This will scare you

**dawnrazor** · 19th January 2007, 07:40

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

Well they are now trying to get cars to drive with headlights on... this will just blend in the bikes to the background again and make us lee visiable (to those that do actually see)

they tried to enforce this rule in the UK I believe, it was decided that the danger to motorcyclists would be catastropic so it was scapped, and bikers are now the only motorists alound to use there lights during the day in fine conditions.....I expect they will follow suite here

**davereid** · 19th January 2007, 08:17

I prefer to ride with lights off.. and then give a couple of flashes on the hi beam when i see a car at a corner, or in any situation where they have to give way to me. Worked grat on the FZR, it had a nifty little flasher switch on the left hand controls.

ER6 has auto-on headlights, they come on 2 secs after the engine starts and you cant turn them off. HD had a worse system - the lights just came on with they key, so you had to crank with the load of the headlight as well.

**ManDownUnder** · 19th January 2007, 08:18

Originally Posted by klingon

I know a woman who's learning to drive at the age of 40. She was stopped at traffic lights the other day and a bike came up behind her with its headlight on. She said, "that's a really good idea. I've never seen it before. More bikes should do it because it would be safer."

This is one person who should never be allowed to hold a driver's license.

LOLOL... too funny... does she use the mirrors to apply makeup - or to check for pimples? It's obviously not used for anything "trafficky"

**Flyingpony** · 19th January 2007, 10:11

Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ

Well they are now trying to get cars to drive with headlights on...

And it'll increase our carbon output by increasing our carbon fuel consumption and shortening our replacement period on light bulbs. Unfortunately, Aunty Helen probably will side step picking up the tab to cover our increased costs.

**Swoop** · 19th January 2007, 10:41

You expected anything less?

Keep your eyes peeled - they ARE all out to get you!

**Guitana** · 19th January 2007, 11:02

Yeah but in the meantime go to your local pool and practice your diving technique ,at least if your gonna get binned you can do it in style with a Triple backwards summersalt and land on your feet to loud applause from the crowd!! It worked for me!

Enjoy the freefall while it lasts the next bits gonna hurt!!!

**rwh** · 19th January 2007, 13:20

Originally Posted by davereid

I prefer to ride with lights off.. and then give a couple of flashes on the hi beam when i see a car at a corner, or in any situation where they have to give way to me. Worked grat on the FZR, it had a nifty little flasher switch on the left hand controls.

The trouble with that is that lots of people will flash their lights to let someone into a queue, so they might misinterpret ...

Richard

**Krusti** · 19th January 2007, 14:01

I ride a flouro bike...Go orange!

Who needs headlights.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 19th January 2007, 14:30

Originally Posted by dawnrazor

they tried to enforce this rule in the UK I believe, it was decided that the danger to motorcyclists would be catastropic so it was scapped, and bikers are now the only motorists alound to use there lights during the day in fine conditions.....I expect they will follow suite here

Yes but New Zealand knows better... even when the rest of the world know it... Our polictains say they know better and the rest of the world don't know squat

On a side know I had an awesome ride the other day up through middlemarch