OK... this IS my first Honda bike... and I DIDN'T buy it from a dealer, so I probally missed out on some sales pitch all about it, but...

WTF is the little light above my headlight for?

I've seen them before on hondas... and never really cared to ask. Now that I own one, I've been asked three times, and always have to do the little shoulder shrug with the dumfounded look on my face...

 

In some countries it is mandatory for a motorcycle to have a light on at all times. It will come on automatically when the engine is started.

So there you go, now you know! :wink:

 

Ah HA! I knew there had to be some reason for it...

OK, OK... aside from it's place as a conversation starter...

 

It's good for wheelies at night. :wink:

 

I don't have mine anymore. I got asharkskinz street fairing and they don't have a hole for that light. just the main one. wanna lose it? buy some sharkskinz.

 

Don't necessairly want to loose it... got to talking to a nice guy today when I pulled in for the morning cherry coke... he asked WTF it was, and NOW I have an answer for him...

 

I heard they were a parking light.
In Europe they require you leave the parking light on if you are on the side of the road.
THere should be a ignition key detent where you can remove the key & leave the parking lights on.
How do I know?
When I had my other motorcycle I thought I was locking the forks when I parked at work but came out that night to find I had left the parking light on instead & the battery was so weak it wouldn't start the M/C...DHO !
(Had turned the key the wrong way...one way was fork lock the other was parking light)

 

See I thought it was to let the Mother ship know your location on Earth, kind of a signal light or something....Shew, glad you cleared that up...lol

 

Yep, that's what we call them here - Parking Lights.

 

So.... what youre saying is the mothership HASEN'T been getting my messages????

Hummm... might end up back in Germany in a couple years... might be just the excuse I need to take the bike this time.

"But honey.... it's got the parking light already..."

 

The mother ship always gets the messages....maybe you arent listening for the response.....lol.... :P