Motorcycle taiilights.

[FROSTY:Me]

Because of my job I've been spending more time than normal in a cage in the semidark and just fully dark hours.
On 4 occasions now Ive been caught napping by motorbikes.
Every time its been shitty weather and every time its been tiny tailights on the bikes.
I know cage drivers at the best of times barely notice us. But if your bike has a tailight thats on the smallish side ya might wanna adjust your riding to suit.
The same might apply to tiny indicators but that hasn't been a problem to me so far.
This ain't a complaint just a lil heads up guys.

[Cajun]

me like my 9 LED tail lights dc:<

[FROSTY:Me]

cajun -Just an idea mate -Park ya bike on the side of an unlit bit of road at night and walk back 100m.
Ya might get a nasty suprise

[toads]

Because of my job I've been spending more time than normal in a cage in the semidark and just fully dark hours.
On 4 occasions now Ive been caught napping by motorbikes.
Every time its been shitty weather and every time its been tiny tailights on the bikes.
I know cage drivers at the best of times barely notice us. But if your bike has a tailight thats on the smallish side ya might wanna adjust your riding to suit.
The same might apply to tiny indicators but that hasn't been a problem to me so far.
This ain't a complaint just a lil heads up guys.

I just knew I'd be grateful for the humongous lunchbox/taillight on my bike one day,cheers Lucy

[Mongoose]

Some of those trail bikes are the worstest, should fit those flashing rear lights like pushbikers use i reckon

[Motu]

Back in the 70s Jap bikes had huge tail lamps,those lunch boxes Toads talks about,but now they are small and almost being hidden - part of the bike look.Fashion,the most impotant sales point of a bike.

[aff-man]

Hmmmm can't remember where but i think i read something about ocillating tail lights to attract driver attention.

[White trash]

cajun -Just an idea mate -Park ya bike on the side of an unlit bit of road at night and walk back 100m.
Ya might get a nasty suprise

Yeah, he'll be blinded. They're as good as it gets!

[Cajun]

Yeah, he'll be blinded. They're as good as it gets!

i have seen them from behind when the misses was riding it one day XJ, as well its got park lights dc:<


I know my old zzr tail light was bad,

[vifferman]

Back in the 70s Jap bikes had huge tail lamps,those lunch boxes Toads talks about,but now they are small and almost being hidden - part of the bike look.Fashion,the most impotant sales point of a bike.

But! (however) Despite the apparent fashionable down-sizing of said tail lamps, they are probably brighter. Generally. My fugly taillight f'rinstance has two (2!) bulbs within. However! (but) my mudguardless bike sprays so much road spooj on the thing, it's a wonder any light escapes from within its red confines.

I was following a new Beemer 3-summat sedan the other day (or was it a coupe? hmmm... probably irrelevant) and it had them New Fangled taillights which obviously LEDs (Lava Emitting Demons). They were fookingly annoyingly bright! And the confirminators were annoyingly Teutonically precise. None of this fading on/fading off nonsense - it was
ON!! OFF!! ON!! OFF!! ON!! OFF!!

(Think about it... you'll get the idea).
That's what we all need - those really bright new LEDs - what are they called? Photon Torpedoes? Neutron Stars? Hang on.....:spudwhat:




- Luxion Stars.
Them's the jobbies. Only 5W or summat, but that's nearly all light, as opposed to a good deal of heat in your conventional toaster-oven-cum-taillight globe.

So when you are being followed by a BDCD (BrainDeadCarDriver), first they'll get mesmerised by the Annoying Red Glare (and hopefully drive off the road and crash and die) or when you hit the brakes they'll go, "AAAARRRGHHH!!! MY Eyes!! I'm blind!! AaaarrrRRRghle!!!" and DEFINITELY drive off the road. And crash. And die.

[FROSTY:Me]

One guy/gal I was following had black tinted rear lens. It made a dull tailight even worse.
Those Led lights are pretty darn good though.

[Cajun]

I like my rear laser beams, blind them so they crash and die

woo hoo

[SpankMe]

No problem with small, dimly lit tail lights here.

[vifferman]

No problem with small, dimly lit tail lights here.

Are they standard to your bike?
Are they those ones that flash messages, like, "Spank Me!" or, "F&$% Off! You're too damned close!!" ?

[Zapf]

But! (however) Despite the apparent fashionable down-sizing of said tail lamps, they are probably brighter. Generally. My fugly taillight f'rinstance has two (2!) bulbs within. However! (but) my mudguardless bike sprays so much road spooj on the thing, it's a wonder any light escapes from within its red confines.

I was following a new Beemer 3-summat sedan the other day (or was it a coupe? hmmm... probably irrelevant) and it had them New Fangled taillights which obviously LEDs (Lava Emitting Demons). They were fookingly annoyingly bright! And the confirminators were annoyingly Teutonically precise. None of this fading on/fading off nonsense - it was
ON!! OFF!! ON!! OFF!! ON!! OFF!!

(Think about it... you'll get the idea).
That's what we all need - those really bright new LEDs - what are they called? Photon Torpedoes? Neutron Stars? Hang on.....:spudwhat:




- Luxion Stars.
Them's the jobbies. Only 5W or summat, but that's nearly all light, as opposed to a good deal of heat in your conventional toaster-oven-cum-taillight globe.

So when you are being followed by a BDCD (BrainDeadCarDriver), first they'll get mesmerised by the Annoying Red Glare (and hopefully drive off the road and crash and die) or when you hit the brakes they'll go, "AAAARRRGHHH!!! MY Eyes!! I'm blind!! AaaarrrRRRghle!!!" and DEFINITELY drive off the road. And crash. And die.

Have u or anyone fitted Luxion Stars to their bikes? If so how did u wire it?