does having your high beams on all the time have any negative effects on the bike (i.e. burn the battery out quicker, etc)?

 

RUN WITH BOTH ON, WHEN YOU GET FLASHED THINK OF IT AS THEM SAYING
HI NICE BIKE, AND NOW THAT WE CAN SEE YOU WE WONT TURN IN FRONT OF YOU AND KILL YOU.

IF THEY PULL UP NEXT TO YOU AND TELL YOU YOUR HIGH BEAMS ARE ON SAY
THANKS YOU SAW ME AND DIDNT HIT ME!

 

I have been keeping my cbr on high beams.

I have had a bunch of people tell me that I had a headlight out when I first got the bike. So I decided to keep both on for two reasons mainly:

1. I didn't feel like always explaining that Honda designed it that way to random people and friends
2. If random people think your headlight is out, so will a cop that does not know much about bikes. I try to stay as far away as possible from cops and having only one headlight on seems to me as drawing more negative attention towards yourself from cops.

I haven't yet had someone flash me with both on, and also with both headlights on, I am not worried about a retarded cop pulling me over for a headlight out and possibly giving me a ticket for something else.

In my opinion, don't give a cop a reason to pull you over, keep both on!!

 

Not sure, i'd thought about that too so i stick the battery on charge every night.

 

I have no prob with battery...stock 03 and both all the time

 

I just run high beams all the time except at night. I like the idea of having highs on for safety also. Thats what I was told to do in my MSF class also.

 

Me 2. In MSF class they made a strong case for BOTH ON HIGH as much as possible. Only at night meeting folks do mine go down to low. Then they cannot tell there's 2 so you won't get harrassed by anyone.

I think I will adjust my low beams up & high beams down a bit as well. There really isn't enough light out there IMHO. I wish they were even brighter.