I totally agree with Wes. No excuse. In my case, I love the whole experience of riding the Empulse so much, that it was a no-brainer to decide to make the bike work for me at night. But then I've added auxiliary lights to just about every bike I've owned, except when I was too young and dumb to know better.
I think this is one area where Brammo could step up in version 2 and make a game-changing statement in motorcycle lighting. They'd probably have to design and build something in-house though, instead of purchasing something from TriOM in Italy, off the shelf. I really don't think it would be that hard to design and build, especially if they could use their contracted facility in Eastern Europe for the fabrication. Might not be too much cost either, with electronics falling in price all the time.
I'm very impressed with the performance of the LED lights I bought for a couple of hundred dollars retail, and, while I understand that a manufacturer has to cut costs where they can on a machine whose price point is very high due to the batteries, I feel adding some extra dollars into the price for a truly state-of-the-art LED motorcycle headlight would be well worthwhile, not only for the safety of their customers, but for the advertising cred they'd achieve by being out in front. A LOT of moto headlights suck. So a Brammolight (TM) that was totally different and really effective would very much stand out. Especially at night!
Imagine something like this 6" round light unit, embedded behind a sleek transparent cover surrounded by a carbon fiber shell. Some of the 7 bulbs could be for low beam and some come on for high beam...
http://www.amazon.com/Vision-XIL-SP720-Solstice-Degree-Narrow/dp/B004LACI4Q
