How often do you use your lights? - SV650.org

18-09-08, 03:04 PM

Just thought I would ask the question as I was tought to always ride with the bikes lights on, however I notice that most bikes on the road don't have theirs switched on during the daytime.

18-09-08, 03:08 PM

Mine come on with the bike starting up.... So anyone with a 53 sv will ride with them on too.

18-09-08, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveP

Mine come on with the bike starting up.... So anyone with a 53 sv will ride with them on too.

Ooops, didnt know that sv's lights were automatically turned on, this could prove to be a bit of an obvious poll result then!

18-09-08, 03:14 PM

The pointys come on automatically, but I believe curvys don't.

Even so, I've never switched the lights off on any bike I've ever had.

pmapp · 18-09-08, 03:17 PM

Always on for me, but I'm sure Pete or Lissa will be along soon with the reason why they have theirs off.

18-09-08, 03:19 PM

Never on during day, only when I have forgot to turn them off or dodgy weather conditions, normally if that is the case its just the sidelight on.

I like people to be able to distribute the difference between my tail light on and my brake light, it only takes someone to look away and not see they have changed, what I worry about anyway. The front lights, I sometimes think that
when I am riding along and I hit a pothole or a bump in the road, people may think I am flashing them. Anyway, during the day, if you miss me on a bike, you shouldn't be driving!

G · 18-09-08, 03:22 PM

Once of the most nasty crashes I have seen was a car pulling out on a bike from a side road......on investigation it turn out that the car had pulled out because when the bike with its light on went over a bump it looked like the bike had actually flashed the car out.

Was nasty.

Sadly my lights are on all the time and I dont have the skills to install a switch.

18-09-08, 03:27 PM

I ride a pointy, so lights are on all the time.

I find a loud exhaust more of an attention grabber than the lights TBH.

Biker Biggles · 18-09-08, 03:41 PM

Didnt used to until I got my ZX9R which has them on all the time.I noticed that other drivers see me better,so I use them most of the time on the old SV as well.

Mr Speirs · 18-09-08, 04:06 PM

I was taught to ride with my lights on all the time but only during adverse weather and night time. This is because I was in my car when at a junction the car in front nearly pulled out on a bike because there was a slight bump before the junction which made it look like the bike flashed. Made me think. So changed my habits.

View Poll Results: How often do you use your lights
Always	57	87.69%
Only at night or during bad weather conditions	8	12.31%
Never, I eat plenty of carrots so I can see in the dark!	0	0%
Voters: 65. You may not vote on this poll

18-09-08, 03:04 PM	#1
AndyL Guest Posts: n/a	How often do you use your lights? Just thought I would ask the question as I was tought to always ride with the bikes lights on, however I notice that most bikes on the road don't have theirs switched on during the daytime.

18-09-08, 03:08 PM	#2
DaveP Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How often do you use your lights? Mine come on with the bike starting up.... So anyone with a 53 sv will ride with them on too.

18-09-08, 03:14 PM	#4
Woz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How often do you use your lights? The pointys come on automatically, but I believe curvys don't. Even so, I've never switched the lights off on any bike I've ever had.

18-09-08, 03:17 PM	#5
pmapp Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wakefield, West Yorks' Posts: 1,129	Re: How often do you use your lights? Always on for me, but I'm sure Pete or Lissa will be along soon with the reason why they have theirs off. __________________ '52 Curvy S \| So good.....it made me want to trump! If at first you don't succeed - use more gaffa tape.

18-09-08, 03:19 PM	#6
plowsie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How often do you use your lights? Never on during day, only when I have forgot to turn them off or dodgy weather conditions, normally if that is the case its just the sidelight on. I like people to be able to distribute the difference between my tail light on and my brake light, it only takes someone to look away and not see they have changed, what I worry about anyway. The front lights, I sometimes think that when I am riding along and I hit a pothole or a bump in the road, people may think I am flashing them. Anyway, during the day, if you miss me on a bike, you shouldn't be driving!

18-09-08, 03:22 PM	#7
G Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,770	Re: How often do you use your lights? Once of the most nasty crashes I have seen was a car pulling out on a bike from a side road......on investigation it turn out that the car had pulled out because when the bike with its light on went over a bump it looked like the bike had actually flashed the car out. Was nasty. Sadly my lights are on all the time and I dont have the skills to install a switch. __________________ 6.67300 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2

18-09-08, 03:27 PM	#8
Baph Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How often do you use your lights? I ride a pointy, so lights are on all the time. I find a loud exhaust more of an attention grabber than the lights TBH.

18-09-08, 03:41 PM	#9
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,070	Re: How often do you use your lights? Didnt used to until I got my ZX9R which has them on all the time.I noticed that other drivers see me better,so I use them most of the time on the old SV as well. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

18-09-08, 04:06 PM	#10
Mr Speirs Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 2,218	Re: How often do you use your lights? I was taught to ride with my lights on all the time but only during adverse weather and night time. This is because I was in my car when at a junction the car in front nearly pulled out on a bike because there was a slight bump before the junction which made it look like the bike flashed. Made me think. So changed my habits. __________________ Smokey Black Burnty 02 - Racetech Smoulderlators + .90kg BBQ Springs, zx10r shockingly toasted, Conti Road Attacks heat up very nicely, R&G Crash Bungs but what f**king use are they, No Colour Matched Hugger, Flame Extenda, Beowulf Titainium Oval Flame Thrower.

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