Headlight modulator?

[Katman]

yes...yes it is..

i run a 100/80 ice blue run through a regulator and a modulator .. i get the fingers all the time but i know the blind cunts saw me ...


im gonna weld 2 20mm copper pipes on the side of my bike to shoot of flares at roundabouts ...

Hey, I thought you had me on ignore.

[SARGE]

I thought you had me on ignore.

i do.. but i can click the windup button anytime i want

[terbang]

Katman I have to disagree there. Shine a bright light in someones eyes at night and you will dazzle them and destroy their night vision for up to 30-40 mins. We actually use a different area in our eye to see at night. However during the day our eyes are automatically adjusted to the light emitted from the sun (and that's fairly bright). So apart from perhaps a distraction, it isn't really an issue.
Aviators have used "pulse lights" for some time now to very good effect, especially with bird avoidance. Aeroplanes have far brighter lights than any motorcycle and the only time we do shut them down is at night when facing another aircraft, but by day, as for the reasons above, we leave them on.

[CookMySock]

I've never had the fingers from my headlight. I may have been flashed by cars (never by motorcycles) five or six times over a year, and once a cop shaded his eyes with his hand (indicating to me to dip perhaps) - read - they aint that bright.

The thing is, projector HIDs dont actually throw out a lot of light, as the reflector area is tiny. But they do produce an incredibly intense ball of light that looks almost alien in comparison to incandescent, and thats why they get attention, and also the beam is spread really widely so it is viewable from a large angle.

If it was a H4 HID in a large reflector-type housing like on a cruiser, on fullbeam it would be offensively and unworkably bright, day or night, but its not.. its only bright enough to alert anyone in its' vicinity, and that it does really well.

Steve

[Katman]

Katman I have to disagree there. Shine a bright light in someones eyes at night and you will dazzle them and destroy their night vision for up to 30-40 mins. We actually use a different area in our eye to see at night. However during the day our eyes are automatically adjusted to the light emitted from the sun (and that's fairly bright). So apart from perhaps a distraction, it isn't really an issue.

So do those who have an HID bulb in an incorrect headlight housing swap their bulb back to a standard one when riding at night?





No - I didn't think so.

They just keep on riding with their 'fuck everyone else on the road' attitude.

[CookMySock]

They just keep on riding with their 'fuck everyone else on the road' attitude.

No we don't. We dip our headlights. We all have feelings and families just like you.

Your irritated projections just show off how angry you are about something else, and not much else.

Steve

[Katman]

No we don't. We dip our headlights. We all have feelings and families just like you.

Your irritated projections just show off how angry you are about something else, and not much else.

Steve

Even on dipped beam an HID bulb in the incorrect housing can be a hazard for other road users.

But you don't give a fuck about that, do you DB?

[CookMySock]

Even on dipped beam an HID bulb in the incorrect housing can be a hazard for other road users.

But you don't give a fuck about that, do you DB?

No, I have a (rather pitiful) incandescent korean standard bulb in the low beam housing.. only for use at night or in other low-light circumstances where the resulting glare might cause problems. It is a horrible dim candle-yellow colour, and using it for any recognition at all is completely foolhardy. I would be better served to affix an LED headlamp to my helmet - it would stand out more due to its' high colour temperature.

Actually, I think it is you who does not give a fuck about peoples' feelings, and I think you are driven by your irrational projection that others do not give a fuck about yours, violently fueling your righteous crusade to change everyone so they stop interfering with you. Tragically and unfortunately, by your age I think it is too late for you to change, which means you are stuck on your angry rollercoaster forever. Soon it will be stroke, heart attack, or alienation.. maybe one or more of those things will make you slow down, but somehow I do not think so.

Steve

[Katman]

You have previously claimed that you never dip your beam. (Unless you're following a cop).

[CookMySock]

You have previously claimed that you never dip your beam. (Unless you're following a cop).

No. Again your perception lies to you, and you only recall what you feel angry about. This is called a projection.

I ALWAYS dip on request - but it is rarely (if ever) requested, and I WILL and DO dip in advance in other low-light situations, such as approaching another car (particularly if intend NOT to pass).

