data.3news-bydate.train.rec.motorcycles.105246 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (neil.a.kirby)
Subject: Re: VFR + ST11 Owners get hidden feature
Organization: AT&T
Keywords: lights
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In article [email protected] (Dave T Dorfman) writes:
> I was enjoying lunch this saturday at foodies in Milford NH with an assortment
>of other nedod folks when Dean Cookson ( yes he has not left the
>country, yet) mentioned that the wiring diagram of the VFR750
>shows that the light switch is a three position switch.
>
>high beam
>low beam
>Both beams
>
>
>Well the actual ergonomics of the switch make it appear to be a
>2 position switch, but sure enough as Deam expected , when
>you balance the toggle switch in the center position both the high
>and low beams go on.
>
>This provides a very nice light coverage of the
>road.
>
>This is true for the St11 and the VFR750 and I would expect for any
>other late model Honda with the standard two position light switch.
>
It's a "make before break" type of switch. If not required, it ought to be
for high-low beams.
There might be a wee problem with this. If you use both filaments at the
same time, the bulb is tossing out a great deal more heat than normal.
Possibly enough to shorten it's life span. My Honda CRX cage [a cage that
really wanted to be a bike] had wimpy stock lights. So we used to run
around with both beams on. Made a mucho big difference - until both low
beam filaments died nearly simultaneously! This was two weeks after
finding out how nice it was to use both beams. I replaced the lights with
quartz-halogen lights and that ended the problem.
Neil Kirby DoD #0783 [email protected]
AT&T Bell Labs Columbus OH USA (614) 860-5304
If you think I speak for AT&T you might have more lawyers than sense.