Full Beam or not Full Beam...?
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No full beam. To be honest i cant believe you would ride with full beam on towards oncomming traffic anyway ? 
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I ride a R6 and the lights are quite high and v bright people on the odd occasionally flick me the 'bird' or flash thinkin i've got full beam on. Not quite sure if i can adjust them?
. I ride a R6 and the lights are quite high and v bright people on the odd occasionally flick me the 'bird' or flash thinkin i've got full beam on. Not quite sure if i can adjust them?
, surely mainbeam in traffic will momentarily blind somebody and possibly cause an accident ??????
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Totally agree with you on that.
4WD: I do realise I answered my own question (above), but was merely interested in other bikers' views, as I still see people doing it on a regular basis and wondered if I was the only one who gets pi55ed off with it!!
>> Edited by 5150 on Friday 8th August 10:57
Totally agree with you on that.
4WD: I do realise I answered my own question (above), but was merely interested in other bikers' views, as I still see people doing it on a regular basis and wondered if I was the only one who gets pi55ed off with it!!
>> Edited by 5150 on Friday 8th August 10:57
Dipped beam. Trouble with modern bikes is that the lights are so bloody good that people think you've got them on full beam all the time!
Add to that, when you follow someone, you're headlight is usually nicely in line with their rear view mirror so you get the old hand held up etc.
Does amuse me when people flash me as I approach thinking I'm on full beam and then I give them a flash back !!! Blindin'
One other disadvantage of running lights in the day is approaching junctions. If a car is making to come out of one and you brake, the nose dips and can give the driver the impression of being flashed as the light lens alters angle. Worth bearing in mind when you slam on the anchors, get back on the throttle and wonder why the driver pulls out on you!!
Add to that, when you follow someone, you're headlight is usually nicely in line with their rear view mirror so you get the old hand held up etc.
Does amuse me when people flash me as I approach thinking I'm on full beam and then I give them a flash back !!! Blindin'
One other disadvantage of running lights in the day is approaching junctions. If a car is making to come out of one and you brake, the nose dips and can give the driver the impression of being flashed as the light lens alters angle. Worth bearing in mind when you slam on the anchors, get back on the throttle and wonder why the driver pulls out on you!!
5150 said:
4WD: I do realise I answered my own question (above), but was merely interested in other bikers' views, as I still see people doing it on a regular basis and wondered if I was the only one who gets pi55ed off with it!!
It's difficult to type funny sarcastic responses on here as mine was meant, but speaking as a road user on 2/4 wheels any use of full beam during the day and indeed during the night when approaching traffic is very bad. You, me and everyone else who has experienced it knows that, it's distracting and can impare vision.
Any car/bike with full beam and/or foglights on when they shouldn't, should get full beam back right at them, they will learn.
PetrolTed said:
Had a guy on the M40 doing it yesterday. I can appreciate the desire to do it as I saw him approach from about 3 miles away but it still irritates.
I'd like to out myself as a full beam numpty. The point is it SHOULD irritate people/make them aware that you are there. They only see it for a brief period of time, how bad can it be ?
Would people rather be irritated for a few seconds or run the risk of pulling out into the path of a rider ?
I can't remember receiving any complaints, but I do flick back to dipped if I am stopped behind some one.
Anything that makes a rider more conspicuous is worthwhile (in my humble).
Regards,
BOR
Hmmm in my limited experiance full beam blinds. Which in my mind is no good. Far better to have dipped lights on, which should be visable enough. Frankly full beam on anything is unnessicary.
Agree with Stig that bike lights generally are bright and the same height as the rear view mirror. I had the same with a land rover i had except i had some mega spots on the front. When they flashed or gave hand signs i put the full beam on. You could see the whites of their eyes
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Agree with Stig that bike lights generally are bright and the same height as the rear view mirror. I had the same with a land rover i had except i had some mega spots on the front. When they flashed or gave hand signs i put the full beam on. You could see the whites of their eyes
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