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From: nak@cbnews.cb.att.com (neil.a.kirby)
Subject: Re: VFR + ST11 Owners get hidden feature
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 14:02:48 GMT
Message-ID: <C63GCr.MFD@cbnews.cb.att.com>
Keywords: lights
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#reply#In article <C61r0B.C7@world.std.com> daved@world.std.com (Dave T Dorfman) writes:
#reply#> I was enjoying lunch this saturday at foodies in Milford NH with an assortment
#reply#>of other nedod folks when Dean Cookson ( yes he has not left the 
#reply#>country, yet) mentioned that the wiring diagram of the VFR750 
#reply#>shows that  the light switch is a three position switch. 
#reply#>
#reply#>high beam
#reply#>low beam
#reply#>Both beams
#reply#>
#reply#>
#reply#>Well the actual ergonomics of the switch make it appear to be a
#reply#>2 position switch, but sure enough as Deam expected , when
#reply#>you balance the toggle switch in the center position both the high
#reply#>and low beams go on.
#reply#>
#reply#>This provides a very nice light coverage of the
#reply#>road.
#reply#>
#reply#>This is true for the St11 and the VFR750 and I would expect for any 
#reply#>other late model Honda with the standard two position light switch.
#reply#>

It's a "make before break" type of switch.  If not required, it ought to be
for high-low beams.  

There might be a wee problem with this.  If you use both filaments at the
same time, the bulb is tossing out a great deal more heat than normal.
Possibly enough to shorten it's life span.  My Honda CRX cage [a cage that
really wanted to be a bike] had wimpy stock lights.  So we used to run
around with both beams on.  Made a mucho big difference - until both low
beam filaments died nearly simultaneously!  This was two weeks after
finding out how nice it was to use both beams.  I replaced the lights with
quartz-halogen lights and that ended the problem.

#sig# Neil Kirby      DoD #0783       nak@archie.cbusa.att.com
#sig# AT&T Bell Labs  Columbus OH     USA (614) 860-5304
#sig# If you think I speak for AT&T you might have more lawyers than sense.
