headlight experiment

[dan shaw]

i lean toward the group if thinkers that say the klr looks better dirty. personally, the bike is not much of a looker anyway, but i love it anyway. --- njtc@... wrote:

> Put me down on the Simple Green list. > > At higher concentration it really cuts grease and at > lower > concentration really squooges away the usual crud. > > After messing up the plastic while removing the > Kawai decal on the > mini-fairing I tried polish to bring it back to > factory fresh to no > avail....so I'm having a decal custom made of the > bikes name to cover > it. The colour goes all the way through the plastic, > like tupperware, > so at least there is no danger of rubbing it off. > > When it comes to that anal retent, got to impress > everyone, try to > get it looking REALLY good, factory fresh type look, > I find that the > best product to use is called elbow grease. > Fortunately I don't feel > the need to do that too often! > > Gromit A13 > >

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[Brad Davis]

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Jim Hyman" wrote:

> Wrong, oh poor mislead ones. The starter button merely > activates the starter circuit and doesn't temporarily > disconnect the power to the headlights, high or low beam. > Some non-US models have a separate on/off switch for the > headlights & the european models have a high beam 'flashing' > switch. If your battery has a low enough charge, the > headlight might cut out entirely when starting, rather > than dimming. > > Professor

OK, at lunch today I ran an experiment with my headlights. 1) My KLR had set for about 1 hour from the last ride. 2) Turned ignition ON, headlight stayed OFF. Dimmer switch was in HIGH position. 3) Select LOW dimmer position and light turns ON. 4)Reselect HIGH light goes out. 5) Start engine, light stays out until engine is reved, light goes ON. 6) Ride it about 15 minutes, turn engine off, HIGH beam stays ON. LOW beam works too. 7) Half hour later, turn ignition on, HIGH beam goes on, LOW beam works too. Hmmmm, sounds inconsistent to me. Maybe my battery loses capacity when it sets for 1 hour or more. I don't know how old the battery is, could be the original for all I know. I'll check this weekend (I assume there is a date code on the battery?). Do other folks KLR's do this or is this the beginning of the end of my battery Brad A9