Head lights

[wyliec]

Whew that wore me out.

Me too.

 

[Bob Denman]

Dam it, I'm always ignored, unloved.. Now I feel left out, no one's flashed me?:gaah:
harry

Feeling better now??

 

[MarkLawson]

I run with every light I have , high beam everything, I wantto be seen , if the other guy does not like it, I, m sorry but I want to live. And have fun riding :thumbup:

I'm like you, except I don't run my high beams at night when traffic is in front of me. Blinding oncoming vehicles makes me LESS safe, not MORE safe.

 

[Bob Denman]

I've been flashed, and I've had folks pull over. :shocked:
But it's been really too infrequent for me to worry about! :thumbup:

 

[bmccaffrey]

I can ride all the way into work pass many vehicles and this is the only guy that has an issue.
SO I WOULD SAY HE IS TRYING TO BREAK MY BALLS:yikes:

I HIT THE:cus: IGNORE BUTTON THIS MORNING.

And yes i was sitting on the seat while adjusting lights. They were along ways out.According to the book they are exactly where there suppose to be.
I marked the 2 lines on the garage door and adjusted them:spyder::spyder2:

 

[Bob Denman]

So the question becomes:
"Would you rather be right; or happy?"
If it was me (it ain't!); I'd ignore him and enjoy the ride! :2thumbs:

 

[retired1]

The low beam lights do not flicker, they are NOT too bright (DOT regs), nor does the shutter bounce unless large bumps are encountered. Its the bike that moves and the demarcation line where the beam cuts off moves through the oncoming persons field of view. It makes it appear to flicker on and off like you are flashing your lights at them. If this is occurring at distances greater than about 30 yards, your headlights are adjusted too high. Lower the beam and therefore the cut off line from the shutter so that the oncoming traffic does not see the bulb when on low beam. The cut off line should stay below their field of view.

Use High beam to be seen in the daylight hours. The fogs are useless in the day time and they are cut off from view.

Based on my experience, I disagree with your explanation on operation of the low beam system.
Case in point; Last Sunday I met up with a friend on an HD. We headed out on a relatively smooth blacktop road with him in the lead. About a mile up the road he pulled onto the shoulder and stopped, He had seen my lights flashing and thought that I wanted to have him stop. I looked at my switch and it had been moved to the low beam position. I put it on high beams and we continued on. A couple of miles up the road, we stopped at a stop sign. I rode up beside him and asked him if the lights still appeared to flash. He told me that they did not. JME:dontknow:

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

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[Bob Denman]

Based on my experience, I disagree with your explanation on operation of the low beam system.
Case in point; Last Sunday I met up with a friend on an HD. We headed out on a relatively smooth blacktop road with him in the lead. About a mile up the road he pulled onto the shoulder and stopped, He had seen my lights flashing and thought that I wanted to have him stop. I looked at my switch and it had been moved to the low beam position. I put it on high beams and we continued on. A couple of miles up the road, we stopped at a stop sign. I rode up beside him and asked him if the lights still appeared to flash. He told me that they did not. JME:dontknow:

There is a very sharp cut-off to the beams in our headlights...
If the bike's lights are set just so...
The headlights will appear to flicker, because that cut-off is coming into play. :shocked:

Putting the high beams on, OR softening up the ACS (if equipped); is often all that is needed for this effect to be stopped...

 

[wyliec]

I can ride all the way into work pass many vehicles and this is the only guy that has an issue.
SO I WOULD SAY HE IS TRYING TO BREAK MY BALLS:yikes:

I HIT THE:cus: IGNORE BUTTON THIS MORNING.

And yes i was sitting on the seat while adjusting lights. They were along ways out.According to the book they are exactly where there suppose to be.
I marked the 2 lines on the garage door and adjusted them:spyder::spyder2:

Based on what you've written, this is bothering you quite a bit. I'll take the opposite view of everyone else, and say- go talk to him. That's the only way you'll find out.

