RE: Auxilary Lights. DM, D2 or Trioptic. Denali Cansmart or Hex Ezcan? - 2

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #14

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Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #13

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I believe flashing brake lights are not legal in the Uk
(according to my local mot station)
Alan

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I think the regs might need to change as I have seen a few cars on motorways with modulating brake lights where the driver approaches a tailback too quickly.

MOT regs are quite clear in saying the light source should be constant https://www.mot-testing.service.gov.uk/d...tml#section_4.3 but maybe out of kilter with CE regulations. I guess some time before these vehicles are 3 years old there will be an update of the MOT manual.

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wasn't the feature only available after the 2017 refresh?


Not sure, it's all in the individuals interpretation. I don't think the tester will have an issue though a picky traffic cop might see it differently.
Alan

Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #13

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I believe flashing brake lights are not legal in the Uk
(according to my local mot station)
Alan

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Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #15

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Zitat von Bonzo im Beitrag #12

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Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #10

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the DENALI D4's is the correct answer. I have a pair on my RS and they light up both sides of the road and verges and about over 200 metres down the road on full beam.

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Do you have any pics of the D4's on an (your) RS Phil?

Don't want to sound like a tart, but I cant imagine a rectangular aux light being as aesthetically pleasing as a round one (on the RS). I imagine them more for an adventure bike.

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Hi Bonzo,

Here you go:

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Doesn't look bad (despite not being Lupin)

Zitat von Bonzo im Beitrag #21

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Doesn't look bad (despite not being Lupin)

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I have the Denali D2 trioptic and cl darlas. I use then differently for everyday riding. The CLs are forked mounted and low beam at 70% and 100% high beam. D2'S are mounted near the engine at 40%. I can easily increase power or brightness with the NBB Aurora mobile app.

A buddy of mine has the D4's on his RS and it's overpowering at night. I believe the max out at almost 9000 lumens which is illegal for road use in all 50 states. I would keep this things under 50% on the right and 30% left in my opinion. For each his own though.

Yes, on dipped beam headlight I run the D4's at 10% to prevent upsetting other road users

Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #24

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Yes, on dipped beam headlight I run the D4's at 10% to prevent upsetting other road users

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Hi Jason,

I'm the OP of this and its no hijack as far as I'm concerned mate.

I'm sure Fugly will be along shortly to confirm/deny some of your questions, but the way I'm reading it is that you do have the OE light Bars that would certainly need the rather pricey Denali adapter as per your link, for the D4's.

I feel the questions raised here are valid to the thread but am happy for a moderator to tell me to bog off 😊
In order to run any of the Denali lights at 10% you will need the CANSmart, The volocan controller only dips to 50% which is ok for the single CREE lights but things like the S4 / D4 and D7 that is Not enough.
The Denali DataDim module dips to 40% so again not enough with these powerful lights, it will of course work but you will be blinding oncoming traffic.
This is the beauty of the CANSmart it has separate daylight and dark settings so in daylight when the bike is on the DRL you can run them at 50% which doesn’t upset other road users and is still pretty bright and therefore you are visible. When the DRL switches over to the dipped headlight you can set them to 10% so they are not too bright but give out enough to support the dipped headlight in terms of lighting the road and as such still add to your visibility to other road users. Then on any horn / flash to pass or main beam you are at 100% which is an incredible amount of light.

The CANSmart currently turns all auxiliary lights off when you indicate, I have spoken to their tech guys about a firmware upgrade to only turn off the side that the indicator is operating leaving the other light on still. The issue is that the lights are fed from one harness so any instructions from the controller to the lights is sent to both lights. There is a firmware upgrade to the Volocan unit where it does exactly this but the Volocan unit isn’t suitable for these super lights.

As for mounting, you can use the BMW light bars if you don’t have the Avant Guard, if you do MaMo bars are your friend. You will need an adapter shoe to fit the D4’s to the MaMo/BMW light bars. The Denali adapter you linked to is discontinued but I had some made up and get some more of these made as I sold the first batch but they will be available in a week or two.
Yes, the dimensions you state for the Aux light mounts you have sound about the same but as the Denali lights use a single M8 Stainless mounting bolt you will still need the adapters.

Zitat von Bonzo im Beitrag #26

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Hi Jason,

I'm the OP of this and its no hijack as far as I'm concerned mate.

I'm sure Fugly will be along shortly to confirm/deny some of your questions, but the way I'm reading it is that you do have the OE light Bars that would certainly need the rather pricey Denali adapter as per your link, for the D4's.

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Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #27

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In order to run any of the Denali lights at 10% you will need the CANSmart,

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No problem.
The CANSMart is pretty self evident but it needs a +/- battery connection and then has a connection that plugs into the TPMS after removing the BMW plug which plugs into the mating half on the CANSmart.
Really simple as is the web interface for setting it up.