Ummm... except for the against the law thing...

 

The main reason I want the aux lights is for visability at night. I'll risk the ticket in hopes of not smacking the deer.

I usually turn the cruise switch off when I shutdown but it is probably just me being a little type A when it comes to the scoot.

 

Leave'em on

 

Leave the passing lights on at night.. If he tickets me that means he saw me, and thats a good thing at night.....

 

The passing lights are illegal at night? Never heard of that. I've always run them, and I see plenty of LEOs on my way to work, which is nearly always in the dark.

Is this true in some states?

Also, I haven't looked into this issue on a Harley, but on most motorcycles there is a "load shedding" relay that drops out and shuts off the headlight and other electrical loads while cranking the engine, so if the H-D is so equipped (I never paid attention to see whether the headlight goes out while cranking), then it doesn't matter whether your passing lights and cruise control are turned on all the time. (I spent last weekend troubleshooting a load shedding relay problem on a friend's BMW.)

 

Well if you guys are going to insist on leaving them on then take XTrooper3936's advice and have them properly adjusted. Some of you knuckleheads blind me when you pass.

 

At least you'llSEE this knucklehead.

 

The only law concerning driving lights at night, can't be on when the bright lights are on, hell every car made now has them. My 95 Camaro and 03 Silverado has them. I don't know about everyone else, but on my 05 hit hi beam they go off..


Joe

 

That is right........but I am still in favor of having them properly adjusted!! (yeah I want to be seen too, but I don't like being blinded by out of adjustment lights, and a lot of the new cars are out of adjustment from the factory!!!)

 

I leave both on all the time.