Night Ride

Just out having a little fun. Was a fun ride, wish my battery did not die so early on the ride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ58rMOXq8Q&list=UUOpY8mwJ0pUp2qU_8PH7qjA&index=1

Wickedest1 said:

Nice vid dave...one question tho...what pipe are you running? I really love that sound...

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Thanks Wickedest, glad you enjoyed the video.

I'm just running the Grubee Fatty Pipe, but I have extended the header a little bit.

I have three lights mounted on my bike at all times. The only light I take off and remove is my Norman light. That one currently is on a friends bike.

They work okay, more light would be better but its not bad. The camera for some reason just does not pick up how well they are really working.

I also wear a safety vest all the time day or night, just like my helmet I don't ride without it. I just took it off so everyone could see my cool Motorbicycling.com T-shirt lol.

UVsaturated said:

Dave, I had two lights similar to the one in the middle and both of them came loose when I hit a small bump on the road. I think mine was made by Bell. All I heard was it hitting the ground. I went back to look for it but it must have flew off into the brush.

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If you notice, all my lights are taped and or zipped tied to avoid this problem. I too have lost a few lights over the years myself

The two black ones have been on this bike since day one that was two years ago. The gray ever ready light was a recent add on last summer.

UVsaturated said:

Do they make a bracket that will fit one of these:

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See the one on the far left with the grey eveready light. Thats the very same style of light. I picked it up at ACE for $5. It came with a cheap light that I lost when i was using it for something else but I purchased that everready and it fit perfect.

I use the left light (closest to oncoming traffic) in the flashing mode. and the other two are to help me see the dangers of the road.

For the rear i have a light mounted right underneath my seat, and another one that either gets mounted on the rear of my rack when I have it mounted or mounted on the left side of my chain stay.

Sometimes if its going to be a long night ride i will add a red lens to my Norman light for the rear. If I dont plan on heavy traffic I use it on the bars.

I lent out my Norman light and I'm having trouble getting it back lol. I want it back its not the same without it. It gives me piece of mind knowing if my battery's go dead i still have something.

Another thing I do to my store bought lights is extend the spring or tab that makes contact with the battery's. This eliminates any of the lights going off during heavy bumps or vibration. Anything you can do to help the battery's from jumping around will help your light work better and last longer.

On my Bell light which has side by side battery's, the battery's are all taped up with electrical tape to help the bouncing so that there is always contact.

I was just watching my old video of a night ride and I have seen this many times with my videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXwW1-q5b2Y&list=UUOpY8mwJ0pUp2qU_8PH7qjA&index=39

If you notice at the beginning of the video at Speedway and I-10 there is a silver PT cruiser next to me with front fender damage.

If you continue to watch, 4 1/2 miles later that car is still next to me to where it finally makes a right turn in front of me.

It just goes to show how you can get around town just as fast as a automobile even doing 20mph. many of my videos show the same car at every light for miles and miles.