How to turn the dip beam off - 1200GSA

[RSavage]

This should probably be elsewhere and may even have been mentioned previously.

However, here goes:

This is how you turn the Dip Beam on your 1200GSA off

1. Turn the ignition on and allow the startup-check cycle to complete. Dip beam will be off.

2. Hold the turn-signal cancel switch for 4-5 seconds.

3. Hold the right turn-signal switch for 4-5 seconds.

4. Start engine.

5. Dip beam should remain off.

6. Operating the Main Beam flash resets the lights, i.e. Dip Beam comes on. As does turning the ignition off.

On my 2010 GSA I can also turn Dip Beam off using steps 2 and 3 with the engine running.

On my friends 2005 K the lights can only be reset by cycling the ignition off/on.

Richard

 

[Kremmen]

It doesn't stay out..... i have tried it repeatedly... mine stay out for a minute then the headlamp come back on

 

[Big Nick]

Why would you want to?

 

[Kremmen]

Why not?..... Personally i don't agree with daylight running with headlamp on.. bring back 6 volt lectrics, Zenor diodes & my old mate "Joe Lucas"... Prince of darkness....
Soon have my 59 Tiger 110 out of winter storage..

 

[wilbjr21]

Why would you want to?

Because you may be trail riding.

 

[Big Nick]

Because you may be trail riding.

Oh sorry didn't realise you couldn't trail ride with the light on

 

[Mr K]

Oh sorry didn't realise you couldn't trail ride with the light on

Maybe it's daytime?

 

[GrinningGSer]

It doesn't stay out..... i have tried it repeatedly... mine stay out for a minute then the headlamp come back on

I have never tried to see of it is time related, but for sure the light comes back on again as soon as the rear wheel rotates, which it does, eventually, when in neutral on the centre stand.

 

[Mr K]

I must have a rogue bike then coz if I turn off the dip beam as required it stays off until I turn the ignition off and on again - I often use it when going onto ferries or at customs, so as not to blind folks..

 

[Big Nick]

Maybe it's daytime?

And......................................

 

[RSavage]

Why would you want to?

If I'm caught by temporary traffic lights such that oncoming traffic would be driving towards my headlights I always turn dip beam off so as not to dazzle them.

I do this in the vain hope that others might be a bit more courteous. I don't understand the increasing need to abandon cars with headlamps on, sorry park at will, while returning DVDs to Blockbuster, buying fags or whatever other worthwhile things people do when not wasting oxygen!

Richard

 

[RSavage]

It doesn't stay out..... i have tried it repeatedly... mine stay out for a minute then the headlamp come back on

I'll give it an extended test.

Richard

 

[Mr K]

And......................................

...you wouldn't need your headlight on.

Because it isn't dark.

Forgive me: I come from a time when we had a switch to turn our lights on when it became dark or when visibility was poor and off when it wasn't.

 

[Timpo]

If I'm caught by temporary traffic lights such that oncoming traffic would be driving towards my headlights I always turn dip beam off so as not to dazzle them.

You go through the sequence mentioned above whilst you wait at traffic lights (temp)......?

T.

 

[RSavage]

You go through the sequence mentioned above whilst you wait at traffic lights (temp)......?

T.

Indeed I will. You know what it's like driving head on towards 50W HIDs!

 

[JPB]

...you wouldn't need your headlight on.

Because it isn't dark.

Forgive me: I come from a time when we had a switch to turn our lights on when it became dark or when visibility was poor and off when it wasn't.

That was before it was discovered that having lights on in daylight helps other traffic see bikes sooner. On the trail that would apply to tractors, equestrians and walkers.

 

[(RIP) Miff]

That was before it was discovered that having lights on in daylight helps other traffic see bikes sooner.

IMHO, Sidelights are safer than dipped headlights.

This is after years of riding trying different methods.

 

[snerkler]

Why not?..... Personally i don't agree with daylight running with headlamp on.. bring back 6 volt lectrics, Zenor diodes & my old mate "Joe Lucas"... Prince of darkness....
Soon have my 59 Tiger 110 out of winter storage..

Not a fan of safety then?????

It's been proven that you are seen better with your lights on.

I think the Scandinavians have it right in that cars automatically have their lights on all the time as well. When I drove across there I found it is amazing how much better you see the cars, even in sunny days with great visibility. I bet there's not as many "sorry I didn't see you" accidents over there. (Taking into account the lower amounts of traffic)

 

[Mr K]

Not a fan of safety then?????

It's been proven that you are seen better with your lights on.

I think the Scandinavians have it right in that cars automatically have their lights on all the time as well. When I drove across there I found it is amazing how much better you see the cars, even in sunny days with great visibility. I bet there's not as many "sorry I didn't see you" accidents over there. (Taking into account the lower amounts of traffic)

They did that in Austria too. Collissions between cars and cars reduced, but collisions between cars and motorbikes, cars and pedestrians and cars and cyclists increased.
They reversed the law.

 

[RSavage]

Not a fan of safety then?????

It's been proven that you are seen better with your lights on.

I think the Scandinavians have it right in that cars automatically have their lights on all the time as well. When I drove across there I found it is amazing how much better you see the cars, even in sunny days with great visibility. I bet there's not as many "sorry I didn't see you" accidents over there. (Taking into account the lower amounts of traffic)

There have been 'sorry I thought that you were flashing me to let me pull out in front of you' incidents caused by bumpy roads giving the impression that the bike was flashing it's light(s).

It's better to have the choice IMHO.