Light adjustment
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Light adjustment
I noticed that the SHawk has the standard up/down toothed light adjuster on the right side of the bike inside and under the dash. Since it was a bit high, I lowered it quite a while ago. I noticed one on the left and figured it'd be a left/right adjustment.
Today I realized this was not the case! Adjusting this left one moves up and down a seemingly SECOND light reflector up/down!!! Somehow, the way Honda designed the bike, the reflectors are independently adjusted and create a mirror effect from a single bulb to make it look like TWO lights. Weird.
Why was this done and what is the benefit?
Today I realized this was not the case! Adjusting this left one moves up and down a seemingly SECOND light reflector up/down!!! Somehow, the way Honda designed the bike, the reflectors are independently adjusted and create a mirror effect from a single bulb to make it look like TWO lights. Weird.
Why was this done and what is the benefit?
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Re: Light adjustment
I think it actually does because that was the first one I adjusted in the first month I had the bike. You have to turn it like 30 times to make a difference.
It seems the 2 ***** are independent of each other and each reflector behind the single bulb is affected differently so you can have the illusion of two beams.
If you come up to a garage door or something about 5 feet away and turn the left one say, all the way clockwise and the right one all the way counterclockwise, you will notice 2 different beams.
I set mine such that one is slightly lower and one higher, giving me 2 seperate ovals on the ground at a distance, making one LARGE oval. First one goes from 3 feet in front of the bike to about 20 feet. Second one goes from about 10 feet to about 50 feet.
It seems the 2 ***** are independent of each other and each reflector behind the single bulb is affected differently so you can have the illusion of two beams.
If you come up to a garage door or something about 5 feet away and turn the left one say, all the way clockwise and the right one all the way counterclockwise, you will notice 2 different beams.
I set mine such that one is slightly lower and one higher, giving me 2 seperate ovals on the ground at a distance, making one LARGE oval. First one goes from 3 feet in front of the bike to about 20 feet. Second one goes from about 10 feet to about 50 feet.
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Re: Light adjustment
High beam low beam? Doesn't seem to be. One bulb on low beam and you turn the left one about 10 times around and you get two. One in front of the other. Applying the HighBeam button gives the same results. Two seperate beams, just brighter.
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