Re: Twin headlights, adding white LEDs in the middle?

Verdigris scribbled:

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:28:27 +0000, frag wrote:

Now this may sound [1] stupid, but it occurred to me that as my bike
illuminates both headlights on dipped and main beam, and the reason
they introduced that law about only one may be light up on dipped
beam is because I may look like a small car faaaar away to clueless
fuckwits [2], it might be a good idea to do something about it. [3]

Definitely stupid. I'd be more interested in getting both headlights
to illuminate on dip than the other way.

Thats a doddle (so long as they haven't used a single filament bulb for
the side with no dip beam, or a dual filament bulb can be fitted easily)

I certainly wasn't intending to disable one of the dipped beams!

If you want to fit extra LEDs just for the hell of it or your own
bizarre idea of style, then go ahead by all means.

Me? Style? You jest, Shirly!



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