Why no hazard lights on bikes?

**klingon** · 6th July 2009, 22:44

Originally Posted by kasper

My F650 cs has them and i regulalry use them, but rarely for break downs of my bike.

--kasper

I use them a fair bit too. Like if I'm stopped at a red light and there's a car coming up behind me and I'm not sure if they've seen me, or sometimes when I'm lane splitting, or when it's dark and I leave my bike in front of the garage door while I go in to open it and I'm terrified one of the neighbours will come racing down the (shared) driveway and scuttle it!

Now that I know some bikes don't have them, I'm going to use them as my special 'wave' to other bikes... just because I can!

**Cheshire Cat** · 6th July 2009, 22:44

I though of this as going down the motorway today looking at broken down cars.....if bikes had hazard lights my mother would put them on through round abouts

**oldrider** · 6th July 2009, 22:44

Triumph Tigers have got hazard lights but most cagers ignore them, especially when you are negotiating ice, bastards!

**Motu** · 6th July 2009, 22:46

I really hate to agree with anyone on the site....but every bike I've had since 2000 has had hazards.(before 2000 none of my bikes ever had indicators...'cept the C50)

**Mystic13** · 6th July 2009, 22:51

Originally Posted by Timber020

I had to make a quick stop the other day and was thinking of all the bikes that break down, run out of gas or get in general strife. Why dont bikes have hazard lights? I cant think of a good reason.

So now the question is "Do you really have no hazard lights or is it that you just don't know how to work 'em?"

Last post like this I saw it was they had 'em but didn't know how to turn them on.

**Indiana_Jones** · 6th July 2009, 22:54

My Daytona doesn't have one

-Indy

**CookMySock** · 6th July 2009, 23:02

My 650 has hazard lights. Never had to use them.

Steve

**Kiwi Graham:Me** · 7th July 2009, 06:12

Yep the 14 has em, never used them.

**YellowDog** · 7th July 2009, 06:16

Originally Posted by warewolf

All my Hinckley Triumphs have had 'em.

None of my dirty bikes do. Reason: cost, complexity, lack of battery capacity maybe?

Indy mate, maybe we should check to see if they're on our Hinckley Triumphs?

**scracha** · 7th July 2009, 07:57

Rear fog light would be more useful but you guys too daft to even require them on cars. Hell, what would be the point tho...over half the dumbasses here don't even put their lights on when its foggy

**yungatart** · 7th July 2009, 07:58

My bike does have hazard lights!

**Indiana_Jones** · 7th July 2009, 08:07

Originally Posted by YellowDog

Indy mate, maybe we should check to see if they're on our Hinckley Triumphs?

Well I did lol, the owners manual makes no mention of them too

Maybe it's a real high tech Meriden Hinckley!

-Indy

**James Deuce** · 7th July 2009, 08:10

Originally Posted by scracha

Rear fog light would be more useful but you guys too daft to even require them on cars. Hell, what would be the point tho...over half the dumbasses here don't even put their lights on when its foggy

The ones with fog lights will turn them on when it isn't foggy as well. Just what everyone needs, bright unidirectional light.