Correlation between headlight and air shock

[robhowen]

I've seen several threads about headlight adjustment and discussion about firm (raise)/soft (lower) air shock adjustment. I decided to see if there was a correlation between air shock level and headlight positioning. I did this because at night when my lights are on low beam I feel like I am outrunning my lights. Note: prior to my testing, I always rode with my air shock on the next-to-most firmest (highest) position. What I discovered in my testing is a direct correlation between shock level and my headlight beam positioning. My testing was all on the road at night while riding and observing. This may seem obvious to many of you, but in all of my years of 2-wheeled riding, I didn't notice much difference between shock adj and headlights. The bottom line for me is that with the headlights on low beam and the shock on softest (lowest) level I now have greater distance visibility with my low beam. Of course I also have more on high beam.

Rob

 

[Bob Denman]

Once you realize that it is a ride-height adjustment for the rear shock: it all becomes perfectly clear... :thumbup:
The suppleness of the suspension at the various settings, is just a by-product... nojoke

 

[pegasus1300]

Are you going to now adjust your headlights to give you the lighting you want at the setting you prefer? As you stated this may seem obvious but I think there are a lot of people running around with their suspension at one setting and their headlights set at a different suspension.

 

[robhowen]

At the moment I intend to leave it as is and adjust suspension settings as I need to for night driving. I am predominately a solo rider and I don't think the settings mean much to me in terms of comfort or load.

Rob

Are you going to now adjust your headlights to give you the lighting you want at the setting you prefer? As you stated this may seem obvious but I think there are a lot of people running around with their suspension at one setting and their headlights set at a different suspension.

 

[Jetfixer]

The book procedure for headlight alignment is to lower the ride to the softest setting and then adjust the lights per the specs. I also found that this was too low for my normal ride position (2 positions up from the softest). I've adjusted mine with the air at that level and it seems to be the best, not only for m visibility, but to not always get flashed by head on traffic.

 

[Jimboregon]

I ride with the setting at it's lowest setting, and the lights are still too low.

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[cptjam]

Set up

Set the Shock where you prefer it. Then, set the lights point of aim where they work best. we like LED headlights, to see and be seen.