Quote Originally Posted by KG4NEL
Interestingly enough,a lot of those guys who run LED headlights have issues with them in the snow, the LEDs don't have enough waste heat to melt the snow and ice...

Quote Originally Posted by KK4AMI View Post
Huh, never thought of that. But then I haven't thought of snow in a while. Guess you have to go with wipers and washers on the headlights now.

Better yet, figure out how to blow engine compartment air through the lights.
I converted one of my motorcycle headlights to an LED bulb (6000K; 3500 lumens) last spring. While the new light nicely illuminates road signs and other objects waayyyyy out yonder, it falls a little short in the near-field department. Not in intensity, mind you - the light is evenly distributed throughout the beam pattern. It's more a matter of spectrum: The pavement itself seems to fluoresce better with a color temperature of around 2800-3500K.

Thus, I run my flanking spotlights (equipped with 35w incandescents) in conjunction with the main light. Works very well. I want to eliminate some of the remaining current draw.

This summer I'm going to replace all of them with a Daymaker setup in as low a color temperature as I can find.