Riding at night

[Jackrat]

Love riding at night.
All the sences are focused on a small area with few distractions.
It's like concentrating the expereince.

[Antallica]

I loved the night riding I did back to Whangas on Wed @ 12am. Apart from my left bulb not working and my want for higher wattage bulbs, it was great

[750Y]

I got some bulbs Xenon Ultras which helps in the dark.

[fastford111]

i ride every day to work and it is dark when i go and dark when i come home but when riding down to phlip island we try not to ride at night as we have wambats and skippy they make a mess of bikes and riders

[Andrew]

When I had my little 150 I wouldn't ride outside the confies of the city. I'm sure a torch from the $2 shop would have greater light output than the head lamp on the 150.

Then when I broke the visor on my helmet I decided to replace it with a tinted visor. I didn't find out how stupid I was until I rode home from a night lecture!

Then I break the visor for a 2nd time, (all accidently of course - Once again CK will testify how "accident prone" finds me....um yea ) so I'll go replace that with a clear visor again.

Other than that I enjoy riding in the dark.

[Motu]

I've put a couple of driving lamps on the XLV750 - just for looks you understand.

[wkid_one]

I used to LOVE the Takas at night - bloody great for telling if a car is coming the other way so you can Evil Kinevil the corner.....

[Velox]

Hooning around the streets at night is great fun - no traffic, the roads are lit up,you can usually see cars coming from a mile off, and the bike loves it! Oh those summer ni...iiiiiiiiights! Not so good with a dark visor, on a rural road, when it's raining at night though. Done that a few times.
Yeah - you do have to watch those possums eh? And hens and ducks done our way (tally=1each).

[Devil]

Dont have any problem riding at night, but stay on the main routes at the moment, headlight is gay. Need to get a decent bulb.

[Blackbird]

How many riders with modern bikes have sharp cut-off problems? When I started doing decent rides through the unlit countryside on the 'bird, I found that the lights were more than adequate as long as there weren't any really tight bends. In the real twisties when the bike is leaned over, the sharp cut-off becomes a real problem and I get very little forward visibility. Main beam is a bit better, but still nothing to shout about. I now run a 100W main (illegal I'm told!) and an Artic Blue Narva dip. The extra grunt is impressive on straightish roads bur hasn't done a lot in the twisties? My riding partner has similar problems with his 'busa. Does anyone else with a rectangular reflector have problems like this?

Geoff

[Motu]

That's why you need a motorcycle specific headlamp - so you don't get the cut off effect.I don't know a lot about modern bikes - do they have sharp cut off lamps as standard? Seems awfully dangerous to me.For me the cutoff ends up on my right hand - duh.

Both my Honda and XT Yamaha don't have the cutoff,both have halogen bulbs.

[Ms Piggy]

I ride home every night, although it's in the city & really well lit. The other night though I went up over Mt Vic to the lookout and then back down the other side, it was very dark - no street lighting on the down side and that was a new experience for me. My bike doesn't have fantastic lighting for pitch black night riding I discovered.

[wkid_one]

headlight is gay.

Fuck man - don't tell Zed your headlight is gay - it will be damned to eternal hell!

[Two Smoker]

Fuck man - don't tell Zed your headlight is gay - it will be damned to eternal hell!

LMAO....... I like riding at night, but because i keep forgeting to put my clear visor on, i can't ride like i would like too...... i like it on tight cambered roads where the headlight looks like it is on a 90 degree angle LOL.....

[Blackbird]

That's why you need a motorcycle specific headlamp - so you don't get the cut off effect.I don't know a lot about modern bikes - do they have sharp cut off lamps as standard? Seems awfully dangerous to me.For me the cutoff ends up on my right hand - duh.

Both my Honda and XT Yamaha don't have the cutoff,both have halogen bulbs.

Motu - not the bulb, the shape of the reflector! Non-circular ones give a fairly narrow beam, so that when you're well leaned over, it tends to be more up and down than sideways and it's a bit of a job to see the edge of the road.

Geoff