And then BOTH driver and rider are blinded - not sure how this is a "fix".
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Unplug HID Headlights for day driving? Or does it Matter?
- Thread starter Freak
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And then BOTH driver and rider are blinded - not sure how this is a "fix".
09SV650S
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I get no special treatment outside her area. But come on. We can all find crap in the HTA that we all can be charged with. Got to get a grip man.
If they want to mess with you they're going to. They're more interested in your speed and other road behaviors than few HTA sections most of them don't remember from school to charge you with.
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It is my opinion that we are off topic, it is also my opinion that the OP should not disconnect his headlight to "ease the load off the battery" - as it will cause an additional load on the R/RBike has nothing to do with it. I just don't care what anyone thinks or their opinion.
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This is part of the problem. The police are more interested in writing up a charge they know won't get thrown out on a whim.
Usually this isn't the case. More often than not HID conversions do away with the high beam. If the HID has a high beam it's usually so far out of the focus range it's useless. If the halogen high is retained it'll have less glare than the HID. So, turning on your high beams only proves the point.
It truly is crap. HID conversions are illegal for a reason. People need to understand that public roads are just that "public". They are not the playground of the inconsiderate narcissists.
Think about it; how does blinding oncoming traffic make you any safer?
People are not shielding their eyes because of your brilliance, they are shielding their eyes from the glare of your lights.
They are not waving to you, they are waving their finger at you.
They are not flashing their high beans to warn you of a speed trap, they're trying to remind you you've forgotten to dip your highs.
When you are blinding someone with the glare of your lights, you wash out the child stepping off the curb that the other driver might have seen if you had been a little more considerate.
Just because some guy in China can mount an HID burner on a halogen base doesn't make it right, or legal. The location, orientation, shape and size of the HID burner are all different from the original halogen filament. The HID conversion lamp will NEVER work in a reflector or projector designed for a halogen lamp. Read about it here: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/bulbs/Hid/disadvantages/disadvantages.html
Part of the problem lies with enforcement of the HID conversions in the first place. These conversion lamps do not conform. This is not in the jurisdiction of the local police. It falls under the CMVSS and is a Transport Canada issue (it's a federal offense)
09SV650S
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You just contradicted yourself. But you also sound like a very bitter tiny man. Lol
That's life buddy. People text and drive and do many other things that are unsafe and/or illegal. You going to play daddy and post on all the other forms to stop everything that's wrong on the roads?
I think people's driving habits kill more people than offshore HID lights.
But what do I know. I have an HID kit
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09SV650S
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Actually if they weren't handling soo many useless domestics, suicide threats, mischief, and all the other time wasting type calls they get sent to. Their time could be used enforcing more important issues.
But you know everything right?
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It has to be the bike because I heard you were timid like a little girl until you rode the
SV.
+1 ...too hilarious..
I really think its the sv
09SV650S
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Hilarious is dropping your gsxr 600 at a stand still bc your little girl body couldn't hold up your bike.
That...... Is hilarious.
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My experience has been different than yours.
theassassin
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........I changed a tire last night for a customer with an 07 GSXR1000 identical to mine. His bike was his in really nice shape, except for the blistered and bulged spot the size of a loonie on the headlight lense caused by his HID. Shame.
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RedDogDarren
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Really? Are you blind when you get flashed with high beams? Do you go sightless and crash? Or do you see a bright light and just realize they flashed their high beams?
In my past 26 years of riding on the street this is how we "remind" a driver to turn off the highs. It works, nobody crashes, and we all seem to retain our vision throughout the experience.
LannyNguyen
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4300k - 5000k is actually alot more brighter than 6000k+.
BMWSTRider
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I guess there is no reasoning with moron's. They just don't understand that the same lights that make them "visible" also can get drivers visually fixated on the lights and come at you. This guys don't have a clue of driving courtesy and most likely be tomorrows obituary. After all his GF can escort his hearse. How many times have police cruisers with flashing lights or vehicles on the side of the highway are hit because drivers get object fixation.
daught
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OooOooo here comes the next BMW fad. Hi-viz everything with dim headlights to avoid target fixation. Or wait, maybe hi-viz helmets lead to target fixation. We need more opinions to come to a conclusion.
One person is flashing them momentarily, the other is DRIVING WITH THEM ON CONSTANTLY. Yes it makes it difficult to see children running out onto the road with the improperly shielded HID's oncoming.
daught
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Acura shielded projectors blind me every time there is a bump in the road. The sharp cutoff allows them to be aimed higher while driving on a flat surface, but as soon as they move up slightly they are very blinding. Reflectors have a soft cut off that doesn't bother me that much.
Inconsiderate narcissists? Federal offense? NEVER work?
I think you're getting carried away. I'm actually a nice person!
However it happens to work, my HID's don't seem to have an irritating effect on everyone around me. I've looked at the glare from 20 ft ahead with the bike parked and asked my group ride partners, and it doesn't seem that bad. The hot spots in the beam pattern aren't too bad while riding. In 10,000 kms of riding I've never been stopped by cops to get a ticket (which they could do by use of the 'High Beams' HTA, or even stunting which has a loose definition), and have only been flashed once (at dusk).
The article is interesting, but I think it touches on some esoteric points that don't seem to be the case in my experience. My lights pump out a lot more light, and don't seem to irritate other people. I think Charlie Sheen would call that 'winning'.
Maybe it isn't supposed to work, but in my case it seems to. Also, $80 for a DDM kit was much more palatable than $200 plus machine work to retrofit Hella H9 projector bulbs, on an entry level bike I don't intent to keep long.
My Bandit has an interesting light setup with two glass semi-circle projectors. Maybe by chance, this is a better setup for knockoff HID's than simpler setups on other bikes?
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09SV650S
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Member for 3 years and you have 5 posts?
Calling the lot of us morons? Really?
If my HIDs were bothering other drivers that much it'd consider going back to OE set up. But haven't had anyone flash me or comment on them blinding them. Are they brighter hell ya. But most people are glad they can see me and for the few times I ride at night so be it.
Object fixation is your pompous comment to justify what the rest of the world calls rubber neckers. Which to me oh and my officer gf is called careless driving!
Thanks for coming out. See ya in 2015 when you post you next few replies.
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First you don't give a *****
Next you don't care what anyone thinks or their opinion.
And finally, you reveal that you do actually care and are a considerate person.
This thread would have a lot less bickering and arguing if you said that from the get go. If your lights are not offensive, then what are we even talking about here?
Next you don't care what anyone thinks or their opinion.
And finally, you reveal that you do actually care and are a considerate person.
This thread would have a lot less bickering and arguing if you said that from the get go. If your lights are not offensive, then what are we even talking about here?
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