Motorcycle safety

[Guest]

Has anyone here tried this product out? Strobe LED 4-lite brake light.
I saw this on the GSX1100G site. Looks great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDwdOxwLVCI

Link to the company: http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...uck_lights.htm

Near the bottom of the page. Part number STRB-4W for $35.00

Might need to get a few of them.

Daniel

[hampshirehog]

That would be illegal over here and I can see problems with it. LED brake lights great, but not flashing.

[cowboyup3371]

Yea, I could see having problems with the law over this

[tkent02]

I could see someone ramming your bike just to get those damned strobes out of their face.

Some of them flash two or three times when you first put on the brake light, I have them on the RT... I guess those must be OK as no one has rammed me yet.

[Suzuki,Mike]

You don't need strobes on a bike to be seen, ride with your high beems on during the day....And low beems at night,..And flash your brake light when you're comming to a stop...never had a problem with car drivers seeing me with these two practices...And I've been riding for 40 yrs....Mike

[Dogma]

I've had flashing LEDs supplementing my brake lights for about 5 years now. I decided to get them after following a bike that had them. They do definitely enhance the noticeability of a stopping bike, but hey aren't horrible to sit behind at a light. The lighting in the video makes that particular installation look more annoying than it probably is in real life.

Some folks here have ridden behind me, and I don't remember them mentioning it to me. I'd be curious to hear their thoughts.

[Normk]

Legal requirements vary greatly between jurisdictions which makes it interesting & useful to hear from other areas. There is usually a good reason underlying the differences which can be interesting to instructive to discover.

Drivers in this part of the world seem to be more tolerant of lighting despite being more impatient over other matters.

One modification which seems to have worked extremely well on ST1100's is to fit panels of 3M reflective material to the rear of the trunk and to selected flat areas on the sides of the bike. The stuff is dark grey in the daylight and lights up to a silver in the dark when under direct light. It is obviously not as bright as a light but has larger area and costs no electricity. My last batch was from Reflectively Yours although a friend obtained some from a supplier down the Valley for much lower cost.

I plan to add some to the sides and rear of Suzie's Vetter bags but plan also for some additional (LED) tail & brake lights to mount to the bags.

Anyone have photos of arrangements which have been satisfactory?

[kerrfunk]

Here are my hyperlites during the day:

http://youtu.be/0zehnleOVaA

and at night, from a little farther back:
http://youtu.be/lf_G3yP-1Ws (and it was raining)

I got these 2 or 3 years ago, around a hundred bucks.
I have them set to flash for a few seconds and then go solid.

www.hyperlites.com