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- Subject: Re: 90/130W H4 QI headlight bulbs wanted
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- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 9 Jan 93 21:25:00 GMT
- Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
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- -> daylight? I've never found headlight beams to be annoying during the
- -> day, and I think motorcyclists should run with high-beams on in
- -> daylight (they need every chance they can get to be seen by
- -> "blind" 4-wheelers).
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- 1) motorcycle headlights can legally be MUCH brighter than car lights
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- 2) motorcycle lights tend to move around a lot, particularly ones
- attached to the fork tubes, as most are. This gives a nice flashy,
- jittery eye-searing high beam, perfect for annoying car drivers,
- who will then try to kill you
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- 3) a) if you can't see a low beam, you probably can't see a high beam
- b) if you can't see something six feet tall, seven feet long, and
- over two feet wide moving down the road, you probably can't see
- it with a headlight on
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