My Burgmn Executive has the hazard lights and the passing light switch on
the handlebars.
EHC
> wrote:
> |>in an obviously impaired state, wrote:
> |>
> |>>On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:32:42 -0400, Raymond Sirois
> |>>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...
> |>
> |>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
> Some have switches on the front of the left switch housing for
> passing and on the right switch housing beside the starter for
> Hazards...some have them in different configurations.....
> |>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...
> Really do I really need them...some use a horn, I use a High beam
> flick on/off to alert, with the front flicking marking turn marking
> lights,
> so the extra switches and lighting configs of low beam passing lights and
> hi
> off are not that common to me.....
> I have dual halogen headlights front position markers/signal lights
> and a hi-flicker (hit's the rear and left side view cages mirrors) is all
> they would need, but I don't really pass a lot, but might change lanes to
> get in the proper space.
> When you think that a lot of ppl use Headlight Modulators set for lo
> or hi beams, then you get into some other philosophy of catching some but
> not too much attention from the cage being passed.
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> |>in an obviously impaired state, wrote:
> |>
> |>>On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:32:42 -0400, Raymond Sirois
> |>>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...
> |>
> |>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
> Some have switches on the front of the left switch housing for
> passing and on the right switch housing beside the starter for
> Hazards...some have them in different configurations.....
> |>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...
> Really do I really need them...some use a horn, I use a High beam
> flick on/off to alert, with the front flicking marking turn marking
> lights,
> so the extra switches and lighting configs of low beam passing lights and
> hi
> off are not that common to me.....
> I have dual halogen headlights front position markers/signal lights
> and a hi-flicker (hit's the rear and left side view cages mirrors) is all
> they would need, but I don't really pass a lot, but might change lanes to
> get in the proper space.
> When you think that a lot of ppl use Headlight Modulators set for lo
> or hi beams, then you get into some other philosophy of catching some but
> not too much attention from the cage being passed.
> --
> Triad Productions-FantallaŠ~EZine~ParaNovel
> National Association of Assault Research
> WWWeb>> http://boblacasse.150m . com