Headlight for City

I understand that in the US you require a day riding light? I know you do in some parts of Europe. Anyway I have a z650 CSR in the UK where we don't need a day riding light. I wonder if it affects my economy enough to change it?
If anyone thought it did, how would I go about rewiring it so it only goes on when I switch it, or is that a rhetorical question?!
Thanks guys

Just leave it on, its not going to affect anything, and it makes you more visible.

After years of day running lights being enforced on motorcycles made after 1969 in Canada. I've found that people have become even blinder than they once were.

Now they don't even seem to see a vehicle coming at them if they don't spot the lights they've been trained to look for, a sad state of affairs imo.

At any rate, tis your life, a simple toggle switch on the headlight negative line will do what you want.

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Am guessing it's an aftermarket unit that fits inside the headlight shell. And continuously flashes between high beam and low beam.

Have mostly seen them used on larger bikes such as Harleys, BMWs and Gold Wings, but would likely fit any model.

At first I thought it looked irritating, then re-thought to that's exactly what's needed.

Here's one of several listed on ebay.



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Capt America wrote:

After years of day running lights being enforced on motorcycles made after 1969 in Canada. I've found that people have become even blinder than they once were.

Now they don't even seem to see a vehicle coming at them if they don't spot the lights they've been trained to look for, a sad state of affairs imo.

That's why the law now allows us to use a headlight modulator which makes the light extremely visible, some would say insufferably annoying....

Patton wrote:

Some of the modulating motorcycle headlights seem really good at attracting attention of oncoming motorists.

Am guessing it's an aftermarket unit that fits inside the headlight shell. And continuously flashes between high beam and low beam.

I believe what they use is a circuit which modulates the single filament (either high or low beam) from 100% intensity to 30% intensity using a pulse width modulator circuit at a rate of 4 Hz.

I agree folk see you better, though they also pull up and tell you it is on!
So no noticeable difference to fuel economy you reckon?

Probably hard to measure regarding gas economy except in labratory conditions.

yourebarred wrote:

I agree folk see you better, though they also pull up and tell you it is on!
So no noticeable difference to fuel economy you reckon?

It actually uses less power because the light is pulsed between being full on and 30% on, average power used is lower than just running the light.

As for running a headlight compared to being off all the time: it's about 50W which is about 0.07 horsepower. I can't believe that added power is going to have a measurable effect on fuel mileage.