Garmin lights on the V

[super slim]

Aluminium flat bar frame shaped like a paddle. Used four plastic headrest clamps supplied by cruzbike. So far nil issue.

I just bent the aluminium bar to suit the pocket shape of brain bag and then attached the “handle” of the paddle to cruzbike clamps directly. No cross member in middle.

Bag sits out with rear edge of headrest but side bike bags take up that space.

In the pic you can see the bottom left clamp onto the handle of paddle.

Note the plane I chose of the bar. Saved pop riveting and brain bag pocket not stressed. Around 4000 klm with bag. Always has around a kg of weight. But have loaded up for few audax rides about 3.5 kg no issue.

If NO PHOTO then it did not happen!!!
+ it's hard to understand NSW slang!!

 

[jond]

Slim can’t you see the brain bag.

 

[super slim]

I can see the brain bag but NOT the mounting system!!
Is it like this?


OR This

 

[jond]

Like this.

 

[jond]

Inspired by john tolhurst and Eric.

 

[jond]

My Designshine rear taillight is 800 lumens, with a 10 deg spot , and a 40 deg horiz by 10 deg vert wide beam + 90 side lighting!!
I only use 800 watts strobe flashing on CLEAR bright days, which in Sth. Aust., is most of the time, unlike Newcastle with its coal dust OR bush fires!!
I adjust it down to 500 W, 400 w, 250w, or 100 w in one of the 5 flash modes on the few duller days, OR 100 W at night!

Can you do all that with yours???

Well slim mine are still being manufactured so design shine that away. Lol.

Also the lezyne is much lighter no pun oh ok intended. .......

. And far more versatile in its fitting.

Port Stephens is a jewel. Why just now I waved to the dolphins whom for my trouble added blue swimmer crabs to my pots and threw me a flattie for tea.

Ahhh paradise. With water temperate climate and no south Australian free settlers whining.

 

[super slim]

Well slim mine are still being manufactured so design shine that away. Lol.

Also the lezyne is much lighter no pun oh ok intended. .......

. And far more versatile in its fitting.

Port Stephens is a jewel. Why just now I waved to the dolphins whom for my trouble added blue swimmer crabs to my pots and threw me a flattie for tea.

Ahhh paradise. With water temperate climate and no south Australian free settlers whining.

And I had to wait FOUR years to buy mine, with the help of Ratz for the front light!
But it was worth it!!

The DS-1300 (1400 lumens) headlight is 122 gms + battery!!! so lighter than 345 gms for a Lezyne Decal 1500 i!!!
The mounting system is restricted, but the front uses a cheap light helmet base and the rear uses the headrest tube system!

 

[cpml123]

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Hi @jond,
Could you please tell me more how the metal bracket supports the Bacchetta bag? Does it go inside the bag or around it? Do you drill holes into the headrest bars and bolt the bracket there ? Thank you.

 

[jond]

Hi @jond,
Could you please tell me more how the metal bracket supports the Bacchetta bag? Does it go inside the bag or around it? Do you drill holes into the headrest bars and bolt the bracket there ? Thank you.

See post 19.

The brain bag has a pocket. It slips over the paddle shaped frame. I used plastic clamps supplied originally with both my bikes to secure aluminium frame to headrest.

I would not ever drill holes through headrest bars.

 

[cpml123]

Used four plastic headrest clamps supplied by cruzbike

I guess I didn't get those plastic headrest clamps on my S40. What do they look like?

 

[ccf]

I mount my garmin radar (which is the previous generation, but I believe it is the same mounting) using a garmin on-the-handlebars GPS mount on my inverted headrest tubes (I mount my headrest tubes upside down).

For my front light (fly12ce, which isn't quite the same, but close enough as I unscrewed the garmin mount to screw in the fly12ce mount on the out-in-front part), I mount a origin8 nub with a k-edge type out-in-front mount. This is just as you'd think.

I *also* mount my LiMo SECA 1700 further under. For this I use the following:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GJFS2PE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I mount this using the thru-hole for the (I assume) shifter cable which noone uses now that we have the pulley for the shifter cable.
The LiMo SECA is then 'under' the bottom bracket, pointing forward (and not shining on my feet or in my eyes at all!)

This is on Silvio S30v2.

Can you post a photo of how that looks? I need a light that is bright enough to go 34 mph safely at night, that will last at least 2 hours, and that doesn't require an external battery. I'm currently using a 1000 lumen L&M mounted underneath on the V20, and I like this position best because I don't get any light reflecting back off my feet.

 

[ccf]

Correction, 39 mph (63 kph). So I figure I need the lumens of a motorcycle high-beam (1200 lumens).