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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #15 on: March 06, 2015, 12:13:30 am »
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2015, 07:08:55 am »
TomL, my understanding of the regulations for DRLs is that they should not be used at night. Certainly, if retrofitted, they "must not cause unnecessary dazzle or discomfort". So, just in case I encounter an officer who subscribes to Brian's views on auxiliary lighting, I have an illuminated switch to disable them when necessary. I'm sure that at 10W, that won't be necessary but it gives me the option.

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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2015, 12:30:35 pm »
Rae, you were on the money! Thanks; problem solved. I was so sure that I had initiated a fault with my modification that I hadn't checked the obvious. The tail lamp filament had indeed failed and the canbus was doing it's job!           
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #18 on: March 06, 2015, 02:13:00 pm »
Glad to be of service  ;)
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #19 on: March 06, 2015, 02:25:35 pm »
Brian, how did you manage to add comments to my post? Is that not taking moderator's powers too far?  :)

Regulations for OEM DRLs are different to retrofitted ones; OEM DRLs must extinguish or dim when the car's other lights are illuminated.
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #20 on: March 06, 2015, 02:33:22 pm »
Quote from: Dusty on March 06, 2015, 02:25:35 pm
Brian, how did you manage to add comments to my post? Is that not taking moderator's powers too far?  :)

Regulations for OEM DRLs are different to retrofitted ones; OEM DRLs must extinguish or dim when the car's other lights are illuminated.
Bless him Steve he probably thought he was editing his own post. It's that time of life you know  ;) It's the stress and responsibility of being "The Evil Webmaster"  :'(
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #21 on: March 06, 2015, 03:10:48 pm »
I think the whole stress of Facebook and the new forum has finally taken its toll! Burnout, I think they call it. He'll be fine after some rest and medicinal whisky.  ;)
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #22 on: March 06, 2015, 05:17:09 pm »
That's interesting! I was admin'ing away, trying to find a lost soul out there.

Then, I read your post and 'thought' I clicked on 'Quote'. I noticed that when the text box opened there were no 'quote' bits either end of your text but I never put 2 and 2 together (and I would have got 5.75 even if I had). I simply 'replied' and then posted. I'm sure that shouldn't be able to happen.

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PS Yet another simple mistake attributable to working on my iPad. I obviously touched the 'Modify' button rather than the 'Quote' button. I have already 'smut' some poor soul whilst trying to hit the 'PM' button but managed to un-smut them before the world came off its hinges.

There is definitely a case for using a seperate admin login rather than the normal one. I'm also surprised that the admin isn't asked if they really want to create mayhem in someone else's posts.
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #23 on: March 06, 2015, 05:18:33 pm »
Quote from: Dusty on March 06, 2015, 07:08:55 am
TomL, my understanding of the regulations for DRLs is that they should not be used at night. Certainly, if retrofitted, they "must not cause unnecessary dazzle or discomfort". So, just in case I encounter an officer who subscribes to Brian's views on auxiliary lighting, I have an illuminated switch to disable them when necessary. I'm sure that at 10W, that won't be necessary but it gives me the option.

The drl's on my car stay on at night but they are old tech 'side lights' in effect and not led.

I'm sure that BMW car 'angel eyes' round the headlights stay on at night.

Brian (who has had more auxilliary lights on his car in the past than a fleet of trucks but they only ever came on with main beam for driving lights and dip for fogs)
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2015, 05:31:14 pm »
I would want them on all the time to give you the triangle of the main beam and the two LEDs which supposedly makes one more definable as a fast approaching motorcycle.
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Re: Daytime running lights for my K1200S
« Reply #25 on: March 06, 2015, 09:49:23 pm »
I can't see where I'm driving......
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