These LED lights are sold on Amazon as "Taben Motorcycle Fog Light" and I ordered them to blend in to the chrome finish on the engine and crash bars where I wanted them installed. They're not really fog lights although that's how they are described but they do offer great lighting.
Adding extra lighting (fog lights) to your GL1100
Adding extra lighting (fog lights) to your GL1100
I decided to add extra lighting to my '82 GL1100 to see better at night and have a better chance of being seen.
These LED lights are sold on Amazon as "Taben Motorcycle Fog Light" and I ordered them to blend in to the chrome finish on the engine and crash bars where I wanted them installed. They're not really fog lights although that's how they are described but they do offer great lighting.
They come with a switch which can easily be mounted on the handlebars and have three modes when you toggle them off and back on again - High, Low and strobe.
To attach them, I used a pair of mountain bike stem risers in a brushed aluminum finish and added a short length of stainless steel bar. the diameter of the tubing on the crash bar of my '82 GL1100 is about 1/8" smaller than is needed so I had to shim with a piece of rubber wrapped in aluminum tape to to fit tightly. Using this attachment setup, I'm able to adjust the two lights perfectly and exactly on the X and Y axis.
I wired them to the accessory terminals at the fuse box with an inline fuse holder and a 5A fuse for added safety.
Now I can ride down the darkest of roads at night and see VERY Clearly. I made sure to aim them low enough not to blind oncoming traffic. I feel that I'm quite a bit more visible to traffic at all times.
These LED lights are sold on Amazon as "Taben Motorcycle Fog Light" and I ordered them to blend in to the chrome finish on the engine and crash bars where I wanted them installed. They're not really fog lights although that's how they are described but they do offer great lighting.
They come with a switch which can easily be mounted on the handlebars and have three modes when you toggle them off and back on again - High, Low and strobe.
To attach them, I used a pair of mountain bike stem risers in a brushed aluminum finish and added a short length of stainless steel bar. the diameter of the tubing on the crash bar of my '82 GL1100 is about 1/8" smaller than is needed so I had to shim with a piece of rubber wrapped in aluminum tape to to fit tightly. Using this attachment setup, I'm able to adjust the two lights perfectly and exactly on the X and Y axis.
I wired them to the accessory terminals at the fuse box with an inline fuse holder and a 5A fuse for added safety.
Now I can ride down the darkest of roads at night and see VERY Clearly. I made sure to aim them low enough not to blind oncoming traffic. I feel that I'm quite a bit more visible to traffic at all times.
...and the meek shall inherit the earth...