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Friend of mine almost got tagged the other nite on his Road Glide... Woman said She didn't see him until she was up close. His bike is completely blacked out.. Which got me thinking.. So luckily he didn't get hit.. But when I got home.. I took a Pic of mine with the reflectors still in place, as I was considering removing cause I like the look of his without. The pic is taken with the flash on to simulate headlights reflecting.. They are pretty visible. Which begs the question.. Why remove them with all of these shitty, distracted drivers roaming around?
My RKS and Vrod Muscle
🤣 There's Always one... But all jokes aside.. The reflectors actually have a purpose
True enough, but as you have seen here, not everybody will agree with their effectiveness, and/or if they are actually necessary...
Pretty much the same with any debate these days.....
The great thing about America is being free to think for yourself, evaluate risk, and then make your own choice... well, at least you used to...
More and more, people are being condemned for not "agreeing" with the mob mentality or popular narrative..... kind of sad really...
For me, the reflectors don't bother me a bit. I always leave them on. In fact, once I changed out my lower fork legs and purchased new reflectors to put on those... I ordered the reflectors online and was thinking if I was the only person who ever ordered the fork reflectors from them...??
Reflectors look much brighter in a camera flash then in a headlight at night, not saying they don't help but its minimal.
Beyond that I agree with Uncle Larry and twoglides13, all the reflectors on my bikes come off day one. I do however add plenty of LED lighting that's far more visible in the dark then any Schwinn bicycle reflector
I pulled mine ‘cause they look like some cheap piece of plastic. But, I’m considering the Custom Dynamics LED fork lights, I have their LED saddle bag latch lights abd they are awesome.
Last edited by TriGeezer; Nov 14, 2021 at 09:48 AM.
Why remove them with all of these shitty, distracted drivers roaming around?
Because I don't like the look of them.
They are still in my sig pic below from earlier this year. Pure laziness kept me from removing mine sooner. That and the fact that my black lowers got so pitted, so early. I bought some newer ones and waited until I got around to replacing them.
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Why Do U Remove Fork Reflectors?
