I think I remember in MSF class they mentioned that it is ok to use high beams all the time.

Anyone use high beams ?

 

You'll find that alot of riders do. I don't personally. There's enough road rage going on today without adding something that might **** off a cage driver.

 

always on high during the day. switch as needed at night.

 

I use the high beam during the day. More visible than the low beam, and it isn't too bright in daylight to irritate anyone.

 

I use the high beam most of the time - day and night. I don't want my heirs to hear, "I never saw him".

 

not during the day no it pisses people off

 

I use the high beam when some brain dead driver won't move out of the left hand lane. I guess they haven't got the memo that the left hand lane is for passing only.

 

Always on in the daytime. . .

 

I've been riding 44 years andcan honestly say I've never encountered or seen anoncoming driver, or driver I'm behind, PO'd because I ride with my high beam on - day or night, and NJ is not what you'd call a "polite" state when it comes to drivers. Even long before it was the law to ride with a headlight on, I rode with my high beam. Besides, I'd rather be seen and alive than polite.

I had to dump an old Triumph smack in the middle of the road once and banged myself and the bike up pretty good. Why did I have to do that? Because as the driver said when she ran the stop sign, "I never saw you".

As riders, we see a lot of things car drivers don't because we are much more attuned to what's going on around us. I can't say it enough, so I'll say it again, "I'd rather be seen and alive than polite."

 

I always run the high beam during the day.