Fog lights, took the plunge
Thanks to all the members who've posted their experience with installing and using fog lights. I'll mainly be using them in the daytime as an additional points of light to add to my apparently invisible profile.
Most of the close encounters come from people coming up from side streets, they turn their head to look then pull right out.
Thought about modulator for headlights, but they typically don't look long enough to even catch a cycle of the light.
I've got this awful habit of trying to save money by using things that aren't specifically for an application. In the case of fog lights I've looked at the hundreds of aftermarket LED lights and all the ways to rig up switches and power, I fret and fret over this kind of stuff, have found ways to save much money over the years but I'm throwing in the towel. Many of you have installed other fog lights successfully but working on this bike is about to break me. You won't break a sweat, but damn they couldn't have made it less mod-friendly if they tried. Probably simple for some folks, but a back injury let's me know who's boss after about 5 minutes of fishing around for shit inside the fairing.
Ordered the Big Bike Rectangular Lower Fog Light kit from ValueAccessories. It looks like I won't have to crimp, heat-shrink, nibble, fabricate, mill, rout, drill, solder, or adapt a single thing except for removing the opening covers from the cowl. No trips to Ace, no slow boat for parts from eBay.
Again, thanks to all the forum members who've contributed so much.
My thoughts on additional lighting are similar to installing a motion activated light around your house: you'll never know the trouble that passed you by because of the extra lighting.