RE: Auxilary Lights. DM, D2 or Trioptic. Denali Cansmart or Hex Ezcan? - 3

Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #27

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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.

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Zitat von MilesAway im Beitrag #31

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Do you know if it is possible to recreate this combination of settings in North America given we don’t have the DRL button? I like your concept of brighter in daylight but less so at night (except on high beam). Thanks!

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Yes, I believe Paul B is correct.

On the Web app you can set daytime and night brightness for dip and main beam for each condition

Zitat von Paul B im Beitrag #32

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Zitat von MilesAway im Beitrag #31

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Do you know if it is possible to recreate this combination of settings in North America given we don’t have the DRL button? I like your concept of brighter in daylight but less so at night (except on high beam). Thanks!

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I'm no expert, but I believe it will work exactly the same in the US/Canada as your models still have the "daylight sensors" that switches the LCD display between day/night mode.

The CanBus controllers use *that* data to control the auxiliary light brightness (as per however you program it).

Cheers

Paul B.

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Another question - fork/fender mount vs. MaMo bar? Which and why? Thanks guys!

Zitat von MilesAway im Beitrag #35

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Another question - fork/fender mount vs. MaMo bar? Which and why? Thanks guys!

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Denali do some nice flush fit mounts that you can fit on the front vertical face of the mudguard but would mean some holes : https://moto-mate.com/shop/lights-and-ac...h-mounting-kit/

I have fitted fork mounted lights but personally i don't like them or adding weight to the steered forks

I also am not keen on the lights being down by the cylinder heads and took my MaMo bars off but just bought another set and am going back to this setup with D4's as they are amazing lights

Denali do some nice flush fit mounts that you can fit on the front vertical face of the mudguard but would mean some holes : https://moto-mate.com/shop/lights-and-ac...h-mounting-kit/

I have fitted fork mounted lights but personally i don't like them or adding weight to the steered forks

I also am not keen on the lights being down by the cylinder heads and took my MaMo bars off and sold them but just bought another set and am going back to this setup with D4's as they are such amazing lights

Thanks guys. Will go with MaMo & post pictures when it's all set up!

Zitat von Fugly im Beitrag #27

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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.

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Hi Tamas,

Many thanks for this, it was a pleasure to deliver you all your electrical desires for your RS, including the heated seat (got me thinking now).
You are right, the Denali kit is not cheap but it is bloody good, unlike me who is just cheap

I was surprised to find that someone has a dirtier bike than Bravo But it clearly works every day and in the spring when you wash all the ACF50 off it will shine like new again.

I hope you remember to wipe the camera lenses and D4's clean so you can capture the joys of your commute and raise your awareness to those idiots who can't see a 250Kg motorcycle with really bright lights coming at them with a blaring Soundbomb and strobing D4's .

Ride safe

+ 1 heated seat.
Don't know why its not available from BMW

Cleaning has never been my forte, so when I was told not to wash the bike vigorously after the ACF50 treatment I knew I won’t have any problems 😂.
The heated seat is lush as my Welsh friends would say!
Highly recommended, it’s a luxury I didn’t appreciate is a necessity, until now. The rest of the stuff is just great. I keep the lenses clean 🧼. So far, the earliest I managed to leave the ICU was 19:30 (Officially we handover at 17:00) and somehow in the mornings I was always called in with a great sense of urgency, so didn’t have time to snap some photos. Winter must be around the corner... ride safe and get your flu jabs!

Has anyone hooked up Weiser LEDs to a Hexcan and can help point me to which wires go where? I have the two control wires for the brake lights, but the Hex has a three wire connector that looks like two hot and one ground. Should Weiser's control wires go to the a single hot wire? Both? Thanks in advance for any help.

Hi Immersion Suit,

As indicated in your other thread, the Weiser lights do NOT need an EZCan, they offer the EZCAn functionality without the EZCan.
Just follow the instructions without trying to add them to the EZCan and you'll be fine.