mhunt75
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Hello Everyone:
This is my first post other than first hello. I am not sure how to post here yet.
Just a quick note; I just got back from a great 6 day tour of thru the center of Idaho and wanted to give a report on P3 lights and the Rocket. Our central vacation location is Red Fish Lake in the Sawtooth MTs. The GF followed in white chase truck from Boise (about 120 miles), otherwise she was onboard. The following is the feedback that I received from her observations and others comments and reactions. Her Comment was “ I now totally feel safe that I have seen them work and just how Bright they are”. My personal observation in the rear view, I have gained at least 3 extra car lengths from average following car(s), and tail gating has not happened again.
First of all, this light set up was for Central Idaho, where Cagers are totally blind to Motorcycles and 98% of all possible encounters with them are at or above 60 MPH +. So, the goal was to be seen and I could care less what it looked like when the bike was stopped. For this I mounted several different lights to see what worked the best for this area of riding. The main lights are P3 Brake-Running-Emergency Light combo. The Front lights are also P3 “Photon Blasters” With the NEW Alert System. The turn lights in the back are a collection of anything that would blink from other project bikes. This collection is located between the fender and the saddle mounts.
The P3 lights are really easy to wire in the Rocket. I can provide some wiring photos if anyone wants them. The total wire and mounting costs were under $19.00 at Home Depot/ Lowes. This setup is about a 3 out of 10 on the hard to do meter.
The New P3 front Alert system just came out a few weeks ago. I used them for over 800 miles and can tell you that they have worked 100% of the times I used them. Please look at the front marker lights. They are also wired to do turn and Alert (see Link)….
The Alert system basically flashes the front lights when triggered by 2 quick pulls of the brake in less than 1 second. I can’t even tell you how many times I used it to wake up the stop sign, I am looking but I don’t see you crowd with them. I also used them in parking lots to freeze pedestrians in their tracks. They also woke up a few oncoming lane drifting cars and trucks. They are very visible and I am sure that most who see them, think COP or something bad. I have 4 mounted in front, but plan additional.
Anyway, I will answer any questions you might have on the set up and how to do this. Being seen in plain daylight is real safety issue and challenge. These are some unedited, raw, Movies/pictures, taken at 11:00am. Please excuse the 800 + miles of road grime, it was our last day of the trip. Actually, I just wanted to see if there is any interest out there on this subject. Thanks and good riding everyone!!!
This is Pic of front view:
This is front lights ON..
This is MOV of lights in action:
This is rear PIc:
This is rear in MOV:
Leaving RED FISH!!!!
This is my first post other than first hello. I am not sure how to post here yet.
Just a quick note; I just got back from a great 6 day tour of thru the center of Idaho and wanted to give a report on P3 lights and the Rocket. Our central vacation location is Red Fish Lake in the Sawtooth MTs. The GF followed in white chase truck from Boise (about 120 miles), otherwise she was onboard. The following is the feedback that I received from her observations and others comments and reactions. Her Comment was “ I now totally feel safe that I have seen them work and just how Bright they are”. My personal observation in the rear view, I have gained at least 3 extra car lengths from average following car(s), and tail gating has not happened again.
First of all, this light set up was for Central Idaho, where Cagers are totally blind to Motorcycles and 98% of all possible encounters with them are at or above 60 MPH +. So, the goal was to be seen and I could care less what it looked like when the bike was stopped. For this I mounted several different lights to see what worked the best for this area of riding. The main lights are P3 Brake-Running-Emergency Light combo. The Front lights are also P3 “Photon Blasters” With the NEW Alert System. The turn lights in the back are a collection of anything that would blink from other project bikes. This collection is located between the fender and the saddle mounts.
The P3 lights are really easy to wire in the Rocket. I can provide some wiring photos if anyone wants them. The total wire and mounting costs were under $19.00 at Home Depot/ Lowes. This setup is about a 3 out of 10 on the hard to do meter.
The New P3 front Alert system just came out a few weeks ago. I used them for over 800 miles and can tell you that they have worked 100% of the times I used them. Please look at the front marker lights. They are also wired to do turn and Alert (see Link)….
The Alert system basically flashes the front lights when triggered by 2 quick pulls of the brake in less than 1 second. I can’t even tell you how many times I used it to wake up the stop sign, I am looking but I don’t see you crowd with them. I also used them in parking lots to freeze pedestrians in their tracks. They also woke up a few oncoming lane drifting cars and trucks. They are very visible and I am sure that most who see them, think COP or something bad. I have 4 mounted in front, but plan additional.
Anyway, I will answer any questions you might have on the set up and how to do this. Being seen in plain daylight is real safety issue and challenge. These are some unedited, raw, Movies/pictures, taken at 11:00am. Please excuse the 800 + miles of road grime, it was our last day of the trip. Actually, I just wanted to see if there is any interest out there on this subject. Thanks and good riding everyone!!!
This is Pic of front view:
This is front lights ON..
This is MOV of lights in action:
This is rear PIc:
This is rear in MOV:
Leaving RED FISH!!!!