Who rides with their lights on during the day?

[fast_tzr]

Well? I always ride with my dipped beam on

EDIT:Well actually i dont have the choice of turning them off.

[TOM M]

I now have the black headlight cover fitted so technically no. But if the light is poor or bad weather ill just take it off.
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[Itchy]

I tried it out lights on lights off ,

with lights on quite a few more people pulled out on me , a mate had a theory about this that the roads are in such a crap state that the bumps can give the illusion to some drivers you are flashing your head light to let them out,

hence I still ride if I am invisble rather than be in a false sense of security lights on might have

[doggone]

Mine only go off when you turn the ignition off

[.....]

Can't turn them off so not much choice really

It has been discussed before as well here and here .

[Itchy]

a quick bit of soldering should allow you to regain the option to have lights or not have lights , or even replace your switch gear with some older stuff.

[Jack_Cheese]

Only time i've had a crash was when someone didn't see me despite me being on a roundabout in broad daylight. I didn't have my lights on, though because my battery was getting low. I stopped using the electric start and used the kick from then on, it's not worth the increased risk of a SMIDSY.

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[R6jonny]

When i had the choice i didnt use them during good light, but now Suzuki chooses for me they are always on
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[Itchy]

well in a SMIDSY a proper cunt might try the old contributory negligence

"he didn;'t have his lights on"

but then you can trap them with this ,

oh so you saw me without my lights approaching and yet decided to pull out anyway?

= one admission of guilt to careless/dangerous driving

[Bendy]

Depends on how sunny it is.

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[Black Knight]

Get it on full beam, no negative to that apart from maybe straining your bettery.

I always bang it on full. and ive put a 100W lamnp in insteasd of the standard 55.
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[JonB]

Anybody who rides with full beam on all the time day or not deserves to be knocked over IMO, one of the things that annoy me the most car or bike.
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[colezxr]

i tend to ride with them on becouse i have had less people pull out on me with them. and more of a point to argue if i do get taken out.
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[JonB]

Apologies, I think of it as Dipped beam being the normal light and full beam being the full whack of light.
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[colezxr]

[Cog Head]

i always ride with full beam on, as its the only setting you can actuality see, that is how shite my headlights are
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[JonB]

[Method]

I always ride with dipped beam on.

Like Joe said this has been talked about loads of times, but i still ride with dipped beam, and always will.

Reason being it is bright enough for people to notice, but not so bright it gives a direct affect on oncoming traffic.

Its also a bonus that you can still use your flasher when your on dipped beam. When your on high beam - your flasher dont work does it?
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[Nath]

Agree with Jon, main beam is dazzling whether it's a car or a bike. It's not just the power of your healamp bulb, but the fact that main beam is normally aimed to shine directly in the eyes of oncoming motorists.

If the visability is okay, I normally ride with lights off. Dipped beam does make you a lot more visable, but it's true that bumps and dips in the road make it seem like you are flashing people out. I would never ride with sidelamps, because they are totally useless.
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[McGee]

There always turned on here comes as standerd
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[colezxr]

well they obviously are needed to be brighter because i had a car force me into the hard shoulder because he couldnt see a bright green bike with full beam on in the day on a bright day.

and you mean to say that all of the bike cops i have spoken to are a danger to the road.
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[JonB]

Well it's illegal so the bike cops don't know shit do they.

I bet the car wouldn't have seen you with full beam if he couldn't see your bike.
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[MRX Steve]

Have always road with dipped beam, if it makes me that little bit more visible i think its worth leaving them on. Its not like it costs me any thing
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