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Old 11-25-2007, 02:21 PM
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Does anyone else feel that the highbeam on the F2 is basically useless? As soon as I turn mine on, I then can no longer see the roadway as clear as before....sure the signs further ahead are clearly lit, but the area that was covered before essentially becomes a blind spot.
 
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I find my lowbeam much worse, even with the highbeam on I can barely see anything. I just about wrecked three times on my last trip because I couldnt tell the road was curving in front of me until I was right on it. Going 75 mph (and that was just above the speed limit, I wasn't racing) I ended up slowing down to 10 mph below just so I could have more time to react to turns in the roadway.
 
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Old 11-25-2007, 05:33 PM
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Does anyone else feel that the highbeam on the F2 is basically useless? As soon as I turn mine on, I then can no longer see the roadway as clear as before....sure the signs further ahead are clearly lit, but the area that was covered before essentially becomes a blind spot.
Dude! That's why it's called "HIGH" beam...You're able to see up farther ahead, while losing the immediate light path in front of you...Now if the F2 had a dual headlight system, that would be bad ***...
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Old 11-26-2007, 08:57 AM
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Yeah, it sucks. But other than trying to convert it to a dual light system, what can you do other than slow down a little?

 
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If your not useing silverstars give them a try. they help a little
 
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Old 11-27-2007, 03:04 PM
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If your not useing silverstars give them a try. they help a little
I have that one in my bike and the high beam is just as the OP described. Low works much better and you only lose a little light in the distance. Not sure why since lots of auto single headlights work really nice on high even up close as well as far.
 
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Does anyone else feel that the highbeam on the F2 is basically useless? As soon as I turn mine on, I then can no longer see the roadway as clear as before....sure the signs further ahead are clearly lit, but the area that was covered before essentially becomes a blind spot.
It's useless in certain situations.

If you are level to an approaching object you want to avoid, say a dimly lit curb, it gets worse/more useless the closer you get.

However for long distance sight, and if you are coming down a hill like onto a highway on-ramp, it's occasionally a life-saver.
 
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Old 11-27-2007, 10:05 PM
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folks...feel free to use the **** behind the headlampto adjust the light beam. mine was extremely off. but after some adjustments.....like magic. i could see in the dark again. yayy. oh and im using hyper whites.
 
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There's a ****?????[:-]
 
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Old 11-29-2007, 02:58 PM
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i believe there is anotherone across from this one. been a while since i took it off.you should be able to see it with the front side fairings off
 
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