Oil filter
- I paint mine, then you don't even recognise that it's even there.
Lights : - I know that there are opinions. My research has supported the theory that the triangle of lights provide the most conspicuous way to be noticed.
I have put together a "Street Survival and Skills presentation, How to Survive 500,000 miles". As part of that, I actually went to St Augustine Fl on a well traveled part of US1. The pictures of all the motorcycles that I took really illustrated that those that had the triangular light set up
were considerably more noticeable than the single, or bar lighting arrangements
.
Also, as we human beings tend to see the world on horizontal and vertical planes. The single or light bar set ups of lights were still able to blend into the vehicle behind them because of the fact that the lights were on the same "horizontal" plane as the vehicles/lights on the road. The triangle pattern of lights is different and therefore recognized quicker because they are neither on the horizontal or vertical plane. Also the triangle has different subconscious meanings of action and yield.
When pictures were presented briefly to the audience on the different lighting set ups, they agreed that their eyes went immediately to the triangular light pattern 1st. Now, the next time you are out on the road, you will notice the difference with the light set up that the motorcycles have.
and yes, I run them on my Valk any time I'm on it.
Just my 2 cents worth on something to think about.
Cheers, ride safe and have fun
Charles
