Hey guys,
Just wanted to say about general awareness of the OEM LED auxiliary lights the R1200GS water cooled comes with (which I think they are the same shit for the F800)
Yesterday I got installed my auxiliary lights, I was really happy. I used to have these on my F800 EXPLORADORA LED MASTECH (which are LED as well (900lumen)) and they costed me ~400usd.
Of course by buying the OEM auxiliary lights from BMW (which are around ~800USD) I was expecting something waaay better. I did my research on searching how many lumens these auxiliary LED headlights had.. and to my surprise no info is published on this, so then I searched more and found that they consume around 14Watt, (the ones in the F800 consume 9Watt) so I thought to myself.. mmm these should be more powerful (lumen wise), and as the price is twice they should be at least as twice as good...
I just came from a night ride after using those auxiliary lights.. and im really annoyed almost feeling scammed regarding the light brightness.. they just DONT illuminate!. I think they illuminate not even a 3rd of what the cheaper lights illuminate :/.. supposedly BMW makes good stuff, but on the R1200GS Water cooled they just dont illuminate!
so do yourself a favor and if you can get other LED lights ... make sure to not get the BMW ones, its just a waste of money I feel robbed for what I paid...
Now I understand why they dont say how many lumens those pieces of shit have (excuse my french lol).
Just wanted to say about general awareness of the OEM LED auxiliary lights the R1200GS water cooled comes with (which I think they are the same shit for the F800)
Yesterday I got installed my auxiliary lights, I was really happy. I used to have these on my F800 EXPLORADORA LED MASTECH (which are LED as well (900lumen)) and they costed me ~400usd.
Of course by buying the OEM auxiliary lights from BMW (which are around ~800USD) I was expecting something waaay better. I did my research on searching how many lumens these auxiliary LED headlights had.. and to my surprise no info is published on this, so then I searched more and found that they consume around 14Watt, (the ones in the F800 consume 9Watt) so I thought to myself.. mmm these should be more powerful (lumen wise), and as the price is twice they should be at least as twice as good...
I just came from a night ride after using those auxiliary lights.. and im really annoyed almost feeling scammed regarding the light brightness.. they just DONT illuminate!. I think they illuminate not even a 3rd of what the cheaper lights illuminate :/.. supposedly BMW makes good stuff, but on the R1200GS Water cooled they just dont illuminate!
so do yourself a favor and if you can get other LED lights ... make sure to not get the BMW ones, its just a waste of money I feel robbed for what I paid...
Now I understand why they dont say how many lumens those pieces of shit have (excuse my french lol).
