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Cruiser
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Mechanicsville, VA United States | I wasn't going to say anything about this cause what you do is your business but I can't keep my thoughts to myself....
This is my opinion, before I got my Vision I rode with a guy who has a Vision and most of the time I lead.....at night his lights would burn my eyes out
every time I looked in my mirror so I would have to adjust my mirror so that didn't happen......I'd call him on the CB and say Turn your lights on Low Beam and he would say They're on low!!!so to make a long story short come to find out all he needed to do was adjust the lights down....When I got my Vision I found my lights were adjusted to high also.........Check your head lights and see where they are pointing. Johnnyvision has told you the way to do it! |
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Visionary
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Sand Rock, AL United States | varyder - 2013-05-15 7:05 AM
trust me, we have a few around here that I would like to meet. They ride to the centerline and the light is as bright as my Vision high beams. I've never seen the solution to an ever growing problem for me to add devices to my bike or run high beams. The real answer is either give up riding, or become more vigilant to the hazards and be trained to avoid them.
what Chris said is key. I see them in case they don't see me |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | varyder - 2013-05-14 6:00 PM
I never run brights unless I'm on a lonely back road and have no opposing traffic or following someone. I get really irrate when I have to shield my eyes because of an on-coming biker 'WANTS TO BE ANNOYINGLY SEEN!!!" I can't stand those idiotic modulators either.
Please, use your highbeams only when necessary...
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Only other time I run them during the day is when I am approaching an intersection and the cage seems impatient or distracted. I flip them on high, then off after I have passed through the intersection.
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Puddle Jumper
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St Cloud, MN | varyder - 2013-05-14 7:00 PM
I never run brights unless I'm on a lonely back road and have no opposing traffic or following someone.
If you only run the brights when there is no one that can possible see them, why bother? Were talking daylight here, not night. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | webwzrd - 2013-05-15 10:40 AM varyder - 2013-05-14 7:00 PM I never run brights unless I'm on a lonely back road and have no opposing traffic or following someone. If you only run the brights when there is no one that can possible see them, why bother? Were talking daylight here, not night. Joke, right Brian? What are high beams for? I know people make up their own definition, and I don't need to restate the obvious... |
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Puddle Jumper
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St Cloud, MN | varyder - 2013-05-15 10:23 AM
webwzrd - 2013-05-15 10:40 AM varyder - 2013-05-14 7:00 PM I never run brights unless I'm on a lonely back road and have no opposing traffic or following someone. If you only run the brights when there is no one that can possible see them, why bother? Were talking daylight here, not night. Joke, right Brian??? What are high beams for?? I know people make up their own definition, and I don't need to restate the obvious...
I have no idea what you are talking about. Seems like you missed the point that we are referring to daylight hours. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | no missed point, just stating when I run my high beams. I have flickered my headlights in the daytime on my bike, just as I would in my car. Other than that, I give everyone the courtesy by keeping them on low-beam. |
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Tourer
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Cleveland, GA | I run my high beams in the daytime, unless it's pretty overcast. I figure it's bright enough outside that it won't matter. Besides, when (not if) my light burns out, I want it to be the high beam instead of the low - that way I won't piss everyone off at night when I can't switch to low beams! |
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Cruiser
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| I used to ride in daylight with the high beams, HID and Clearwater running lights ablaze.
Now I just run the low beams and Clearwaters.
I have not noticed a decrease in my conspicuity to cagers but we are wearing high viz and white helmets. |
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Visionary
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| webwzrd - 2013-05-15 7:04 AM Wow, not only is this topic controversial on the Internet, but right here too. I actually can't remember ever being bothered by the daytime brightness of an oncoming bike, certainly not enough to make a big deal about it... Just sayin. The whole point is to get noticed. I can't seem to find the Minnesota law on it. Let approach it from this angle; is it illegal in your state? Hard to ban all brights when some aren't all that strong. Could/should laws be so specific as to set the daytime lumens allowed? Keep in mind years ago most bikes onle had one light. Your bike has two and yes there bright. http://tcvr.us/ |
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