Headlight Options?

[68riviera430]

Hey guys, doing a boardtrack bike and would like to put a fat headlight on the front?
What do most use? Motorcycle lights etc.? And how are they powered? The less wires the better I think.

 

[FunkyStickman]

You could use an old headlight, or an aftermarket chrome spotlight. You'll probably want to put a lower wattage bulb in it... you don't want to carry around a battery big enough to run a 55W bulb!

A good idea would be to put a cheap new LED bulb in an older housing, and run it from either a dynamo or some small batteries. If you want to minimize wiring, you can use the bike's frame as the light's ground wire.

 

[twistedmentality]

i was also looking into lights and had now idea what people were using. i shall keep an eye on this thread.

 

[Anonymous]

Posted this a while ago somewhere..

the new maglite flashlights are super bright because they use a LED not not the crappy 1.99 harbor fright flashlight LED's
but a new technology of led that fits in the socket of the 2,3 and 4 D flashlight. the replacement bulbs are the same size as the old conventional bulbs.

it is not cheap for the replacement bulb but you will have a light that uses 3 volts,
emits 140 lumens of super white light and is not power hungry because it's LED

http://www.led-replacement.com/tle-6exb.html (bulb)

http://www.flashlightreviews.com/review ... ag-led.htm (specs, led vs conventional)

EDIT FOR

this is in full sunlight and you can see how bright these bulbs are

AND
when i took my flashlight to mammoth cave the guides both said they were going to get one because
it was a lot like natural light and they had seen things with mine they haven't ever before with their high dollar government flashlights :mrgreen: