Fatboy headlight
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Fatboy headlight
I have been wondering. My 11 fatboy we know has one headlight. Which concerns me a bit at night. If it goes I am pretty much stranded. What do most of you do?
Does the high beam act as your backup?
Do they rarely go at the same time.
Do you carry a backup bulb in your tool kit?
Does the high beam act as your backup?
Do they rarely go at the same time.
Do you carry a backup bulb in your tool kit?
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I have been wondering. My 11 fatboy we know has one headlight. Which concerns me a bit at night. If it goes I am pretty much stranded. What do most of you do?
Does the high beam act as your backup?
Do they rarely go at the same time.
Do you carry a backup bulb in your tool kit?
Does the high beam act as your backup?
Do they rarely go at the same time.
Do you carry a backup bulb in your tool kit?
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I switched from a standard halogen lamp to one of the LED lamps. The black background on the lamp helped with the overall bike style but the light is much brighter and I can see much further. Also, I've been told, much more difficult to miss me....
(You can see the lamp in my avatar, but I'm too new to be able to post pics yet).
(You can see the lamp in my avatar, but I'm too new to be able to post pics yet).
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We have two filaments, so chances of both going out at the same time are very slim. I just replaced my stock HD headlamp with an LED unit. My stock unit is 15 years old and still works fine. There's really no point to be concerned with headlamp failure.
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From: Where I lay my head is home.
Sorry... but I have a funny story about this.
So I'm riding my old 1400 Intruder from San Diego to Lake Havasu for the weekend. Going through a loooooong, straight and empty two lane stretch at about 10pm, I'm spending lots of time looking up at the stars and full moon and all that... 'cause I'm about 100 miles from the nearest light pollution and it's a pretty awesome sight.
Riding along, look up at the moon, look back down and the headlight is out. I nearly crapped myself. Thankfully, the high beam worked.
Hmmm... maybe it wasn't a funny story.
So I'm riding my old 1400 Intruder from San Diego to Lake Havasu for the weekend. Going through a loooooong, straight and empty two lane stretch at about 10pm, I'm spending lots of time looking up at the stars and full moon and all that... 'cause I'm about 100 miles from the nearest light pollution and it's a pretty awesome sight.
Riding along, look up at the moon, look back down and the headlight is out. I nearly crapped myself. Thankfully, the high beam worked.
Hmmm... maybe it wasn't a funny story.
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