Hello all,
The 'DRL' is just a parking light, same as on a car. Given your headlight is constantly on anyway, its pointless and has no effectiveness when riding. Unless you're parking or moving the bike around in a dark space and want the small light the parking light gives you without the bike 'on'.
The genuine HD one has a provision to keep the parking light, as I think there is an additional LED on their daymaker headlights which you can connect to.
The aftermarket ones don't have this, I bought a 50$ ebay one and installed it, and don't have a parking light. No biggie. All I did was electrical tape the ends of the two connectors so there's no chance of a short to the headlight housing, and stuff them in behind the daymaker.
I suspect that the Hog Lights and Moto Lights local sellers also do not have a parking globe provision (I'm pretty sure I contacted one of them at one stage and asked and this was the feedback I received). But they are also 300$, cheaper than HD, but you can buy 5 ebay ones for the same price (which I would suspect come from the same factory anyway).
I'll give you the hot tip.
If the LED element is made by a company called "cree" you have the same guts as the daymaker.
It boggles belief that HD can charge so much for essentially the same thing.
Isn't it an ADR requirement to have parking lights ?
I'm not into electric's, but I have always believed that light was a parking light. my bike and all the Harleys I have owned had them. they are not DRL, as my full headlight is on all the time. until I turn bike off. that light only stays on when I turn ignition off and have key at acc. my bike still has a key , not a fob.
