Well, after intermittent reading over the last week or so I have finally read this entire monster thread, and am now working to amass the parts required to make a proper light setup for my bike. Right now I have a 10w TrailTech HID 12degree flood headlight, two cateye tl-ld1000 tail lights (one on rack, the other on seatpost) and a smaller red "tail light" (not sure it's big enough to deserve the classification) I mount on my belt, all steady, and a small cateye LED light mounted on my helmet, which I call my "dashboard light". I have a 4500mAh NiMH from batteryspace, which should manage for a while, although it's old enough that I'm monitoring performance now that I am back to riding (I tend to ride to get from A to B, and haven't needed to get around as much for a while.)

I have gotten hold of a pair of the Optronics lights (QH87CC metal housing), and am planning to set one of those up as a high beam. I also am looking at getting a tail/brake light from Super Bright LEDs, and also setting up some turn signals (their sequential arrows signals look quite attractive, as centerline reference would no longer matter. They are kind of expensive, though. I'll make sure to report back if I use them.) I have some other ideas that I will share when they are complete, but which I think thoroughly qualify for the "Total Geekiness" thread title.

It'll probably take me a month at least to really start putting things into action, but if I'm not checking in and you want to know my progress go ahead and PM me.

Thanks for the wealth of knowledge accumulated in this thread - I doubt I would have gotten the Optronics lights or some of the other lights without it.

Tor