I got sent 2 sets of working Ayups yesterday with the request to make them better .
so in view of the Diy thread have done one with XPGs and the Regina optic .
in what is a very easy and impressive upgrade to the ayups
so haveing one done and one standard meant I could get some comparison shots .
how much would you charge for such an upgrade as this is some thing I am looking at doing if you wan’t to mail me that would be great also what sort of burn times would this also be
Standard AY-UP is normally warm at the end of a night ride, but not hot.
The three hour batteries last at least three hours normally, the six at least six (one magazine managed to get 11 hours out of a six but I believe it was very yellow towards the end)
its been hung on the washing line for the last 35 minutes
with still air and an ambient temp of 9 degrees C
for light is at 20 degrees C and holding there .
Troutie, also interested. I have a pair, one narrow and one medium. Do your new Regina optics alter the light spread or just enhance what is already there? Cheers, Roly.
OK I am cool to do the mods for a small beer money fee
but let me get these 2 back to their owner for his opinion on if it is a good un .
I have run out of the leds at the moment some more on their way .
and will post up a how to do it probably at the weekend .
Interested in this. Is the estimated £16 per head unit or per pair (ie one light “block”?
Currently running intermediate on bars and narrow on the lid. Definately interested in upgrading the bar set. Lid set less of an issue because the narrow spot follows your line of sight anyway.
Wow! I use Ay-Up lights and have been very impressed by the output and burn time. The output increase you seem to have achieved is cracking. I’m looking forward to instructions.
Hello all by the way! I’m new to the forum and this is my first post.
Definately interested in a how to but I might send them to you to get a good job done on them instead of the possible destruction I may cause.
Is the upgrade based on the proprietary Ayup battery and how is the light being controlled? Resistor or driver. If it the driver then where do you install the driver as I like the simplicity of the ayup package. In a previous post you linked to a combined LED & driver board, is this what you are using.
I’m interested too.
Forgive the dull question, but is this a modification to the light unit or the battery, as I’ve got 2 lights and 5 batteries in total.
If it’s the light unit itself, is that £16 per double unit ? In other words, £32 for a full ‘bar and helmet set ?
igm – Member
Standard AY-UP is normally warm at the end of a night ride, but not hot.
The three hour batteries last at least three hours normally, the six at least six (one magazine managed to get 11 hours out of a six but I believe it was very yellow towards the end)
£16 is interesting – instructions included?
Mine were left on after a ride, and were still burning bright 12hrs later(6hr battery).
I Hope Wildrness does not mind me using his ayups for experimenting on
as they do a wide and a narrow beam then if you use the XPE led you get slightly less lumens but a tighter longer throwing beam .
so as there is no sign of my led order coming in soon I put an XPE in the other Ayup .
here are the comparisons .
XPG
XPE
XPG
XPE
I will have them finished and in the post today Wildrness.