Gigitt
Active Member
I have a 2015 S10-E, with the factory crash bars and front hoop.
I got myself some Cyclops Long Range Optimus 10/20 LED spot lights.
http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/-Long-Range-Optimus-LED-Auxiliary-light-Round_p_10.html
also got some PIAA 360x4 crash Bar mounts.
https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/1195/34054/PIAA-360-x-4-Universal-Bracket?term=piaa+mount
I have also purchased the wide beam covers and this makes mounting the lights only in the upright position, not 90deg or upsidedown.
I have been playing with the idea of mounting the lights high on the crash hoops attaching the PIAA mounts just above the little bolts.
The lights then sit nice and wide but inside the width of the bike plastic panels.
Now my engineering gut tells me that the PIAA mounts might not be upto the task of handling the 650gram lights.
It is to to do with how the Light plate attaches to the tube mount base.
Cyclops also sell a tube mount, the design is different in that there is a bolt holding the mount to the tube base - again does not look strong enough.
http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/Round-Tube-Mounts--78-through-1-14-Inches_p_55.html
WARN make a tube mount that look better as the plate bolt become part of the tube mount clamp.
https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/1195/34358/WARN%C2%AE-Universal-Light-Tube-Mounts?term=warn+tube+mount
the bolt or mount methods look too thin to be holding 650grams out off center, and are more suited to the smaller LED lights.
Any rough road is going to fatigue these mounts.
I am looking at other options to mount the light in the same position.
Denial sell a light bar frame but it will not fit with the factory crash bar hoop fitted - I think it is to do with the hoops top mount, the Denial plate goes accoss the same area.
I am waiting for a tech response from SW-Motech about their light mounts as they might fit with the hoop. This design does not interfere with the top hoop mount under the headlights, and the mount might just fit between the body work and the hoop.
Other wise I might have a shop weld me some flat iron to the hoop for me to mount my Optimus lights.
Any one have real world experience in mounting heavy lights to factory crash bars?
I got myself some Cyclops Long Range Optimus 10/20 LED spot lights.
http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/-Long-Range-Optimus-LED-Auxiliary-light-Round_p_10.html
also got some PIAA 360x4 crash Bar mounts.
https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/1195/34054/PIAA-360-x-4-Universal-Bracket?term=piaa+mount
I have also purchased the wide beam covers and this makes mounting the lights only in the upright position, not 90deg or upsidedown.
I have been playing with the idea of mounting the lights high on the crash hoops attaching the PIAA mounts just above the little bolts.
The lights then sit nice and wide but inside the width of the bike plastic panels.
Now my engineering gut tells me that the PIAA mounts might not be upto the task of handling the 650gram lights.
It is to to do with how the Light plate attaches to the tube mount base.
Cyclops also sell a tube mount, the design is different in that there is a bolt holding the mount to the tube base - again does not look strong enough.
http://www.cyclopsadventuresports.com/Round-Tube-Mounts--78-through-1-14-Inches_p_55.html
WARN make a tube mount that look better as the plate bolt become part of the tube mount clamp.
https://www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/1195/34358/WARN%C2%AE-Universal-Light-Tube-Mounts?term=warn+tube+mount
the bolt or mount methods look too thin to be holding 650grams out off center, and are more suited to the smaller LED lights.
Any rough road is going to fatigue these mounts.
I am looking at other options to mount the light in the same position.
Denial sell a light bar frame but it will not fit with the factory crash bar hoop fitted - I think it is to do with the hoops top mount, the Denial plate goes accoss the same area.
I am waiting for a tech response from SW-Motech about their light mounts as they might fit with the hoop. This design does not interfere with the top hoop mount under the headlights, and the mount might just fit between the body work and the hoop.
Other wise I might have a shop weld me some flat iron to the hoop for me to mount my Optimus lights.
Any one have real world experience in mounting heavy lights to factory crash bars?