There are TWO adjusters, one on each side..... so you can adjust each headlight separately. The High / Low settings are a function of the SHUTTER mechanism. .... if you adjust for beam height, the entire assembly will move either up or down .....( the same as Auto headlights ) the shutter is connected to this assembly and moves accordingly ..... at least this is my understanding of how it works ..... I'm sure someone will enlighten both of us .... at least I hope so .....Mike :thumbup:
That is the case for North American spec Spyders, but not applicable for an Aussie spec Spyder like peterRT's - we've got single filament Low Beam lights in the slot you get to put the optional Fog lights (&
YES, they are
always gonna be waaayy too low for safe Low Beam ryding! :banghead: ) and single filament Hi Beam lights
without a shutter where you get your Hi and Low low beam lights as determined by the shutter position.
So peterRT's issue is pretty much standard for all Aussie spec headlights - "The high beam is too low and the low beam is too low." The sad news is that because our Low beam lights are physically situated so low/close to the ground and our High beams have a vertical loom pattern, it's very difficult to see &/or adjust either of them individually or collectively in a way that really helps make them useful in either/both circumstances!! Many just add some 'Driving lights' to make their Low beam safe around town; and/or 'Spread beam' lights to make their Hi beam ryding safe out on the the open road; while others convert their High beams lights to 'Four Eyes' so that both High & Low lights remain on whenever High beam is selected; and others convert their Aussie spec single filament High beam lights to twin filament globes & then bridge/transfer the Low beam wiring up to reach those globes in the upper lenses, so that we can then run both High
AND Low beam lights in the upper lights, leaving the former Lows beam position to be used as either Daytime Running Lights (they are really pretty useless at that tho, they are
still physically too low...
) or as Fog Lights, as they were originally designed/intended to be!
hyea:
All of which means that I'm sorry peterRT, but I really don't think you'll
ever be able to adjust
both your High & Low lights to work suitably properly across the board; they are either gonna be too high & dazzling for other road users in one or both settings; or they'll be too low & unsafe for you while ryding at any reasonable highway speeds at night in one or both settings - and even if you do get the High beams
high enough to give you reasonable distance vision at sub-legal Highway speed limits, it's still gonna be a '
straight down the guts' beam pattern with very little spread out the sides/onto the verges to help you avoid those big hoppers &/or any other nocturnal road crossing critters! :gaah:
