Auxiliary lighting

[northazrider]

I noticed the headlight provided on my 2023 ct125 is not very efficient. Has anyone added some lighting to your bike? I'd like to know which ones work good and where they would be mounted. Any information from someone who has already done this project would be appreciated.

 

[Ken P]

Here is a few pics of what I did. Search the forum for aux lighting. Quit a few people had some good ideas. My lights are auxbeam from amazon. The lights above the headlight are driving lights and the ones mounted to the crash bar a fog lights. Handlebar mounted on off switches. Good luck.

 

[Kritou]

This was my quick and dirty approach …
Post in thread 'Auxiliary light wiring info for dummies (like me)'
https://hondatrail125.com/index.php...ring-info-for-dummies-like-me.1364/post-24039

 

[vintagegarage]

Here is how I did it. The video is "old and slow" but it has chapters. If you get bored, skip to 26:24 to see if the results will meet your needs. If they don't then choose another option for auxiliary lighting.

 

[m in sc]

I def get it where you live, how much amperage do those PIAA lights draw? thats a hell of a result, have to admit.

 

[TrailBoss]

Here is a few pics of what I did. Search the forum for aux lighting. Quit a few people had some good ideas. My lights are auxbeam from amazon. The lights above the headlight are driving lights and the ones mounted to the crash bar a fog lights. Handlebar mounted on off switches. Good luck.

I put a set of Auxbeams (could be the same ones) on the KTM. They have the capability to switch between white, amber, white/amber, and various flashing. I really like that capability.




On the Trail I mounted lights from superbrightleds.com. Great lights for the price. Here they are mounted on the crashbar in both up and down orientation (currently down):





If I could do it over again I'd do another set of the Auxbeams on the Trail.

 

[TrailBoss]

And one other thing I've done on both these bikes is wire the lights so that they go on/off with the high beam switch. I've found that these aftermarket lights (well, most of them) are "off-road" lights in that they have no "cutoff" for the beam. So at night you are blinding any oncoming traffic, so you need to switch them off, just like you would with your high beam. So I just wired them such that I can turn the lights "off", and then flip on the high beam and they will come back on with that switch. Super easy then at night to just flip the high beam like normal rather than high beam, fog lights, then back on high beam, back on fog lights, etc.

All this takes is some minor electrical work and know-how.

 

[m in sc]

so the ones oyu have sane switch from white to amber w a switch? all i saw were ones w changeable lenses. Or am i missing something?

 

[TrailBoss]

so the ones oyu have sane switch from white to amber w a switch? all i saw were ones w changeable lenses. Or am i missing something?

Correct. There are two distinct sets of LEDs in each light. The ambers are a flood pattern, the whites are a spot beam.

Two switches: one is the on/off for the lights, the other is a momentary switch that toggles in series between white, Amber, white/Amber, flashing white, flashing amber. Hold that switch for two seconds and it always goes back to white. The lights remember their last lighting state.

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[northazrider]

Thanks for getting back to me with your solutions. I have a really good mechanic. I'll probably see what he says. I'm not that skilled at wiring. I could mount the headlight rack, maybe I'll start there.

 

[Just_Jack]

Any suggestions for adding lights to make myself more visible at night without blinding other drivers? I’ve been finding myself on the road in heavy city traffic at dusk and in the evenings a lot and it’s pretty easy for drivers to miss such a small bike with a dim headlight.

 

[dmonkey]

I think you could achieve that by turning most aux lights down or mounting them lower if you're worried about blinding oncoming drivers. You could also modify the turn signals to function as running lights. Here's a thread on that:

Front blinker running lights

I just wired up the front blinkers to act as running lights also. Kit came from opmid, the job took me 3 hours. Most of time was removing body panels ( CAREFULLY, didn't break anything). This was all to access power from the rear brake light switch, their idea. The running lights are adjustable...

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Search the web for "motorcycle triangle of light" or "Longitudinal Oriented Normative time Gap compensation" and you will find an approach of positioning 3 light sources in a triangle with space between them which research suggests is a safety improvement for being seen over many other lighting arrangements. The triangle helps to identify the vehicle as not being a car and the shape helps a viewer to gauge its relative size changing over time to have an idea of the pace at which the light source is becoming nearer or farther.

https://www.hondarandd.jp/point.php?pid=216&lang=en (Not a paywall, you can simply fill out some values here and it will let you download the technical paper as a .PDF)

 

[theazexpedition]

I noticed the headlight provided on my 2023 ct125 is not very efficient. Has anyone added some lighting to your bike? I'd like to know which ones work good and where they would be mounted. Any information from someone who has already done this project would be appreciated.

Check out my thread! Cheap and simple solution.

Fog lights

Hello! Took the chance on the $69 holla from amazon- connects to the headlight circuit. Huge improvement for visibility at night- seems to fill in lighting closer to the bike. We all know the standard headlight leaves a bit to be desired. Took an extra step and painted the brackets black for...

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