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Cheap aux lights

3.6K views 4 replies 3 participants last post by  Dkm211  
#1 ·
Yes it’s another auxiliary light thread but bear with me and be gentle. after lots of searching I’m still looking for the answer.
So I’ve realised I am far to tight to buy a full Denali light set with plug and play loom and data dim. I’ve had cheap sets of led aux lights on other bikes for years with no problems (under £20 a pair type).
What I’m thinking is to have a set of spots permanently wired in via the aux connector at the front, then to have a seperate set of floods that come on when high beam is used.
I know the spots will be fine to wire in via the aux connector. But is wiring in the floods on the same circuit and connector asking too much? I know I will have to splice into the high beam wire seperatly. And I’m not worried about using a fog switch as I want the spots permanently on.
the spots will be a pair of 10w LEDs. And the floods will be a pair of 18w LEDs. Other than charging my phone whilst riding via the standard socket on the bike I don’t need to run anything else now or in the future.
the bike is a 2018 adventure sports.
 
#2 ·
I would suggest running a relay no matter what route you go. For low cost lights that worked great on a Vstrom I had, the ADV monster worked well for me and were quite affordable. Made for ADV bikes but don't know how much post would be to the UK. They got their start with custom spec'd, affordable lights for ADV bikes.