I was firmly the latter, until recently, but after several night rides I'm a big fan so I decided to upgrade my £30 Amazon specials as per below. They were bought more for the yellow DRL more than anything, as most vehicles have LED lights now, and I found I was getting lost in a sea of LEDs when filtering and had a few too many near misses. They lasted about a year before the brackets rusted away, then the threads pulled out the light units so they needed changed. I had a good rummage around but couldn't bring myself to spend £400+ on genuine spots, or even more on some Denali or Lone Rider ones that wouldn't fully integrate into the 1260's loom anyway. So I took a punt on some COLIGHT D09 Pro's for £130 delivered and they are pretty serious. They came with a easy to connect loom, a backlit switch and claim to be IP68 waterproof. I'd already patched into the under seat DIN plug for the old spots, but I was worried the output wouldn't be enough for these much larger units, so I've used an Oxford Power Box to ensure a direct feed from the battery, and used the DIN plug wiring to activate the Oxford unit on a switched live feed. The build quality of the D09s is pretty good, they are all metal and pretty weighty, with crystal clear lenses, stainless fittings and some amber lens covers that I'm still unsure about. DRLs, right hand unit has the amber cover on. Low Beam High Beam COLIGHT claim 6000 lumens per lamp, with a potential 420m range, which should be more than enough for the dark wilds of Northumberland. Fitting was a twat, crash bars off, tank cover and side panels off etc, but once the cable routing was sorted it was pretty straight forward and just time consuming. I've set them with a 5 degree down angle so the low beams aren't x-raying oncoming traffic. Just need a dry evening to pop out and see what the are like. Link to the units below. https://www.led-colight.com/product...hi-low-beam-drlset-2pc?variant=42449070489705
I had an early Denali D2 setup on my MTS1200 using the Ducati brackets, excellent quality and performance, still got them in a box in the workshop somewhere.
I am a fan of good lights, but surprised they are needed. My 2013 lights were super bright, just needed to adjusted.
Do you run them when oncoming traffic is approaching? Do they have a beam pattern? My experience as a driver is that some of these additional spots that some bikers fit are just another source of dazzle, much like the trend of fitting unsuitable HIDs to replace halogens a few years ago.
I found them especially useful nighttime riding on the multistrada Some pot holes can come up on you pretty quickly and the spread of light was useful in picking them out. So to answer your question, hot.
Whilst I am a fan of the right additional lighting, I'm regrettably in the camp that says those things are truly hideous, even if they do function in the manner you wish them to. Good luck with your choice. I won't be adding my name to the purchasing history I'm sorry.....
I have the standard ones on my 2014 1200 GT and I think they’re great. I’ve not had anyone flashing in protest at me. Granted they are the proper Ducati lights fitted as standard to the Gran Turismo
