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bmwterrien
11-08-2003, 06:37 PM
From what I've read, and from talking to other owners, it appears to me that the Pia 520's and 1000 or 1100 series is the prefered choice for auxilary lights for this bike. Anyone have any comments?

TIA.

Steve
Gizmo
11-08-2003, 07:00 PM
I have the PIAA 1000's and the 910's and am very happy. Light is good!
fish
11-09-2003, 12:38 AM
910's rock, but I understand they might be end-of-life.
YB in IN
11-09-2003, 01:43 AM
Hi Steve. I was the guy with the R80 out at Pemi who stayed on your bumper doing 100 up the interstate. Alas, that bike is sold now and I have the mighty K75s. Though I hate to refer you to another forum, check out advriders.com. They have all kinds of stuff about GS equipment on it.
bmwterrien
11-09-2003, 05:05 AM
Garth-

I remember. You were with the group led by Kraig and Irene to the Lobster Ride in Wells, ME on Saturday.

Hey, good luck with that K-bike. You know they ***k !

Later,
Steve
Gizmo
11-09-2003, 07:13 AM
Originally posted by Gizmo
I have the PIAA 1000's and the 910's and am very happy. Light is good!

You are correct, they have been discontinued.
richc
11-09-2003, 09:37 AM
Other lights that are discussed are Lightforce 140's/170's; Hella FF50/FF75 and FF100's. There are two forums that have a lot of info on GS light add-ons Adventure Rider (http://www.advrider.com/forums/) and UKGS (http://www.ukgser.com/forums/)

Go to both and use the "search" function and look for "lights". Do this on a weekend when you don't have any other plans - there is a lot of info there.

When I was looking for lights for my GS, Micatech (http://micatech.net/products.html) had some of the best prices.
snoone
11-09-2003, 09:56 AM
Hey, lets not discount moto lites. I have them on my GS and couldn't be happier. Don't know how any bike lives without them
knary
11-09-2003, 10:48 AM
The PIAAs were too pricey for little ol' me. I went with some Hellas.
http://www.conary.org/bike/post/lights/IMG_1907.JPG

I posted something about them a while back.
Here is the thread. (http://bmwmoa.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1100&highlight=ff50)
richc
11-09-2003, 01:29 PM
After spending incredible amounts of time on this subject - and exchanging some email with Scott (thanks!) - I went with the Hella's too.
knary
11-09-2003, 01:34 PM
Originally posted by richc
After spending incredible amounts of time on this subject - and exchanging some email with Scott (thanks!) - I went with the Hella's too.

:)
So how do you like them?

(and with this post he pulls ahead of diaz in the total post count...vroooommm...:burnout )
richc
11-10-2003, 11:13 AM
Scott,

I like them - but they're still in the box. I get them out about once a week and look at them - they look good. Gotta get over to Chuck@micatech in Spokane and pick up the lightbar/autoswitch he's been holding onto for me, might do it this week as I need some stuff from Costco. Depends on the weather, it's snowing heavy right now. Trying to decide if I need a harness, the lights came with a bunch of wire and what I think is a fused relay.
knary
11-10-2003, 11:21 AM
Originally posted by richc
Scott,

I like them - but they're still in the box. I get them out about once a week and look at them - they look good. Gotta get over to Chuck@micatech in Spokane and pick up the lightbar/autoswitch he's been holding onto for me, might do it this week as I need some stuff from Costco. Depends on the weather, it's snowing heavy right now. Trying to decide if I need a harness, the lights came with a bunch of wire and what I think is a fused relay.
There is more than enough wiring with the lights. The only thing that I added was a water resistant switch and a mounting bracket for that switch.