Switching off daytime running lights?
 

Is there a way of switching off the mandatory head and tail daytime running lights on a 2005 SV 650? Morrag

Re: Daytime running lights
 

Without wiring yourself a switch, i cant see how there would be.

Re: Daytime running lights
 

Well....yes, so has anyone a copy of the relevent wiring diag. for 2005, that I could have a look at please, regards, Morrag

Re: Daytime running lights
 

Why?

Was on a rideout with a load of SV's Easter Bank Holiday Monday.

There was only one rider who didnt have his lights on, he was the only one that was hard to spot in my mirrors.

Not enough to have a word, but I DID consider it.

Its a fairly good safety measure and I was recommended to make sure lights were swiched on when riding when doing my training.

So curious why you think this is necessary.

Re: Daytime running lights
 

you would need to interrupt the yellow/white wire from the start switch to the hi/lo switch. Thge switch would need to be capable of switching 10 amps. (load plus safety margin). But as Soulkiss says, take into consideration the safety aspects of doing so.

I now only run with side lights after the last BikeSafe talk I was at showed a video from a car drivers view of a bike approaching a junction with his lights on. As he rides over a slightly bumpy road surface, it looks for all the world like he's flashed the car sat a junction to come out.

The (now defunct) bike coppers down here demanded that the lights on their bikes were rewired so they could switch them off.

That was convincing enough for me!

Re: Daytime running lights
 

in the crash that i had with another car, the police kept on asking me if i had my lights on, even tho it was at about 11am. also the insurance would probably have something to say if, hopefully you wont, but if you had a bad smash and they took the bike to assess damage and found this switch, they might wriggle out of paying

Re: Daytime running lights
 

Substitute the head light for some leds like Audi, and the insurance company informed .
Philips do a set. Bright and spreads the light better than a focused dip beam .

Re: Daytime running lights
 

Flashing headlights are to tell people you are there, not as most drivers assume- that you are letting them out!!! Tis in the highway code. Also you could be prosecuted under the construction and use laws by disconnecting them, and that it could affect your insurance!! I ride with lights on all the time, set the beam so doesnt flash over most bumps, have used led strips before, the ring ones mentioned are much better, also create a triangle with your lighting, with led lights as low as you can get, http://www.bikevis.com/motorcycle-le...ng-lights.html try these, a little dearer but bright.

Re: Daytime running lights
 

No. It isn't.

So then - it must be right?

There are circumstances in which lights detract from your visibility. They are specific and not numerous but they DO exist.

Daytime lights for bikes are a fudge at best - they are far more about shifting the onus to you from the driver that didn't look. "He's not lit up like Blackpool seafront - it's all his fault I pulled out in front of him".

FWIW - I use lights most of the time - but I'm very well aware of when they reduce my visibility and when to turn them off. My bike has a switch which allows me to make a suitable choice, as should all bikes.