High beam

[Skyryder]

There's a thread on here somwhere on this. Went looking for a link but lost the thread

http://twowheelsoapbox.com/?p=26

So if a mod knows where it is th elink might be a usefull addition.

Skyryder

[Headbanger]

Its currently being discussed in the thread about the latest anti-speed campaign.

And if memory serves me well DB advocated it a few months back and was attacked by his 2 girlfriends for it.

[vifferman]

There's a thread on here somwhere on this. Went looking for a link but lost the thread

http://twowheelsoapbox.com/?p=26

What a blardy awful web page that was! My eyes! MY EYES!!!
I can still see light striped afterimages!

[Blackshear]

Better yet, a de-baffled pipe!
Had my dad ride my bike the other day, and was gobsmacked by the amount of people craning their necks to see what that godawful racket was
I always though it was hadlights on dip was the norm?
My switch never moves.

[Anarkist]

I commute Pakuranga -> Auckland City and back again every day. I split the distance of the motorway, and most of the South Eastern off-ramp.

Whenever I am in the middle of two lanes, it's high beam on and an indicator depending on what side of the white line I'm on.

As soon as splitting is finished, the high-beam goes off so it's not an annoyance and to avoid the point in the aforementioned article.

The reason behind my doing so is that your full beams are raised up that much higher that they will shine in to the car side or center mirror, be reflected toward the eyes of the driver and have that much more chance of you getting noticed.

They don't need to see a motorbike to realise there is something next to them, a bright light is far better. Especially when compared to low-beam being that it's pointed much more at the ground and thus doesn't attract attention as much as it would otherwise.

[BMWST?]

dont use F%^*^ high beam.It is extremely annoying and as that article suggests it makes the observation of the bike itself diffcult.All you can see is a bloody bright light,and not the complete motorcylle and rider behind it.This makes the judgement of distance difficult.A high beamed bike in the mirror is worse.You look away from the bright light.Do yourself a favour and use LOW beam

[Jantar]

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Whenever I am in the middle of two lanes, it's high beam on and an indicator depending on what side of the white line I'm on.....

And your high beam has just camoflaged your indicator, and everything behind the beam. All that the cage drivers can see is an annoying bright light, and nothing behind it. They cannot see that your indicator is on. They can't even tell that the light is attached to a bike.

Why would you want to hide yourself from the vehicles that you are splitting?

[Anarkist]

Why would you want to hide yourself from the vehicles that you are splitting?

See

They don't need to see a motorbike to realise there is something next to them, a bright light is far better at attracting attention. Especially when compared to low-beam being that it's pointed much more at the ground and thus doesn't attract attention as much as it would otherwise.

Also, the indicator shows my intentions to people behind me, while also being useful for the fact a cop couldn't technically say I made an unindicated lane change if I need to change sides of the lane should they decide to pull me up and play hard-ball.

[Gubb]

Also, the indicator shows my intentions to people behind me,

Don't know about you, but I like to check my mirrors before changing lanes as well, and if you're behind me in lane 1, signaling into middle lane, and i'm in lane 3 moving to the middle, i'm sure as hell you'd want me to look for your indicators first.

[Howsie]

From my observations on bikes with high beams on, all motorists that i have seen see this bright light, think WTF is that and wait for it to pass before they decide to venture into this oncoming light that could be anything from a bus, plane, train, 4x4, car or a bike!

As with anything there is always an exception to the rule because Darwin is right all along

[Winston001]

There's a thread on here somewhere on this. Went looking for a link but lost the thread.....

Skyryder

John Key took it. He's going to hook up headlights to solar panels at night so we double our electricity production.....

[CookMySock]

From my observations on bikes with high beams on, all motorists that i have seen see this bright light, think WTF is that and wait for it to pass before they decide to venture into this oncoming light that could be anything from a bus, plane, train, 4x4, car or a bike!

"Freight train" is the words you're looking for. No person who wants to live is going to pull out in front of that.

Steve

[Howsie]

"Freight train" is the words you're looking for. No person who wants to live is going to pull out in front of that.

Steve

Perfectly put Steve!

[bsasuper]

I used to use high beam when passing, and during the day if needed, then i got a warning from the fuzz, its a no no, even during daylight hours, go figure