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Old 10-29-2009, 09:36 AM
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They are all bogeys! You have to be a like a fighter pilot in a war zone. Always looking for and watching all the bogeys! They sure aren't watching you when they are texting and talking on their cell phones among other things. Good luck on getting the bike back to riding condition soon!
 
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Old 10-29-2009, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by MidnitEvil
Since flashing your headlight is a fairly common signal for "Go ahead" you are increasing the odds of someone pulling out in front of you. That's not in your favor.

Okay it is a fairly common signal in your area.Fine,don't buy and use one then.
 
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Old 10-29-2009, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by racerdj
It should help you be seen. How did you come out of the accident? I'm glad your bike is on the road to better health.
Broke both bones in the lower left leg, had surgery and now have a titanium plate and screws to hold the shattered bone together so they will heal. My wife had the same injury. She had allot more tissue damage to the front of her leg than I did. She had to have a second surgery to replace the dead muscle in her leg. They pulled part of the calf muscle around to fill in the hole in her shine, the bone and plate were exposed.. My wife's a LEO, this will probably cost her, her job. This is a photo of the hole that was in my wife's leg.
 
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Old 10-29-2009, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Faast Ed
This was a daytime test, no clue how it would be at night.
Originally Posted by Chicago Bob
Had a guy follow me for about 5 miles one night on a country road. I was in my car and he was on his bike with a headligt modulator. There was several cars in front of me. It got so irritating watching that headlight in my rear view mirror I was either going to stop and beat the hell out of him or let him pass. I pulled into a driveway and let him go by.

Not a fan of headlight modulators.
Originally Posted by MidnitEvil
In Illinois it is illegal to run a modulated headlight at night.
To my knowledge it's illegal in all states that allow modulators.

Originally Posted by MidnitEvil
Since flashing your headlight is a fairly common signal for "Go ahead" you are increasing the odds of someone pulling out in front of you. That's not in your favor.
As for looking like a flashing someone to go, what they look like to me is the bike has a loose headlight and its bouncing around(just my opinion ), having said that, I'm not a fan.


Originally Posted by MidnitEvil
I've had people pull out in front of my while I was driving a huge truck. I don't think there is anything you can put on your bike to cure stupidity.
Trucks, trains or motorcycles, suicidal homicidal is just plan cidal a word, or is it idiocidal ?
 
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Old 10-29-2009, 10:25 PM
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I am late to this thread but for what it is worth..... I love my modulator. Before installing same I had numerous persons pull out in front of me. Since Installing on my bike and on my wife's as well...over 70.000 miles without one of these idiots pulling in front.

I know that this iformation is anecdotal in nature but I believe 100% in its validity.

But...to each his own.

R. Todd
 
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