denali bracket).
I found a light bar mount kit at Tractor supply of all places. It attaches to the upper fork legs by clamping on supplied rubber pads. (No damage).
Anodized aluminum, it's sturdy yet light. It can be positioned outward (touch first on tip over) or inward and forward to save the lights. Best of all it was $22 when I bought it. Couldn't find a link this morning.

If I could add a bit from experience regarding lights for seeing down the road at night - as opposed to being seen by anyone in the day - and only when there are no oncoming vehicles to daze:
- mount them as high as you are able. That way, when aimed down the road the foreground is not the brightest part of the light's effective field. If you are peering into the distance for animals and pot holes and branches on the road, you do not want your pupils constricted by the close-up roadway;
- avoid putting the lights on any part of the forks (or handlebars for that matter). As countersteering has the forks pointing the 'wrong' way during eg a left hand bend in the twisties your lights are pointed even more right than straight and definitely away from the apex. You now have brightly lit trees to the right and a black hole that you are riding into. Lights on the forks are good for car parks and UberEats delivery scooter riders;
- round light patterns only, with no sharp cut-off. When on a straight road much of the light points upward into the trees (say 12 o'clock sector) but when tipped over in a right bend that 12 o'clock is now rotated to about 2 o'clock position and lights the road up around the bend;
- Ideally if you spend a lot of time out of the city, consider multiple aux lights of various patterns to give an even and balanced light field;
- if you don't ride at night, ignore the above.