Been thinking about getting a good helmet light that I can use on my mountain bike but has the juice to throw far enough to ride aggressively on the TXC. What do you guys have / use / suggest? MTB lights powerful enough? Moto lights stay cool at MTB speeds? paul
the nite rider stuff is expensive but is really amazing, on my 06 TE450 I had my 35w oem headlight and added a helmet lite set up courtesy of the nite rider guys (reps) we rode a familiar single track trail so I only could see ahead 50 yards at a time with all the twisties and bushes,, but I swear my night times (on the clock) were not much slower than full daylight, the focus was fully on the trail and its debris with plenty on light to go close to full speed. I don't know if that helps you,,,,and to be honest I don't know what the exact set up was but I know it was one of the better of nite-rider products. I am still amazed, at how well it worked,, although for open stuff I have no gauge with the nite rider head lamp,,,,I have ridden with my Baja rider friends with one of those huge rally type headlamps and I swear it lit up the whole dang valley, I just keyed off him.best of luck, R
I have a Trail Tech MR16 single helmet light and 2 sets of MR11's helmet lights one spot and one flood per pair. My friend has the Nightrider helmet light, the one with 3 voltage settings and an led work light. The Trail Tech MR16 throws 4x more light than the Nightrider light and the MR11's are double the light easy. My friend was very disappointed after he saw how much light the Trail tech stuff put out compared to his more expensive night rider stuff. The MR16 or MR11's are enough to ride with by themselves at fast woods pace on the trails. Helmet lights in general seem to flatten everything out , a good bike light will help you see depth. Lights of different colors help give depth as well. MR16 MR11's Later,
