Which circuit for driving lights?

[Ron John]

I know many of you have installed auxillary driving lights, and I just ordered some from Martin Fabrication. I want them mainly for conspicuity, since I don't ride much at night. I want to tie into a "key on" circuit that is not on when starting, but not sure which one yet.
Any thoughts/experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks

[Airman]

I know many of you have installed auxillary driving lights, and I just ordered some from Martin Fabrication. I want them mainly for conspicuity, since I don't ride much at night. I want to tie into a "key on" circuit that is not on when starting, but not sure which one yet.
Any thoughts/experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks

I need the info too. I was looking for Dr Strangeloves light installation but couldn't find it. Help ?

[AirForceDirt]

I tied mine to my high beam. Power comes direct from the battery, the low-power for the relay is tapped from the high beam. The bike shuts the headlights off while its starting, or you can just leave your low beams on when you shut the bike off, that way when you start it back up, you won't have the aux lights on.

[Airman]

I tied mine to my high beam. Power comes direct from the battery, the low-power for the relay is tapped from the high beam. The bike shuts the headlights off while its starting, or you can just leave your low beams on when you shut the bike off, that way when you start it back up, you won't have the aux lights on.

I'm actually just looking for the tap for switching on the AP-2. I want a switched source. I have not decided yet if I will simply tap the low current side of the relay from the high beams or put in a switch for the lights, or both. The reason I mentioned the Dr's installation is because he had pictures of the wire he tapped for power.

[rdsmith3]

IMO, if you are adding lights for conspicuity, and you want them on all the time, you could tap into the heated grip circuit using something like the Littelfuse add-a-circuit. The heated grip circuit will ensure that the lights are not on when the engine is cranking, and it is switched power
http://www.amazon.com/Littelfuse-FHA200 ... B0002BGELQ

However, I would not necessarily call these driving lights.

If you are adding powerful driving lights, I would suggest tapping into the high beam circuit in the headlight shell, but make sure you add relays to the headlight circuit.