Just to steer this excellent thread in a slightly different direction, I opted to install something other than Denalis.
I went with the
Cylcops Optimus round light. Why, you ask? Because I wanted to do two things:
- I wanted day and night time conspicuity
- For night use, I wanted both a light to illuminate the area way down the road and off to the side so I could see Bambi.
The Cyclops light is available as a "combo" set, with one light a 10 degree spot and the other a 20 degree "wide angle". The spot was mounted on the left, and aimed fairly high so that I can light up the road far ahead. The wide is mounted to the right and aimed slightly to the right and illuminates the area closer to me. The lights operate at full power when I switch my headlights to high beam. That pretty much covers my night needs. I seldom ride at night, and try to avoid it, but sometimes, things happen.
Both lights are reduced to 30% power when I switch to low beam. This gives me better conspicuity both in the daytime and at night.
The Cyclops units are physically larger than the Denalis. They would not fit on the tip over wings, and I did not want to mount them on the fender. ( I put a set of Skene Photon Blasters there - thanx, Katherine.) That left only one option - next to the mirrors.
As usual, since I am unable to do anything more mechanical than flip a light switch, the work was done by Big Phil. (He's a GS rider, but he's on this forum.) He fashioned a steel mount that goes on the mirror mounts. Its a matter of taste having those big lights sitting up there, but I like it.
The only experience I have with the system is riding home from Phil's last night. Switching to high beams lights up the world. I won't have a complete report until I've ridden the bike on a long trip at night. I'll be happy to post pix of the lights with the mount if anybody wants them, but I'll skip the night-time shots of beam coverage.