"Can you turn your lights off?" thread in "Motorbike Chat"
Originally Posted by Daymo Nope. If not having a light switch bothers you then dont buy a bike thats not got one... Narrows your choice ...

Narrows your choice down a bit though.

Why not just fit a switch if it bothers you?

I can. I know someone who bought a new Triumph Tiger and the deal breaker was that he wanted a headlight switch. Turns out Triumph could supply a switchgear cluster with one. It was fitted. He bought it.

You've bought a Guzzi haven't you? Should be a cinch to fit an off switch.

I think you should also ride assuming that they may see you make an unintentional headlight flash.

I do wonder about riding around with the tail lights on all the time could disguise some of the 'warning' effect of brake lights too.

Clearly it is not the just down to the rider (or driver) as the numbers of people killed on Austrian roads rose significantly when they brought in compulsory DRL's for all a few years back - the drivers had not changed overnight. Had they?

They removed the compulsion on Jan 1st this year and preliminary reports show that deaths on their road have fallen already.

Yes on 1 bike.

No on the other.

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950 SMR, for men who know the difference

This might help - Replacement Handlebar Switch

No, yes, yes, and yes. But I don't care at the moment.
The reason that I think headlights in the daytime work to make you seen is because we have one fuck of a lot of trees around and on a sunny day when you ride into the shadows the light will make you more easily seen by someone sitting in the sunlight waiting to pull out onto the road. I know it makes it easier because I fucking look and can fucking tell the difference. Yes I can see a motorcycle that doesn't have it's lights on, but that's because I look for motorcycles. And when I see one that has it's lights on I also notice that it is easier to see. Granny with the cataracts may be a 90lb powder puff but that Buick she's driving will fuck you up. But hey, why improve your odds.

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DCProofrock, A true 'Murcan. Land of the Home, Free of the Brave.

Of the two bikes I ride regularly, one has and one hasn't.

I don't use lights in the daytime on the GS, and I haven't found it's made a difference either way big enough for me to notice to be honest.

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MC011

No and no.

Ah - BUT - will she be looking for motorcycles.....

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non quod, sed quomodo

same for me...press button within 10secs of ign on and hold for 20 secs then start, hold hands over head and shout abracadabra !
a switch..my kingdom for a switch....

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Too much is NEVER enough...till it hurts...

Lights on permanently on both my roadbikes,the unloved NC at the back of the garage has an off switch.
It'll get a lot less of a so called safety feature when cars are also forced to run with headlights on,cant find the reference to that but expect it in the next few years.

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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

Yes, I can switch the lights on and off on both bikes. Sometimes I forget, until I suddenly notice I can't see where I'm going any more

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Token bauble:

Bah humbug.

Yes on the Tmax. Hated it on my Rockster that I couldn't.

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Yes thanks.

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