Re: Hazard/Passing Lights

 

in an obviously impaired state, wrote:


1999 Yamaha Royal Star Venture, on the right hand control cluster, a
switch for the "4 way" hazard flashers.  Regarding passing lights, in
the US, anyway, they refer to auxiliary lights mounted on either side
of the headlamp.  Mine are on at all times that the low beam headlamp
is on.  When switched to high beam, the passing lights go out.  If
there's a switch to control it, I haven't found it.
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wrote:

|>in an obviously impaired state, wrote:
|>
|>>
|>>
|>>Also posted to (yamaha........scooter@yahoogroup.......com)
|>>
|>>    Does anyone in the Americas have Hazard/Passing Light Switches still
|>>on the bike or is this just a European custom?
|>>
|>>    They seem to be missing in all the bikes I've seen around, but I
|>>think the hazard light might be useful....as the turn signal light is works
|>>as well as a passing light
|>>
|>>Bob
|>
|>1999 Yamaha Royal Star Venture, on the right hand control cluster, a
|>switch for the "4 way" hazard flashers.  Regarding passing lights, in
|>the US, anyway, they refer to auxiliary lights mounted on either side
|>of the headlamp.  Mine are on at all times that the low beam headlamp
|>is on.  When switched to high beam, the passing lights go out.  If
|>there's a switch to control it, I haven't found it.

    Passing lights seem redundant and more things to fumble if your
gloves are getting loose or heavily palm padded.............the high beam
should work as well, if needed for a short duration...

    The hazard lights are good if you conk out on a hi-way, and are in
the wrong lane to find a curb or shoulder, of course you might accidentally
be hitting your starter button if you miss......this could cause a synchro
defect in your starter gear.

 

declaimed the following in alt.scooter:



    In my case, since I run the dung-beetle on high beam in daylight (it
kills batteries, and low beam is 0.2V more of a drain on the charging
system than high beam -- 13.6 vs 13.8V average), the passing flash is
meaningless... On low-beam, the passing flash is just a momentary
contact that activates the high beam (while not turning off the low
beam) as part of the main light switch (H/L/momentary HL)
 

    On the dung beetle, the hazard is on the left, above the trip
computer cycle button. Left side is a tad cluttered:

        H/L/HL
    turn            hazard
    horn        trip comp

vs right

    kill
    <>
    starter

(the <> is a spacer -- looks like place for an optional switch for side
specific turn signal push button rather than the left/off/right)

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On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:58:18 -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber

|>(the <> is a spacer -- looks like place for an optional switch for side
|>specific turn signal push button rather than the left/off/right)


    <> is for the Euro Hazard Light.........

 

in an obviously impaired state, wrote:


Ummmm...   I'm pretty sure that I indicated in the post above... there
pretty well AIN'T NO SWITCH.  Can't see how that would cause any kind
of a problem fumbling about with ill-fitted riding gloves.  I get the
impression that maybe you don't realize exactly what passing lights
are, and to suggest that any additional lighting on a bike is
"redundant" goes a long way toward demonstrating your ignorance of the
issue of visibility to automobile operators...

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