"Can you turn your lights off?" thread in "Motorbike Chat"
Well? And if you can't, do you wish you could? I can't and it really pisses me off. I paid a heap of cash for ...

Trogladyte · 03-12-08, 22:59

Well?

And if you can't, do you wish you could?

I can't and it really pisses me off. I paid a heap of cash for this fucking thing, and I can't even decide on whether I have my headlight on! WTF?

1913 · 03-12-08, 23:00

No
YES
Me too

Foxy · 03-12-08, 23:00

Out of four bikes I have in the garage at the mo three have a switch. Which I like. The bike with the dodgiest charging circuit of the lot doesn't. Which is a pain.

Jewell · 03-12-08, 23:01

does it fucking matter?

no is the answer.

it lowers your chance and getting hit....not by much but it helps.

Zanx · 03-12-08, 23:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jewell

does it fucking matter?

no is the answer.

it lowers your chance and getting hit....not by much but it helps.

Veggie Dave · 03-12-08, 23:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jewell

it lowers your chance and getting hit....not by much but it helps.

Really? Are you sure?

I know that learners were taught for decades that if the sun's low and behind you then you turn off your lights.

Jewell · 03-12-08, 23:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veggie Dave

Really? Are you sure?

I know that learners were taught for decades that if the sun's low and behind you then you turn off your lights.

maybe,

I wasn't taught that but maybe my instructor was shite

Skub · 03-12-08, 23:15

Pull the plug on the dip bulb.

Sorted.

PG · 03-12-08, 23:16

On my latest bike I can't. It's recently out of warranty now though and I intend to sort a switch at some point.

Until that one they'd all had a switch and in normal daylight that tended to be switched to side/parking light - Some additional potential visibility without some of the drawbacks of using dipped beam (IMO that I'm not going to argue for 20 pages about :x ).

Adam · 03-12-08, 23:19

Yes, but it's a tad fiddly to do and has to be done every time the ignition is turned on.

I don't bother.
I don't ride assuming people have seen me.

whysub · 03-12-08, 23:21

If you run an Aprilia Mille or a Duc, then you need to be able t switch the lights off when they are started (IMHO anyway).

Adam · 03-12-08, 23:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by whysub

If you run an Aprilia Mille or a Duc, then you need to be able t switch the lights off when they are started (IMHO anyway).

If you ride a modern Aprilia they agree, hence the lights only turn on once the engine is up and running.

protoborg · 03-12-08, 23:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jewell

it lowers your chance and getting hit....not by much but it helps.

Has that now been proven, a few years back the jury was out.

Daymo · 03-12-08, 23:33

Nope. If not having a light switch bothers you then dont buy a bike thats not got one...

But if you think having a light on will stop you getting hit, you should'nt riding a bike. or driving a car. or a lawnmower. or a hoover. in fact you should book yourself permanently into the nearest soft room and not be allowed to reproduce. Its the best way really. For everybody.

The *rider* makes the biggest difference to saftey by miles. Second place in the safety stakes are your tyres. Next up your tyre pressures. Your brakes, steering, gearbox, engine, chain, etc, etc, etc are wayyyy on down the list...

Jewell · 03-12-08, 23:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daymo

The *rider* makes the biggest difference to saftey by miles....

no shit sherlock

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PG Member Tournaments Won: 2 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,542 Casino cash: £541307 Thanks: 65 Thanked: 33/32	Re: Can you turn your lights off? On my latest bike I can't. It's recently out of warranty now though and I intend to sort a switch at some point. Until that one they'd all had a switch and in normal daylight that tended to be switched to side/parking light - Some additional potential visibility without some of the drawbacks of using dipped beam (IMO that I'm not going to argue for 20 pages about :x ).

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"Can you turn your lights off?" thread in "Motorbike Chat" Well? And if you can't, do you wish you could? I can't and it really pisses me off. I paid a heap of cash for ...

"Can you turn your lights off?" thread in "Motorbike Chat"
Well? And if you can't, do you wish you could? I can't and it really pisses me off. I paid a heap of cash for ...