 

[Bob Denman]

I'd like to agree with you :shocked:...
But the way that this has been presented in here; it sounds like it would be an invitation to a very loud discussion... with fists! :yikes:

 

[nikki.ullis]

I usually ride with a few people and they are usually ahead of me while i hold the back of the line. At night everyone complains about my lights blinding the hell out them. I feel bad for them, but at the same time, those bright lights are awesome. I love how bright they are, allows me to be seen and lets me see really well at night even when i forget to take off my daytime visor off and swap with my clear one. I do get flashed a lot when I go out riding, I just flash my highbeams back and they quit that crap.


I told the boys that i was going to be getting some day pucks, fog lights, LEDs on the front nose, etc. and everyone was like 'NNNOOOOO!!!!!!!'
We decided that once i get all the lights i want, I will be heading up the line at night instead of at the back. I figure it was a fair compromise =)

I would just ignore that guy, you can't please everyone.

 

[StealthSpyder]

I have the BRP hid lights and get that a lot. They are so much brighter but the step up of the beam is pretty pronounced and there aim is not real high. I have the factory fog lights but don't really seem to half to use them much.

I'll have the BRP HID xenon's installed in the next week or so. Do you ryde with the highbeams on most/all of the time or just rock the lowbeams most/all of the time? (except at night when no cars around - of course that's recipe for highbeams)

 

[jcthorne]

Based on my experience, I disagree with your explanation on operation of the low beam system.
Case in point; Last Sunday I met up with a friend on an HD. We headed out on a relatively smooth blacktop road with him in the lead. About a mile up the road he pulled onto the shoulder and stopped, He had seen my lights flashing and thought that I wanted to have him stop. I looked at my switch and it had been moved to the low beam position. I put it on high beams and we continued on. A couple of miles up the road, we stopped at a stop sign. I rode up beside him and asked him if the lights still appeared to flash. He told me that they did not. JME:dontknow:

Your story proves what I said exactly. Not sure what it is you are trying to say here. Putting the lights on 'high beam' raises the shutter such that the light bulb is visible from all angles and thus he did not see the lamp appear to dim. What he saw as 'flashing' was the shadow line of the shutter moving through his point of view.

 

[billrob71]

I'll have the BRP HID xenon's installed in the next week or so. Do you ryde with the highbeams on most/all of the time or just rock the lowbeams most/all of the time? (except at night when no cars around - of course that's recipe for highbeams)

I usually don't and no way at night they will blind some one on high beams at night. I very rarely even use the fogs

And if you ride on a highway you can see there flicker on the signs from way back.

 

[ARtraveler]

Lately, I have noticed akspyderlady's ryde having the "flashing light syndrome." I am going to try using the high beams on the next day ryde and see if that makes a difference.

I have also had cars flash their lights at me--but not very often.

Also don't recommend going for a confrontation. There are so many crazy people out there today. An argument could rapidly turn into a gun fight--and that is never good.

 

[billrob71]

Your story proves what I said exactly. Not sure what it is you are trying to say here. Putting the lights on 'high beam' raises the shutter such that the light bulb is visible from all angles and thus he did not see the lamp appear to dim. What he saw as 'flashing' was the shadow line of the shutter moving through his point of view.

Agree ree the shadow line is very sharp and like there object blocking the like so far up . Gives a false sense looks like the light is flashing. Light is surely not dim just at a different angle

 

[bmccaffrey]

I took advice from a couple of you people. I rode in this morning with my bright lights on. No one flashed me. Here comes the guy with the Jeep. Didn't have his lights on till he saw me then turned them on.
I did take the time to start a line of communication with him. BIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD!!!!!hyea:hyea: Maybe by next week we will be having beers together:cheers: :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

Glad to hear it!! :clap: :2thumbs:
It gave me a chance to trot this one out... :roflblack:

 

[bmccaffrey]

Well on the way into work this morning met my friend and low and behold no headlight games.
May be to early to tell but opening the line of comminication with the bird might have got the point across.
Time will tell. He might have thought it was a game but it is very annoying!!!!! :dontknow: