Adding Auxiliary Driving Lights To My T120

[DunMac_Chile]

Hi everyone. My name is Duncan. I just joined your forum and would like to ask for your advice.
I am in the process of adding a pair of Auxiliary Driving Lights to my Bonneville T120 from 2018. This is mostly to be seen by other drivers, but also to drive at night in secondary roads if necessary.
One option is to add some vintage looking lights (ie: Emgo 4 1/2" Spotlight, Cibie Oscar Chrome Spotlight, etc) or not so vintage looking lights (ie: Hella 500FF, Hella FF50, etc),.
My concern is that as far as I have seen these lights are all Halogen with 55 watts bulbs on each side (total 110 watts), and my question is if the standard Yuasa YTX12-BS battery and the charging circuit of my Bonneville will cope with that new extra consumption without harming the system.
In order to calculate energy consumption .... My idea would be to run my bike daily with the DRL led light on, plus the pair of auxiliary lights fully on (pointing slightly downward to avoid blinding any oncoming traffic). But in some occasions in country roads would have to have the low / high beam on (also 55watts halogen) instead of the DRL. At the back of my bike I have a Denalli B6 Auxiliary led light which acts as a second tail light but also extra brake light.
A second option would be just to add a pair of Auxiliary Led Driving Lights, but in this case the looks of the bike will not be the best, even if the lights are small. The only vintage looking led lights I have seen where expensive (ie: Hella Led spotlight Rallye 3003, Cibie Oscar Led, etc)
Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.

 

[CarlS]

I added Piaa LED driving lights to my 2020 T120. I want to be seen, too.

 

[DunMac_Chile]

I added Piaa LED driving lights to my 2020 T120. I want to be seen, too.

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Thanks Carl for your response. Do you have a photo of how it looks on the bike ? Did you install the set yourself? Any tip about the electrical connection?

 

[Cyclelife]

Yes, some pics and mounting details would be

 

[CarlS]

Thanks Carl for your response. Do you have a photo of how it looks on the bike ? Did you install the set yourself? Any tip about the electrical connection?

Yes, some pics and mounting details would be

I apologize for taking so long to reply. My riding partner had to have surgery for an intestinal blockage and was staying with her at the hospital (she is battling the big C).

The lights in these pics I bought for my truck. The lights I bought for my bike were on back order. So I installed these on my bike until the ones I ordered for my motorcycle get here. The wiring

is nearly the same; so I can just use the wires with my new set on the truck. The lights for the bike are smaller in diameter. I have seen the ones I bought for the Bonneville mounted on a BMW and they looked good.

The blue barrel on the left is a rain barrel.

I connected the lights wiring to the auxiliary USB cable that came with the bike. Using that cable, which is readily accessible under the seat, power is off when the ignition is off. I can also turn the lights on or off via a switch mounted on top of the left light.

These lights are driving lights and very bright. For the bike, I ordered white fog lights rather than driving lights for more light to the sides of the road.

 

[solomon]

There's these.
# Absurdly cheap, £1 each.
# Very bright, only most myopic tier of car driver won't see them.
# Low power led, 10W.
# Can be mounted with angle, p-clamps, etc. Or, inside a small housing such as a cheap indicator unit.
# I've never had one fail on my vibration-machine, aka classic Triumph...

I've just removed mine from clamps, now fitting inside indicator, next to indicator bulb. Invisible!