Seriously mate, if you do not cool off you will pay for it with your own life. Think about it, and get angry about that, and then do something about it.

Steve

[Katman]

No. Again your perception lies to you, and you only recall what you feel angry about. This is called a projection.

I ALWAYS dip on request - but it is rarely (if ever) requested, and I WILL and DO dip in advance in other low-light situations, such as approaching another car (particularly if intend NOT to pass).

Seriously mate, if you do not cool off you will pay for it with your own life. Think about it, and get angry about that, and then do something about it.

Steve

So you leave your HID headlight on high if you don't get a flash requesting you dip your lights?

Why should it be the responsibility of other road users to indicate to you that your headlight is blinding them? Any considerate road user dips their lights automatically when another vehicle is approaching them.

[Kickaha]

Any considerate road user dips their lights automatically when another vehicle is approaching them.

I think the key word there is "considerate"

[CookMySock]

So you leave your HID headlight on high if you don't get a flash requesting you dip your lights?

Yes. I get no complaints at all. Perhaps once every two months maybe. I don't remember when I was last flashed.

Why should it be the responsibility of other road users to indicate to you that your headlight is blinding them?

It isn't, it's my responsibility. This is clearly set out in law, but the thing is I am not blinding them.

I read some time ago, some biker blew the lowbeam filament in his headlamp, and was forced to ride home at night with his lights on fullbeam. He felt guilty and horribly embarrassed to have to do such a thing, but on the way home NO PERSON complained WHATSOEVER. In the interest of science and research, he rode around with his fullbeam filament lit on a long term basis to see who complained, and came to the conclusion his lights were shit and no one cared. I repeated the experiment myself, and got the same result. Perhaps your lighting is better than mine and you get a different result. Perhaps I will ride a different bike and get a different result.

Case in point, my daughter has a 250 Comet with a big round reflector headlamp with a H4 bulb in it. She is instructed to ride on dip beam. That light is way too bright to leave on fullbeam. Mine is not, but the colour temperature of the HID is quite frightening and attracts a lot of attention.

Case in point, I was in wellington last year when I had the conventional crap korean yellow-candle incandescent bulb in it, and I was told just how bright my headlamp looked then, and that was on dip too. Projector lamps are quite piercing - nothing to do with what bulb is fitted - its more a function on its poor ability to focus said beam.

Now I also have a Hilux Surf with about 350W DC of input to the lighting system, and trust me when I say, it is completely impossible to drive that ANYWHERE NEAR any motorist without causing complete mayhem, but the crap lights on my bike are just not like that.

Any considerate road user dips their lights automatically when another vehicle is approaching them.

Now you combine two assumptions - one of the assumption that I am actually blinding people, and the other of the idea labelling me me "inconsiderate" if I do not conform to your expectations will actually make me change.

Firstly, I believe (unlike yourself) that I am doing no harm on the basis of the evidence (not getting flashed), and secondly, other people casting their own baggage at me is not relevant.

Of course, you may do as you choose, and so will I. I am not really interested in your explanation, nor you in mine even though you ask. So lets just go back to the interesting thing we were doing, shall we?

Steve

[Katman]

Yes. I get no complaints at all. Perhaps once every two months maybe. I don't remember when I was last flashed.

There would be a great number of drivers out there who would choose not to flash an oncoming motorcyclist in case they ended up with a hairy arsed 1%er following them home.

The fact that you haven't been flashed does not mean that you are not blinding other drivers.

[CookMySock]

There would be a great number of drivers out there who would choose not to flash an oncoming motorcyclist in case they ended up with a hairy arsed 1%er following them home.

The fact that you haven't been flashed does not mean that you are not blinding other drivers.

They cant tell anything about me from 300m in the opposite direction, and what would you rather go head-to-head with in a road rage battle, a 200KG bike, or a two tonne Hilux with bull bars?

Try driving the hilux around with its massive spotlights on fullbeam, and you will get TOLD very quickly and very resoundly. Do it on my bike and no one says a word. I was going to say "decide for yourself" but readers will do that regardless - this is the internet.

last post, sorry.

Steve