I'm glad to hear that. If you were considering an upgrade because of difficulty seeing at night, you might be able to improve visibility by adjusting your headlight upward a bit. When I first started riding in 2005, I found the headlight on the bike I bought (a 2005 Honda Shadow Aero) was adjusted too low. I fiddled with it, initially adjusting it too high (making drivers think my high beam was on), and then readjusted it while it was pointed at my garage door at night, aiming the top of the beam to be about level with the top of the headlight. You don't want it so low that you can't see what's ahead of you without turning on your high beam, but you don't want it so high that it blinds other drivers. Incidentally, I've never felt a need to adjust the headlight on my 2003 Honda Nighthawk 750. It came to me adjusted well.
In my experience, I've learned that the mechanics who assemble motorcycles at dealerships often do a sloppy job of it, leaving off mounting screws, mounting cable guides backwards or upside down, and installing mirrors in ways that they can't be properly adjusted without correcting how they are mounted. That has been my main motivation to do my own maintenance and repairs. It's not easy to find a trustworthy and competent motorcycle mechanic. On Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 8:32:34 PM UTC-5, Mike wrote: > > Thanks, Jeremy. I'll listen to that. I rarely ride at night in any case. > > Best, Michael C. > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 2:17 PM, jrhoyt0895 <jeremy...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I recommend you not upgrade to a brighter bulb. I wouldn't want to blind >> other drivers, and with a normal bulb, you can turn on your high beam when >> you need it. If you have a brighter bulb, you can never dim it >> I will sometimes turn on my high beam during the day if people seem to >> drive as though they can't see me, but having an extra bright headlight at >> night creates a hazard when you temporarily blind other drivers. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/56sE9WHdm4U/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> nighthawk_love...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthaw...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Michael C. > hend...@gmail.com <javascript:> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
