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Exposure Ligts for Motorcycles (Made in Britain, almost completely)
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I've got 300 quids worth of dynamo powered Exposure lights on one of my push bikes. They are super bright and absolutely ooze quality. Worth every penny.
Buy British n'all that -
Buy British n'all that -
They've been at it for years and nearly every 'What light should I get?' on a cycling forum will have a majority saying "Exposure..the end"
Moto lights......the UK equivalent of the likes of Denali and Clearwater? I hope so
Moto lights......the UK equivalent of the likes of Denali and Clearwater? I hope so
Annoying things.
Lights in general? Exposure lights? Contributors to this thread? Give us a clue....
The array of bright likes on the front of bikes or the knobs that insist on running their main beams all the time.
I suspect that we have differing experiences to riding than many over in the UK. I seldom feel like 'that c### in the car hasn't seen me...' here in central France whereas in Yorkshire, it was on every ride that someone...or more likely more than one failed to see me or was fannying about on their phone/radio etc whilst driving.
I get riding with additional lights on (but not main beam on...serves no purpose other than to piss off others using the road)
I get riding with additional lights on (but not main beam on...serves no purpose other than to piss off others using the road)
Nah, you have to have the blaze of a thousand suns, dazzling all around, so they sees you. Obs, innit?
Also a great company to deal with that stands behind their products. My front light developed an intermittent charging fault - they replaced it with the updated model without prompting and FOC. I'm a customer for life with that kind of service.I've got 300 quids worth of dynamo powered Exposure lights on one of my push bikes. They are super bright and absolutely ooze quality. Worth every penny.
Buy British n'all that -
True, however, difficult for a driver at a junction to say “I didn’t see them” when pulling into the path of a bike lit up with something like plane landing lights bearing down on them.
I (think) I've done a fair amount of miles UK and abroad, I never use extra lights when in normal driving conditions and never had an issue over visibility (of me and my bike).
I honestly think the "more lights" argument is akin to cyclists saying that is safer to skip red lights "because you can be rear ended": bull
I see it more of a "main character" syndrome, but that's me.
Said that, they don't annoy me that much (the lights), neither when I am driving the car. They made me smirk though sometimes. Live and let live. And let's be honest with ourselves.
They do have their uses, like in actual fog or fairly shitty/dark conditions*. Did my fair share of mountain passes at night, and being able to light even just the hexhead spotlights when no one is one the road is helpful.
These look to be fairly good tbh.
A few years ago, while going through some dense vegetation in Wales offroad, we ended up in a rocky bit that was extremely dark.
The lad behind me turned on his LED spotlights: and - jesus christ - daylight
Really appreciated that.
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The underground car park at my local corner shop (Waitrose) has a very steep, narrow and twisty exit road. Low down in my car, I was completely blinded by a cyclist, who sprinted up the road behind me, re-enatcting his assault on the Col de la Biche, his very bright and rapidly strobing light, shining directly in my mirror. I could see nothing. It was amusing when I stopped (the brakes are very efficient) but much less so for him. It seems you don’t bounce too well on concrete in Lycra. He threatened all sorts of police action….. I heard nothing, unsurprisingly.
Hey ho, I like riding a pushbike in London. But as with knobs on motorbikes…. Don’t be a knob…. Don’t dazzle people.
Hey ho, I like riding a pushbike in London. But as with knobs on motorbikes…. Don’t be a knob…. Don’t dazzle people.
I drive / walk / ride a lot in central London.
Put simply, you cannot judge the distance away of the blaze of a thousand suns nor, more importantly, see what else is around, in front or behind of the twerp. Everything vanishes in the blaze. It’s unnecessary and irresponsible on the part of the selfish rider.
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So my bike came with the BMW foglights and a pair of Denali S4's on the bottom engine mount.
I watched the above video and am quite keen on supporting local British businesses so thinking of stripping the S4's off and fitting some Exposure lights. I was going to throw some Lone Rider on but will have to rethink that idea after seeing this brand..
I watched the above video and am quite keen on supporting local British businesses so thinking of stripping the S4's off and fitting some Exposure lights. I was going to throw some Lone Rider on but will have to rethink that idea after seeing this brand..
In built up areas, as we know, it’s totally different to the open road. And you’re right, even worse in the rain.
OK, that’s a step in the right direction at least.
It’ll be interesting (only in a bikermate kinda way *) to know how many of the uber lit steeds, actually go out in the dark. Or is it all about that fabled ‘presence’? And, naturally, enough eschewing anything remotely Hi-Viz, as “Nobody ever sees it” **
* In other words, really pretty dull.
** Yet, somehow they see it, to rant about it. Which suggests some kind of superpower.
There’s chat on these pages about additional super bright rear lights; bikermates now terrified of being taken up the rear, especially on motorways, which they never use, natch.
But hey, it’s something to bolt on and mark out the individuality of the steed and (naturally enough) the knight astride it.
But hey, it’s something to bolt on and mark out the individuality of the steed and (naturally enough) the knight astride it.
It wasn't that long ago that people were bemoaning that motorcycles were fitted with headlights they couldn't turn off.
