huh, whazzat? sorry, I was lightin my smoke between cell calls while passing that 18 wheeler. Oh yeah and I had an itch in the weirdest place....

 

Ok, I'm just a poser but i do believe I have logged a few miles on 2 wheels in my life. I do not smoke and do not agree with these anti-smoking laws. But it is things like that and smokers in the car with small children with no reguard with anybody else that make me realize that we need laws like that.

 

That rational is a bit of a stretch when we're talking about being all by oneself in the open air on 2 wheels, isn't it?

Yep, let's legislate away yet another freedom.

 

Where I live and the places I ride mostly do not have gas stops (or any stops really) for maybe 150-190 miles and it just is not practical to try to find a place to stop just to have a smoke. And yes I have a small child and one on the way but I have never smoked around my child or wife or even in my own house for that matter. It just wouldn't be fair or safe for me to impose my second hand smoke on them just like it wouldn't be fair to make my riding buddies (none of them smoke) stop just so I can light a smoke. So really, I'm spending my own money so as not to inconvenience my riding buddies. I'm sure it would bother a group of non-smokers to have to make an unplanned stop so the ONE smoker in the group could light up.
I'm not really sure why I am even justifying this to anyone. If it's not your thing, then that's all good. It is my thing, so it's also all good.
Ride safe everyone!

Evan

 

Hey man, installing a cig lighter on your bike is the easiest thing in the world. It took me about 5 minutes tops and that was running the lines and everything. I bought the whole kit and battery clips at Radio Shack for about $11.

I don't use mine as a lighter but plug my Garmin into it. You could also plug in your heating gloves and stuff into it as well.

Here's a pic before I zip tied everything up nice and neat:

 

Very well said and exactly my feelings.

 

I smoke while rideing but I usually fire one up at a light or stop sign. Nobody else in my group smokes either and nobody gives me any grief about it. I'm installing a lighter on in my fairing when I finish the paint and finally get it installed, because sometimes, I just don't feel like stopping just to light up.
The thing that makes me wonder is, all the anti-smoking experts that will sit in traffic behind a bus, that puts out more pollution than any 20 smokers, and still gripe about one cigarette. Those "second hand" bus fumes must be really good for you because they aren't getting regulated away.

 

Back to the original question...you can go cheap with an auto parts store variety, or expensive with a chromed up water resistant Kurryakyn. Both work, ones prettier

 

why don't you just reach down and light it off the pipes?

 

not a sporty but i made this bracket and went to the motor mounts,run wire with an in line fuse under the tank straight to the battery.easy access,works like a charm,perfect for those backroad country cruising