When I was looking for extra lights up front I went for something a little different than the standard passing lamps, and probably a fair amount cheaper too. I got a set of Kuryakyn bullet shaped driving lights and P clamps from JP cycles for about $140 total and mounted them on the crash bars. For the switch I found a really nice 3 position switch at the local Yamaha dealer for about $50 that mounts on top of the brake side master cylinder so it looks like it's straight from the factory. I run my LED lights on the back off the same switch.
The driving lamps light up the road at night like an airport runway for sure. I had a guy in an SUV pull up next to me at a stop light the other night complaining that my lights were blinding him. Oh well, guess he saw me didn't he! Another great thing about them is instead of having 3 lights all in line in front and close together, you basically have a triangle of light, with the passing lamps about 4 feet apart at the bottom. Maybe I'm lucky, but in the year I've had them on, I can't remember anyone pulling out in front of me, and that's with over twenty thousand miles ridden this year. They're really bright during the day too.
They are also really tough, the left one survived me dropping the bike right on it, (with the wife on the back) on the Blue Ridge Parkway this past summer. :240:All that happened was the P clamp moved on the crash bar a little bit, and it went right back into place. I was a lot more shaken up than the lights were. No damage to us or the bike Thank God!
Installation was real simple, I just wired it directly to the battery with an inline fuse, I didn't even have to take the tank off.
Anyway, if you want some great lights for a little less money and don't want to look the same as everybody else, you can't beat those Kuryakyn Driving Lights on the crash bars.
If anybody's interested I'm might be able to take some pictures and post them.
