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Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:55 pm
by fleuger99
I've been looking at getting some additional lighting for the R1200R. I wanted something that would provide me with better visibility at all times and then extra lighting at night as the town I live in since the recession only has street lighting at intersections.

I looked at SKENE's photon Blaster but they only provide visibility. Then someone on another forum pointed me to these. They are a made specifically for the R1200R. They use the fuel tank mounting screws for mounting them and are shaped perfectly to compliment the bike. They come with a switch and all connecters etc. They were 103 Euros plus 53 Euros for shipping to MA from Germany. It was $203 which is not bad at all.

Here is a link to the product with some pics. http://www.mv-motorrad.de/cgi-bin/cosmo ... 8425-13924

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:11 pm
by abambach
did you get the light or are you ordering them? how are they? thanks

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:32 pm
by SF_Hooligan
Hmm. I'd like to see what they look like in better photos once you get 'em. I've been planning on doing some crashbar-mounted Clearwaters at some point. I ride with a dude who has those on his GS and they're crazy bright. Also, with the amber lenses on, it's almost impossible not to see the bike. About three times as much as these, though.

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:10 am
by fleuger99
abambach wrote:did you get the light or are you ordering them? how are they? thanks
I just ordered them last night. I'll take some pics once I receive them and post them on here.

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:49 pm
by fleuger99
My Fog lights made for the R1200R arrived today from Germany. I snapped a few pics. They look really good and seem solid. The mounting instructions seem pretty straight forward as well and for a total of around $230 they also seem a good deal.

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Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:57 pm
by abambach
please keep up updated once you install them. thanks

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 7:22 pm
by nylife
looks very nice quality, yes please post pics after install with comments about install

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 8:19 pm
by dbrick
Here's the manufacturer's page, with some installed pics:
http://www.motobozzo.de/xtcatalog/produ ... lamps.html

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:06 pm
by ammolab
Are they "FOG" lights (SHORT wide beam) or "Driving" lights (narrow LONG beam)

They can't be both...even though one site lists them as FOG/Driving lights!

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:40 pm
by fleuger99
ammolab wrote:Are they "FOG" lights (SHORT wide beam) or "Driving" lights (narrow LONG beam)

They can't be both...even though one site lists them as FOG/Driving lights!
They are fog lights. Primarily I wanted them to increase my visibility on the road day and night and secondarily as a extra set of lights for night riding.

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:11 pm
by Anyname
I really like those mounts. I have seen lots of fork mounts but I have always been leery of adding additional weigh to the forks.

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:26 pm
by abambach
fleuger99, Any updates on the install? pictures? thanks

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:34 pm
by fleuger99
abambach wrote:fleuger99, Any updates on the install? pictures? thanks
Unfortunately not as I don't take delivery of my bike until early April :D

I ordered a 2012 R1200R and the bike was scheduled to be built this week. It takes 5 weeks or so to make it to my dealer. I don't plan on taking delivery until first weekend in April due to the winter weather here. I've attempted to kill time waiting by ordering lots of farkles. :)

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:46 pm
by abambach
you must be my cousin, i tend to do the same. cheers mate

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:39 pm
by fleuger99
abambach wrote:you must be my cousin, i tend to do the same. cheers mate
Its always good to discover family in other places :D

I don't feel bad today having no bike as we're in the middle of a snow storm that is going to dump 7" or 8" of snow. Even if I had the bike I'd not be able to ride it.

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:27 pm
by M249Joe
I liked the looks as well as the mounting system of the Motobozzo lights. The price for the kit is cheap in my opinion. I couldn't make the brackets for what the kit costs...

I decided to use LED H3's instead of the standard 55w bulbs the kit came with. I still have to wrap the wires and zip tie them. I'm going to order yellow LED's and see how that looks. (This thread got me thinking viewtopic.php?f=20&t=24491)

I ran the wires into the headlight and paralleled the circuit with the bikes low beam. The LED's do not cause a conflict with the CANBUS system. Since I used the LED's I didn't use the relay/switching system the kit came with.


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Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 7:48 pm
by Widetrack
M24joe, do you have additional info on the led bulbs?
Thanks

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:25 pm
by M249Joe
Widetrack wrote:M24joe, do you have additional info on the led bulbs?
Thanks

Cheap, I'll see how long they last... Did buy a few extra...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150685295863?ss ... 1497.l2649

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:05 am
by SteelD
I'm trying to see if these will fit the R1200R - http://www.nippynormans.com/products/le ... llp-pac502

Re: Visibility/Additional Lighting

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:08 pm
by nylife
SteelD wrote:I'm trying to see if these will fit the R1200R - http://www.nippynormans.com/products/le ... llp-pac502
Those look nice