Dual light instaled

[dgo99gs500e]

Finaly got all the problems worked out on the bike and got in on the road last night man it feels good to be riding again

The changes due to wreck

Changed handle bars
Mirrors

Changed just because

Dual lights

Still need to do some work with the wires to make that look better but i like the overall look for sure

[joshr08]

looks good but can i suggest heat shrink butt connectors or heat shrink tubing over your wires.....will save headaches down the road when your wires deside to oxidize and brake off.  i know you already wired everythig but goin back through now and doing them will save time down the road since you dont have it all buttoned up yet.

[dgo99gs500e]

Ya i heat shrink some of the new wires but have not had the chance to do the ones that were in side of the old headlight bucket

[tripleb]

what lights did you use and how did you wire them?  cost?

[TonyKZ1]

Looks good, how's the light output compared to stock? I assume low beam is one and then hi-beam is both headlights on?

[dgo99gs500e]

They are just some Napa off road driving lights and they cost about 45 bucks and the diode was about 2 bucks made a bracket out of some 10 ga. just to tie the stock brackets together. i wired them like the diagram shoes for the angle eyes i just used a bigger diode have not had a chance to ride with them at night yet but the seem pretty bright well see next week when i start ridding back and forth to work every day

[wladziu]

Interesting...
I have the same question about high and low beam. 


Gives me an idea about dual lights with different patterns/wattage.  Sure I'm not the first... 

Looks nice!  Better than angel-eyes. 

[Danny500]

Looks pretty good, good job!

[ATLRIDER]

I used a similar setup except I have the Hella Angel Eyes and used two separate relays, one for each light in order to get max output.  Tried the diode trick first but output was kind of low.  To use the relays hook up the LO relay to the unused accessory connectors in the original headlight casing so the LO always comes on with key ON.  Wire the other relay to be activated with the HI switch. 

Added:  Forgot to mention, I believe using the diode creates a .5 voltage drop.  Makes a big difference in output.

[dgo99gs500e]

You can kind of tell in the pic with the 2 lights on one is just a little bit lower output than the other one but how much of difference when you are going down the road i am not sure if it is noticeable or not still have not got a chance to ride at night yet i snowed this last weekend and it is kind of cold at 6:00 in the morning will let you guys know how they ride at night.

[birdman]

Watch out for battery drain when running both lights.  There is little extra capacity in the charging system.

Also, watch out for wires being pinched when you are on the steering stops.  Without something to contain them you are at risk.

[fred]

Watch out for battery drain when running both lights.  There is little extra capacity in the charging system.

Also, watch out for wires being pinched when you are on the steering stops.  Without something to contain them you are at risk.

Hmm, I wonder if that is why someone cut the steering stop off my bike... When I got it it had a pretty similar dual headlight setup...

[jeremy_nash]

when I dod the dual light setup on my bike, I wired the low beam to the ignition, and the bright to the bright from the old light wiring.  both for high, one for low.  I also relocated all the wiring from the headlight to underneath the tank.  I only had to extend the wires for the headlight and turn signals. 

[ATLRIDER]

Fred,

Bike may have been in an accident.  I just picked up a 98' and the front steering stop is missing too.  Forks were bent as the rider went over the bars.

[5thAve]

They are just some Napa off road driving lights and they cost about 45 bucks and the diode was about 2 bucks made a bracket out of some 10 ga. just to tie the stock brackets together. i wired them like the diagram shoes for the angle eyes i just used a bigger diode have not had a chance to ride with them at night yet but the seem pretty bright well see next week when i start ridding back and forth to work every day

What diagram is this that you speak of?  What does the diode do (why is it needed)?
Thanks

[jeremy_nash]

the diode is needed in that configuration to keep both lights from running all the time.  the way I did it, it wasn't needed.  I posted in this one with how I did it

[ATLRIDER]

Just my opinion here, and not meant to offend or bash, but the diode is a "waste of time".  There I said it.  Had to let it out.

Tried it and found it to more trouble than it's worth. The better way I found through research and asking questions was to use  two simple relays. Advantage to you is that it's easier and full power is supplied to the lights through a thicker gauge wire connected straight to the battery.  100% power output to the lights.  No voltage drops going through headlight switches or diodes.  My lights are very bright.  They were yellow with the diode because of voltage drop.

All the best.