pass switch question

[gimpy limp]

does your pass switch only work on dipped beam or is it supposed to work when you have your main beam on aswell?

Anyone ever noticed whilst riding your bike (I know it's not something you would tend to notice but still)?

ta
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[MarJay]

it just flashes up main beam, so it won't work on main beam.

Plus, why would you want to have main beam blasting in someones mirrors? Main beam is for when there is no one else about...
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[gimpy limp]

main beam is technically for that but even my bike instructor told me he rides his goldwing with full beam on day or night. Don't see a problem with it personally so long as it's faced down enough as not to cause problems for other drivers.
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[MarJay]

[Mr.Everready]

[gimpy limp]

nah I understand what you mean (been driving a car over 5 years). The reason he does it is not to help you see the road ahead but for other people to see you better. Wether it works or not I don't know i've never tried it (bikes not on the road yet).

I suppose it makes sense because full beam is brighter. dipped on my cx is shocking, it's not very bright atall, even full beam isn't all that. Their's definately know chance of a 25 year old cx full beam blinding you that's for sure. Fogs are what blind other drivers i'd never ride with fogs on all the time unless they were pointed really low.
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[BlackSheep]

If there is one thing that really annoys me its arseholes riding around on main beam in broad daylight , i have quite light sensitive eyes and get dazzled very easily , it is very inconsiderate to other road users.

not to mention if you look at an approaching bike head on which has it's lights on main beam in daylight , it's actually quite hard to tell how close they are and how fast they are moving
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[gimpy limp]

hang on a sec but somethings just ocured to me, no-where in the (car) highway code as far as I'm aware does it say to flash your lights to let someone pass you? or does it? so what does a pass switch do? have to excuse my lack of bike experience but flashing someone according to the highway code is to make them aware of you (you would fail your test if someone flashed you to move out of a junction and you took it). is it too much effort to flick the main beam on momentarily? Surely the hand movements to do that ain't too disimilar to the handmovements to flick the pass switch?

what am I missing?
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[Mr.Everready]

I only ever use it to flash other bikers while I'm rushing by and going too fast to take my hand off the grip.
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[yambabe]

Can I just test some terms here cos you're confusing me?

My bike (like my car) has 3 settings on the headlights, I have dull (sidelights? only 1 on the bike though, parking lights? dunno what you call this other than dull!), I have what I would call main beam which is on but dipped, and I have full beam which is, well, full beam.

I ride on main beam (ie on but dipped) all the time, and only use my full beam at night for more visibility if I'm not following anyone and there's nothing coming the other way. I never use my dull beam.

So I use my pass switch to flash someone cos it's more convenient than flicking my full beam on and off.

How do you define your beams then?
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[gimpy limp]

doesn't matter, not important thr proper reason it's their was just curious. I only wanted to find out if the pass wouldn't be a problem come mot time.

cheers
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[Mr.Everready]

Full beam = blue light for me.
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[Teaman]

[Teaman]

just noticed you have a cx 500,,,
ride around with high beam on all day and no one will notice,,,,
trust me on thqat, no one noticed me on my cx,,,



if you have any probs with it ask me mate,, i might hate the bike with vengance cos the feker tried to kill me twice but i love em aswell,, if ya can ride a cx through winter you can ride anything
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[gimpy limp]

good job I asked then before going out on the road with full beam on all the time when this thing gets an mot.

actually technically I didn't ask about that but still
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[instigator]

I won't jump on the bandwagon but declare that at night, sometimes I do indeed ride with full beam on, even with other cars coming the other way. Perhaps it's my eyesight but I haven't really come across any decent headlights that will make me comfortabe travelling at 60-70mph. I would like to think the cats eye's around here are as functional as others but I really can't see much at all when other cars are coming. Cars lights are far too bright, in particular these f*cking bmw blue lights. Stupidly dazzling. In those sort of circumstances, I have no other course of action than to put it on full beam.

I don't make a habit of course, just when there's a german car coming towards me.

Around the day, it's always dipped though.

[Teaman]

is it the cx500b?
if so the rear swingarm is prone to rotting
ive had to weld mine up before,,
also keep an eye on the cam chain tentioners,, the cam chain WILL snap,, fortunately dave silve sells em quite cheep

most mot stations will see it and either wave your bike through if its clean or go over it with a fine tooth comb

if you have a standard exaust your collector box is also prone to rust,, give us a shout if that goes, i can get you pretty much any cx part at trade pluss vat pluss a little for the help,(my mates theone with the trade account, i dont make cash out of it)
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There is no point in ranting about someone stupid because there is nothing u can do about it. There is no cure for stupid.
Someone stupid does not realise they r stupid.stupidity is indistinguishable from malice U just have to accept that some people are thick as p1gsh1t and work around them.

[gimpy limp]

cx high beam pic head on (I think the flash picked it up more than it actually is):

https://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2610/cx500quickpinsandsideboxes3001.th.jpg
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[Teaman]

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/wales4.jpg
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/mestrines.jpg

told ya,, cool bike,, yet totally shit light


was a nightmare coming back from wales cos my mate triumphs lights were set wrong so on high beam he scared all the owls out of the tree tops and my high beam was crap anyway,,., just picture it,, two bikes one on low beam and a cx on high beam coming over the cat and fiddle in pitch black, freezing cold and wet,, fun city mate
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There is no point in ranting about someone stupid because there is nothing u can do about it. There is no cure for stupid.
Someone stupid does not realise they r stupid.stupidity is indistinguishable from malice U just have to accept that some people are thick as p1gsh1t and work around them.

[gimpy limp]

eye can't complain for 150 quid plus it's 25 years old, that's why I fitted fogs on the radiator for all these country lanes with big dips and potholes at the edges we have around here. Can't wait to have her on the road. I think i've got everything covered now to get it through. For a first bike it's a means to an end although I would prefer something with more comfortable handlebars as I have a dodgy back lately.

Mot prices went up a month or 2 ago didn't they, can't remember how much they are now can you? I think i'll chuck it through next week see what it fails on (hopefully nothing or atleast nothing expensive).

cheers
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