Congratulations on surpassing the 500 Subscriber level. I had never thought of that, I always wondered. I have seen bikes like that and always thought it was odd, that only one light was on during low beam.
Thank you mike. Yea I was surprised the first time someone said i had a light out but I had seen where that was stock. So it took me a year to finally break down and fix it. Still unsure why it's just the German models. Have been hoping someone from germany will comment on the reasoning.
You would think that companies would go for the maximum light available on High beam, but even my old trusty Chevy truck had either lows or highs from the factory. The best thing I did for that old girl was installing a relay setup that allowed the low beams to stay on when switching the high beams on. A "night and day" difference, you might say! :) And those LED lights for motorcycles, like the Daymaker knockoff I use, which does what you are doing here with your Africa Twin sure do make seeing the deer on the sides of the road a lot easier! Anything to help keep the rider/driver safe is fine by me!
That's probably the best upgrade you could do I did it to mine see real good at night now class hope that helps for people that see you too that's a great how to video
I have ridden at night twice since then and i can definitely see better on the sides of the road to be able to look out for deer. That's my main concern which is half the reason i don't ride at night to begin with.
I think the German TÜV(authority responsible for tech safety) assumed that two close lights could be mistaken for a distant car and misjudge the distance to an oncoming motorcycle. See Fortnine clip on the subject. Thanks for Video and greetings from Germany👋🏻
Not a problem.. thank you for the explanation as I can fully understand what they were thinking. Since then have they changed that where motorcycles with two headlights are always on or it still like mine was?
Boy you are way smart… your videos are amazing. If you ever would like to make an old vs new Africa twin video come up to Batesville and ride my 21 AT Adventure Sport DCT. I’ve got 2 bikes and we can ride part of the Ms. TAT. Ol Slick
Congratulations on surpassing the 500 Subscriber level. I had never thought of that, I always wondered. I have seen bikes like that and always thought it was odd, that only one light was on during low beam.
Thank you mike. Yea I was surprised the first time someone said i had a light out but I had seen where that was stock. So it took me a year to finally break down and fix it. Still unsure why it's just the German models. Have been hoping someone from germany will comment on the reasoning.
I hate when bikes only have one of two lights on, always looks like one is burned out. Nice upgrade dude!
Me too. Thanks man.
You would think that companies would go for the maximum light available on High beam, but even my old trusty Chevy truck had either lows or highs from the factory. The best thing I did for that old girl was installing a relay setup that allowed the low beams to stay on when switching the high beams on. A "night and day" difference, you might say! :) And those LED lights for motorcycles, like the Daymaker knockoff I use, which does what you are doing here with your Africa Twin sure do make seeing the deer on the sides of the road a lot easier! Anything to help keep the rider/driver safe is fine by me!
I agree man.. I don't really know why the German models are like this. They have crazy laws over seas.
That's probably the best upgrade you could do I did it to mine see real good at night now class hope that helps for people that see you too that's a great how to video
I have ridden at night twice since then and i can definitely see better on the sides of the road to be able to look out for deer. That's my main concern which is half the reason i don't ride at night to begin with.
@countrycoder / The Adventurous Rider You and me both I've came close to deers a couple of times Make you You have to clean your Pants out lol
@@raygregoryride thankfully I haven't on a bike... In a truck that's a different story.
Im gonna do this to mine now!!! Thank you!! 🙏🏼 keep up the great work! And ride safe brother ✌🏼
Thank you... It's pretty straight forward just baffling they did it for certain countries and not all of them.
Excellent upgrade... Nicely done brother👊🏽😎
Thank you sir. ✌
I took note of this... Once motor up and running, this will be one of the first mods I will do!
Cool deal man. It's not very hard and makes a ton of difference.
Like it fanny brother
Thank you!!
Nice upgrade 😎
Thank you tomek!
Thanks for your watching videos 📹
Not a problem.. thanks for watching!
I think the German TÜV(authority responsible for tech safety) assumed that two close lights could be mistaken for a distant car and misjudge the distance to an oncoming motorcycle. See Fortnine clip on the subject.
Thanks for Video and greetings from Germany👋🏻
Not a problem.. thank you for the explanation as I can fully understand what they were thinking. Since then have they changed that where motorcycles with two headlights are always on or it still like mine was?
It is a “Must” 👌🏼
Yup... Made a world of difference. Thanks for watching!
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Boy you are way smart… your videos are amazing.
If you ever would like to make an old vs new Africa twin video come up to Batesville and ride my 21 AT Adventure Sport DCT. I’ve got 2 bikes and we can ride part of the Ms. TAT.
Ol Slick
I would definitely like to do that. Hopefully sometime next month we can get together as the rest of this month I got stuff going on.
Honestly, I've done this to a few bikes over the years, mostly Yamahas. I just don't get why the mfg doesn't do this when building them great mod!
Thank you Eric . Wanting to upgrade my sporty now. Lol.. thank for watching.
Where did you find the bike
I found it over on Craigslist down in Panama City Beach. Just happened to be looking and saw it. Thanks for checking it out
K = Kelvin doesn't say anything about luminosity, it's color temperature. 6000k = daylight.
Gotcha.. I didn't know that. Thanks for watching!
damn i might do that too
It made a world of difference at night. Thanks for watching.
Good content bright idea lol
Haha.. thats funny. Thanks for watching.
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Funny how many bolts honda puts on a bike for a faring.
Yea I know... Guess they were afraid the wind wouldn't help keep it on
Night and day 🤙🏼
Agreed man. I knew it would make a difference but wow at what i can see now.
@@theadventurousrider probably blind any drivers in front of you too 😆
@@Smallbore2wheels hahahaha... That's my fear as I'm that guy who hates em because of it..
@@theadventurousrider low beams should be ok. I've never had issues using mine on the ruckus
...then again I won't be rear window or mirror level
@@Smallbore2wheels yea I do sit up a little higher than you do.. well see
6000K refers to color temperature, not lumens.
I gotcha... Learn something new every day. Thanks for watching!