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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 01:17 PM
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I think I remember in MSF class they mentioned that it is ok to use high beams all the time.

Anyone use high beams ?
 
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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You'll find that alot of riders do. I don't personally. There's enough road rage going on today without adding something that might **** off a cage driver.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 01:27 PM
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always on high during the day. switch as needed at night.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 01:31 PM
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I use the high beam during the day. More visible than the low beam, and it isn't too bright in daylight to irritate anyone.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 01:51 PM
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I use the high beam most of the time - day and night. I don't want my heirs to hear, "I never saw him".
 
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not during the day no it pisses people off
 
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I use the high beam when some brain dead driver won't move out of the left hand lane. I guess they haven't got the memo that the left hand lane is for passing only.
 
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Always on in the daytime. . .
 
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not during the day no it pisses people off
I've been riding 44 years andcan honestly say I've never encountered or seen anoncoming driver, or driver I'm behind, PO'd because I ride with my high beam on - day or night, and NJ is not what you'd call a "polite" state when it comes to drivers. Even long before it was the law to ride with a headlight on, I rode with my high beam. Besides, I'd rather be seen and alive than polite.

I had to dump an old Triumph smack in the middle of the road once and banged myself and the bike up pretty good. Why did I have to do that? Because as the driver said when she ran the stop sign, "I never saw you".

As riders, we see a lot of things car drivers don't because we are much more attuned to what's going on around us. I can't say it enough, so I'll say it again, "I'd rather be seen and alive than polite."
 
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I always run the high beam during the day.
 
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