High beam

[RedShiftRR]

The LED headlight on my MT-09 Tracer is already so bright, I don't even ride with high beam on at night.

[Honest Andy]

The LED headlight on my MT-09 Tracer is already so bright, I don't even ride with high beam on at night.

Good man, high beam is for pussies...

(have you checked your adjustment? And I don't mean passed a warrant, I mean can you see the backs of peoples heads in the car in front?)

[FJRider]

Good man, high beam is for pussies...

(have you checked your adjustment? And I don't mean passed a warrant, I mean can you see the backs of peoples heads in the car in front?)

Probably blinds himself with their RV mirror ...

[GazzaH]

"The flash of the high beam sometimes helps."

That's the crux of it. If you already have high beam on, how do you up-the-ante to warn someone about something exceptional? Toot your horn? Flash your flashers? Gesticulate wildly or shout "I say, you, yes you sir!!" at the top of your voice? Or frantically dip then flash while plummeting towards impending doom?

I'll be fitting a laser to mine. One of those nucular-powered satellite-busting mil-spec laserers to blast things out of my path, without also blasting the path.

[Jeeper]

Are air horns legal on bikes in NZ?

[BMWST?]

Are air horns legal on bikes in NZ?

of course.The problem is finding the space fo th comprssor or the trumpets.The stebel nautilus is more compact (example)

[eldog]

"The flash of the high beam sometimes helps."

That's the crux of it. If you already have high beam on, how do you up-the-ante to warn someone about something exceptional? Toot your horn? Flash your flashers? Gesticulate wildly or shout "I say, you, yes you sir!!" at the top of your voice? Or frantically dip then flash while plummeting towards impending doom?

I'll be fitting a laser to mine. One of those nucular-powered satellite-busting mil-spec laserers to blast things out of my path, without also blasting the path.

If they are on full, I still have more light available

they start to worry when the red dot appears on the dash.....

[eldog]

Fuckwits everywhere alright! Was getting pretty tempting to swing out and pass them on the left in the slow bay, done that plenty of times in passing lanes but slow bays on downhill corners seem a bit dodgier...

On coming vehicles in your lane are hard to move no matter what you have.

[EJK]

Are air horns legal on bikes in NZ?

Yes, so is full Akrapovic exhaust system... I think.

[Jeeper]

Yes, so is full Akrapovic exhaust system... I think.

Not on LAMS bike. Exhaust, I mean.

[eldog]

of course.The problem is finding the space fo th comprssor or the trumpets.The stebel nautilus is more compact (example)

Add a relay and double it onto the original horn(can get double slip on crimp connectors) this enables the signal from the horn button to trigger the horn. Relay so you don’t burn out the flimsy switches most bikes have. Some heavy fused line direct from the battery.

you can remotely mount the horn from the compressor if you so choose.

www.fastbikegear.co.nz is one source.

[eldog]

Remember it’s YOUR safety in question here.

you are not located in a steel cage

you are exposed even wearing ATGATT

SHIT can and does happen anytime, anywhere, any speed.

warning or not, time or instantly often you are only a participant

what you do before, during and after you cannot undo.

Use your high beam to effect, vision on the road, alert others etc.

not to annoy fellow road users.

we need more people who are concerned about motorcyclists, not complaining about those reckless bastards.

trouble is Kiwibiker is only a small sample of NZders who ride. And we are usually the converted.

[Swoop]

Are people simply becoming so used to this stuff it is losing effect light high vis clothing?

A lot of tin-top wheel-turners (certainly they are not "drivers" in any way, shape or form) have their head downwards towards their phone nowadays...

[Berries]

Add a relay and double it onto the original horn(can get double slip on crimp connectors) this enables the signal from the horn button to trigger the horn. Relay so you don’t burn out the flimsy switches most bikes have. Some heavy fused line direct from the battery.

Have you any idea how hard it is to get the full Dukes of Hazard from a GSXR750 without the pipes sticking out of the fairing?

Very nearly gave up.

[eldog]

Have you any idea how hard it is to get the full Dukes of Hazard from a GSXR750 without the pipes sticking out of the fairing?

Very nearly gave up.

Glad to hear you didn't give up