I think the point is that you shouldn't ever have to look down to find them.

I know I don't.

And comparing it to the night sites on your pistol is just silly.

 

If you need to look at the horn to blow it you should really park the bike. NO BS fact.
You should learn the bike before you ride it and if your too stupid to know where the horn is your too stupid to ride. Its about as easy as hey? where my thumb?

 

Why does the sun go on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore? Why do eyebrows and ears grow better hair than your head does, as you get old and useless?

Ahhh, these are things that one must know.

 

I can see the lawsuits over this one: Man injured while changing lanes. A man on a motorcycle, distracted by looking down to locate the illuminated LH turn signal switch, inadvertantly struck a concretelane divideron state route 555 today. The man said instinct took over and he had switched lanes w/o realizing he had done so because he took his eyes off the road to locate the the turn signal switch. The man also said he had been riding for many years and plans to suethe manufacturer for illuminating the switches and causing the distraction. He went on to say that back in the day, a rider knew where the switch was day or nightand that there was no need for the distractingillumination.... film at 11:00

 

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all you big, tough ‘real’ riders need to go out and gently sand off ALL traces of the writing on every one of your switches!

and while you're at it, cut the power from your factory fairing switch lights on the ultras ... and why bother with channel display for the CB/stereo ... if you can't change the station without seeing it, you shouldn't be listening to it, or even owning a bike …how’d you get that license!?!?? [8D]

and while our minds are so closed and narrow, get rid of your tachs! ... cuz if you can't tell when to shift by 'feel' and sound of the motor then you shouldn't be riding, or even looking at a Harley, for shame! – look away immediately … I bet every one us takes longer to look at, and read the tach than it would to take a cursory look at a switch light

it’s all sooo horribly dangerous and will cause the whole “film at 11” thing when you look at your cool illuminated (and factory) air temp gauge, making you swerve off the highway, down an exit ramp (causing a van full of handicapped nuns to roll their van and die in a Dodge Caravan sized fireball) and straight into the control room of a nuclear reactor, causing the U.S. (or U.K.) version of Chernobyl … thereby causing motorcycles to become globally illegal and banned [:-]

that scenario is only slightly more fanciful than the other one posted





illuminated grip switches would cause just as many accidents and 'lawsuits' as looking down at your fuel gauge or tach



best get rid of the backlighting on that HVAC control and the PW switch lights in cars, and while we're at it, you guys shouldn’t have individual written numbering on that keyboard to show you the keys either! … if you cant type without looking at the keyboard, you shouldn’t be using a computer! Should I continue?

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makes me wonder how many people really liked the idea of the illuminated switches, but wanted to seem like a tough uber-rider juggernaught and just followed along


and it’s so obvious that many of the posters on this one didn’t even bother to read the whole thread before piping in here

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All criticism aside, the answer to your question is, yes. There is a company that makes illuminated switches. They replace the existing wiring in the handlebars and run on low voltage. Looked kinda cool from the pictures I've seen. At the moment I can't recall the company that makes them though. I'll see if I can't dig it up somewhere.

 

Okay, I searched Kury, Custom Chrome, J&P, Cobra, Drag Specialties and a couple smaller companies. I could not come up with anything. As I looked at the different websites, Custom Chrome stuck out and they did have a large selection of Chrome & Black switches for different years. That looked familiar and when I last saw the illuminated switches, it was amongst those other switches. It's been a couple years since I saw that, but it might be a vendor they no longer stock. If your serious, I'd recommend calling Custom Chrome and ask about those illuminated switches. They may be able to out you intouch with a supplier or the company directly. In the meantime, if I run across them again, I'll send you a PM.

 

Sorry, but this is fuc king ridiculous.

No seriously ... it's ridiculous.

 

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Hey, one man's glance is another man's gawk, or something like that!
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As long as you're not glancing at my gawk.

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yeah if we sand of the writing we might have to remember5 things instead of where our thumbs are. lets see 5 digits per hand... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Icould sand down 10 things and still remember! No, seriously, if someone wants lighted gauges for blingbling, more power to them. If they want them to find the gauges they need to look up the word "rote".

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