Dedicated Motorcycle Light

[zenlunatic]

I want to give the gift of light to a motorcycle-riding family member. He has one of those bikes with lots of compartments. It's a HD. I would like to get him a dedicate light for the bike, considering it isn't uncommon for him to ride a ten hours a week in the summer, sometimes ten hour single trips a couple times a summer. I'd like to keep the price under $50, not including a case/battery holder.

 

[Lee1959]

Re: Dedicated Motorcycle Bike

Buy him a decent LED headlamp. It will be one of the most useful things you could get, especially if he has a breakdown after dark and needs his hands to work on the bike. This is coming from a bike rider myself I keep Brinkman headlamp on my bike always.

 

[zenlunatic]

Good idea. I've been wanting a Zebra myself, so maybe I'll get him one and then evaluate whether I want one or not

 

[Thujone]

I personally keep a P2D with lith primary in the seat on my ninja. If needed the strobe and or SOS could save my life. I always have two other lights on my so I would just be using the P2D as backup and to alert traffic to my presence...

 

[VegasF6]

I want to give the gift of light to a motorcycle-riding family member. He has one of those bikes with lots of compartments. It's a HD. I would like to get him a dedicate light for the bike, considering it isn't uncommon for him to ride a ten hours a week in the summer, sometimes ten hour single trips a couple times a summer. I'd like to keep the price under $50, not including a case/battery holder.

Oh it is very hard to resist some friendly Harley bashing here.... But I will.

A Surefire G2 in black with an LED drop in would be very nice. I really like carrying my Maxfire plastic light in my bike, I feel better about it rattling around in there. There have been some posts about a very good price at Gander Mountain, especially on the camo model.

 

[Turbo DV8]

Oh it is very hard to resist some friendly Harley bashing here.... But I will.

If this light is just for use if his Harley Davidson ever breaks down , I would recommend an Inova 24/7 headlamp. It is very small, and can run many, many hours, which is just what he'll need! Seriously, it also has one of the best attention-getting strobe modes of any light I've seen: three-color (red/yellow/white) hyper spastic strobe mode. Also has red LED's for when he breaks down at night and needs to preserve his night vision. Also comes in at about $40.

Just a hypothetical question: If Harley built an airplane... would you fly in it?

Seriously, all good-humored ribbing aside, Harley Davidson makes great bikes. I read that 98% of all old Harleys are still on the road today...


... the other 2% actually made it back home.

 

[Solis107]

lawst caws makes great helmet lights for like 40 bucks.

 

[e-ville]

believe it or not the harleys made after 1995 are pretty reliable..

i actually park my bike next to my dads without fear of his oil draining onto my tires! haha!

 

[GregWormald]

Either a headlamp as suggested, or something like an Inova X5 and a headband.
The X5 gives a nice flood, runs for ages, and isn't too bright for close work.
It is also tough as nails and will probably outlast the Harley.

Greg
Inova user
Moto Guzzi rider

 

[Solis107]

i read hardley bought bimota or the mv agusta co. dont remember which one.


THREADJACKING FTMFW!!!!!

 

[Toaster]

Zebralight H30. So useful and versatile. I keep one in my bike for general use and maintenance.

 

[Christoph]

+1 for the H30
I carried a 6P since 1991 and the same batteries were in it the whole time.(10 years) Because I did not breakdown during the bikes first 113K miles, hows that for the reliability of my 89 Flhtc ribbin's ok however the pavement tells the real story.BOT any solid light with Li batteries will be good the smaller the better unless you have saddlebags.
Chris

 

[QualityAir]

Harley Davidson= 100 years of turning gasoline into noise, without all that unnecessary horsepower stuff.

Do you know why Harley riders chrome everything on their bikes..... so they can find the parts easier in the grass on the side of the road after they vibrated off.

 

[VegasF6]

+1 for the H30
I carried a 6P since 1991 and the same batteries were in it the whole time.(10 years) Because I did not breakdown during the bikes first 113K miles, hows that for the reliability of my 89 Flhtc ribbin's ok however the pavement tells the real story.BOT any solid light with Li batteries will be good the smaller the better unless you have saddlebags.
Chris

Hi Chris, I am Chris too I am glad to see someone putting some miles on there bike. I have been riding for 18 years, but I must admit the older I get, I am becoming a "fair weather rider." And I used to think windshields were for cars, hah. Shows I have gotten soft.

(OP, sorry for stepping on your thread here

One more suggestion, If you do wind up with a hand held light there are a couple of members in the market place who make some really nice paracord lanyards with skulls. To me that says HD all over it

 

[Turbo DV8]

I did not breakdown during the bikes first 113K miles, hows that for the reliability of my 89 Flhtc ribbin's ok however the pavement tells the real story.

113K on a non-Evo engine is truly amazing! As with any engine, the key to longevity starts with religious maintenance. I have 174K trouble-free miles on a 1980 Honda CX500, which I have taken all over Canda and the US a few times. The longest trip was 3 months/18,500 miles. Old-timers I met along the way, who "use to" ride Harleys, simply could not believe I was on the road for so long, because they recalled the "good ol' days" when they had to rebuild, replace or retighten things on a regular basis. One guy asked how far I had travelled on my trip. After I told him 15,000 miles, he said that was about the mileage at which he had to rebuild the engine on his Harley!

Oh, sorry. To keep the thread on topic, did I already suggest an Inova 24/7 headlamp?