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Iron Butt
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Broken Arrow, OK | How do you use your HID headlamp |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | Use it on rare occasion, maybe five or six times a month, usually at night. Always in bad weather. |
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Tourer
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Woodland Hills, CA | I usually run with my brights on during the day on the open road, and with the HID at night. |
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Visionary
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San Antonio, TX | I never turn it off. Ever. 25,000 miles and over three years. Still going strong.
Ride Safe |
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Cruiser
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Spfld, IL but temp Bay area, CA | You need it more in the daytime to help wake up the cagers |
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Iron Butt
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Broken Arrow, OK | This 2011 Vision is new to me. Past weekend we rode quite a bit at night. Always 2 up, wife and I.
WithOUT the HID on, had quite a few cagers flashing their brights at us. I know there's a procedure for headlight adjustment, guess I better take a look at it. |
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Puddle Jumper
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coweta ok | Easy to do. Call me if you want, I'm probably less than 10 miles away from you. Marty :-) |
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Cruiser
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New York | I use my Hid lights when its dark outside.. never used it during the daytime.. |
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Cruiser
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| 28000+ on all the time, no issues!  |
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Cruiser
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New York | wrr1home - 2011-09-06 8:08 PM
28000+ on all the time, no issues!
knock on wood!  |
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Visionary
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | sometimes I worry the HID is too bright at night when there is a lot of traffic, otherwise it is always on. |
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Tourer
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SC, Bluffton | Nozzledog - 2011-09-06 9:55 PM
sometimes I worry the HID is too bright at night when there is a lot of traffic, otherwise it is always on.
Same here. I don't travel at night often, but I have turned it off several times at night. It is always on in the day. To be seen, not to see.
Herb |
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Cruiser
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| When I get off work at 2:30 am I fire it up. Its almost like daytime with that thing. |
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Visionary
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San Antonio, TX | My HID is a little lower than my low beams....but much wider. It is like a short but very wide rectangle. At night I use it to spot deer it the trees and on the side of the road.
Right after I got my Vision I followed some friends to their house. They complained that the Visions low beams were too high. I adjusted them.
I set the lows to cover what my truck low beams do in distance. When I flip on the highs I see the road and up into the trees.
So after the adjustment on my Vision the HID never shines above deer head height.
Ride Safe |
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Iron Butt
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | I wish someone made a mounting system for the HID that works like the headlamp on a diesel locomotive, either round and round or wobbles back and forth, but if people a stupid enough to not see a several hundred ton train........................................ |
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Iron Butt
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| Interesting about turning on the HID to be "seen" during the day. My previous experience with HID is that they are actually LESS noticeable to oncoming traffic than normal low beams, given the difference in the color range. I had the HID low beam on my KP, and always had to turn the high beam on during the day to be seen better. Unless looking at the HID straight on, you could barely tell it was lit during daylight, whereas the yellow color scale of standard bulbs is much more visible.
I seldom use the HID driving light, as I find that my standard low beams are more than sufficient to light the road, especially after adjusting them to a lower, more acceptable angle. I would imagine I would use it in fog or rain, or at times when the high beams aren't appropriate, but need a bit more light in dimly lit areas where traffic is still prevalent.
Edited by Turk 2011-09-07 11:09 AM
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Iron Butt
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Anderson, IN (48mi NE of downtown Indianapolis) | When riding 2 up or pulling a trailer I need to add pressure to the shock or I get a lot of cars flashing their lights at me. The HID is great to light up those dark country roads at night. Makes deer eyes pop. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | I use it at night or when it rains. |
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Tourer
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Akron Ohio area | The HID will not increase your visibility to oncoming traffic in daylight hours. Sorry
Many States recommend that you turn on your bright lights in daylight while riding motorcycles. (I do)
I keep my rear shock set to maximum which in turn lowers my projected light beams.
I don't get "flashed" day or night, regardless of HID usage or not.
I just returned from a 7,600 trip where "road gators" and "road kill" were a very common sight.
At 75 MPH after dark, you need all the light you can emit to make sure you don't hit road debris.
The one thing that bothers me about the HID headlight is the replacement costs of the bulb.
I've seen several sites that offer it for sale in the $300 price range. |
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Tourer
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Goldsboro, NC | okie vision - 2011-09-06 4:06 PM
This 2011 Vision is new to me. Past weekend we rode quite a bit at night. Always 2 up, wife and I.
WithOUT the HID on, had quite a few cagers flashing their brights at us. I know there's a procedure for headlight adjustment, guess I better take a look at it. the FIRST thing I would do is make sure that my air shock was at the right pressure for 2-up.
I got lots of flashes, too... then I realized that my 330lb ass was like 2 1/2 -up... so I adjusted appropriately.
AFTER the shock is in the right place (it's a safety and handling thing), THEN take off the front cover plate and adjusting the light is in-your-face apparent.
Edited by trailbarge 2011-09-08 11:29 AM
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Tourer
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Goldsboro, NC | I replied "Only when I think about it". Because the other rules do not fit. I think about higher visibility when the traffic gets thick on the particle accelerator. I also think about it in those twilight hours just before full dark, when visibility is worst. Rain and fog, I test to see if it makes things better or worse.
I do not usually ride at full might with HID on, as it blinds oncoming traffic. If I'm cruising back country roads where vision is paramount and traffic low, I will turn it on. If I'm running at full night in an urban area where street lights make it like twilight... see above.
Yes, "only when I think about it"... but I think about it a lot. |
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Iron Butt
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Broken Arrow, OK | trailbarge - 2011-09-08 11:21 AM
. the FIRST thing I would do is make sure that my air shock was at the right pressure for 2-up.
I did adjust them down a bit. Most would think we ride with too much shock pressure. I follow the label. I'm 250 and the wife is........I adjust for 370 lbs, running the shock at 55-60 unless we're loaded, then more. |
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