__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/> Hi, > A cager pulled up beside me at a light the other > day and told me > that my brake light was not working. Another rider > told me the same > thing earlier this year. Both times, I verified that > both the lever > and pedal were turning on the brake light. I have > the brighter bulb > that Fred sells. I think that just the tail light > filament is > brighter and that folks following may have trouble > seeing the > difference between tail and brake light intensities > in daylight. I > don't ride much at night, so I'm thinking the > regular bulb would be a > better idea, maybe with the addition of 'life-brite' > leds or > something. > Dave Leslie > A14 4K > Richmond, VA > > >
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hey dave,
i bought the life bright leds and i think they are a
pretty good idea.
the cager may have thought you were braking when you
might have been downshifting using engine braking...
dan
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The 50 watt brake light does lack contrast. It looks like the brake is on all the time. Several of us have noted that. I'm gonna try a resistor in the running light circuit next chance I get unless a better idea comes along. James in S.C.
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You may have the hot leads reversed. There are two filaments and they come on independent of each other. The brake light circuit should be the higher wattage filament (brighter) of the two. I have the Hot Shot - Sequenced flasher for rear turn signals when braking. It is available from: http://www.kriss.com If the person behind me can't see them they should not be driving. It is a bit expensive though and you need to check it's legality in the jurisdictions you will use it in. It is used on some police bikes. Walt A14 Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com> A cager pulled up beside me at a light the other day and told me > that my brake light was not working. Another rider told me the same > thing earlier this year. Both times, I verified that both the lever > and pedal were turning on the brake light. I have the brighter bulb > that Fred sells. I think that just the tail light filament is > brighter and that folks following may have trouble seeing the > difference between tail and brake light intensities in daylight. I > don't ride much at night, so I'm thinking the regular bulb would be a > better idea, maybe with the addition of 'life-brite' leds or > something. > Dave Leslie > A14 4K > Richmond, VA > >
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I know this one...some of these halogens must have their filaments reversed. I bought one from a bike shop, put it in outside the shop and checked it - it was backwards. Showed the owner, he grabbed another one, identical packaging - it was
correct (ie brake light much brighter than running light). He was pissed that his $15 light was NFG, but what could he do...other than sell it to the next unsuspecting guy, which I'm sure he did. I don't shop there any more.
BTW - My halogen melted a hole in my brake light holder, but that was in Mexico, running in the middle of the day, all day...now I can't run halogens anymore, since water and crap get in there and it blows straight away. I'm thinking an LED one
would be the go, vibration-proof, never burns out...too much hassle for a weekend trail blaster, but just the thing for adventure touring...
Rich
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> The 50 watt brake light does lack contrast. It looks like the brake is on all the time. Several of us have noted that. I'm gonna try a resistor in the running light circuit next chance I get unless a better idea comes along. James in S.C. > > ---------- > From: Walter Lesnowich[SMTP:lesnowich@...] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 2:23 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Brighter tail light - good idea? > > > A cager pulled up beside me at a light the other day and told me > > that my brake light was not working. Another rider told me the same > > thing earlier this year. Both times, I verified that both the lever > > and pedal were turning on the brake light. I have the brighter bulb > > that Fred sells. I think that just the tail light filament is > > brighter and that folks following may have trouble seeing the > > difference between tail and brake light intensities in daylight. I > > don't ride much at night, so I'm thinking the regular bulb would be a > > better idea, maybe with the addition of 'life-brite' leds or > > something. > > Dave Leslie > > A14 4K > > Richmond, VA > > > > > > You may have the hot leads reversed. There are two filaments > and they come on independent of each other. The brake light > circuit should be the higher wattage filament (brighter) of the two. > > I have the Hot Shot - Sequenced flasher for rear turn signals > when braking. It is available from: http://www.kriss.com > If the person behind me can't see them they should not be > driving. It is a bit expensive though and you need to check > it's legality in the jurisdictions you will use it in. It is used on > some police bikes. > > Walt > A14 > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com
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