Recent content by Bart Miller

Gerardo, depending on how big your new LED strip is, it may not affect the original circuit. But you might want to consider an isolation block for your project. I have used them for brake, running and turn signal circuits when adding lights to other bikes. More work but great results. Once wired...

I remember you mentioning your background in lighting on a different thread, Evil Twin. I was hoping you would weigh in. You make a very good point about the work that goes into designing reflectors. I thought about that a lot before I started this project. It's definitely fringe, and my...

Thanks, Loudy331! Glad to hear your decoder install worked for you. I was able to find a set of good-quality decoders at a reasonable price, so I think I'll try them as well as the straight resistor method and see which works best for me. Thanks again!

Thanks, Steve I. I appreciate the info. Only one filament on each H4 bulb is on at any time. But like you said, the reflector buckets were never designed to provide both high and low beam patterns, so that has required adjustment of bulb depth, bucket angle and intensity to avoid blinding...

Hoping to get some input from our electrical and lighting-savvy riders. I have converted and re-wired the stock H7 halogen headlight setup (only one lamp on at a time—either the high beam side or the low beam side) to an H4 LED configuration where both lamps are on as low beam or high beam. Each...

Just wanted to thank everyone again and tell you that we were able to take delivery yesterday of a 2020 GT in silver. My wife is thrilled. So glad we pushed forward instead of waiting to see what the future holds. Safe riding, everyone!

Good advice! And thanks, everyone. I really appreciate it.

Thanks, Jeff! That's very good to know. I have two dealers as well as BMW Motorrad USA specifically not confirming that when asked. The lack of information from the dealers seems strange to me in this case.

I'd like to follow up on this discussion. I very much want to get a 650GT for my wife—to upgrade from her smaller scooter—so we can enjoy highway riding together this year. There are only a VERY few 2020s left, and the dealers either do not know or are not sharing what is planned for 2021. The...