For everybody that rides at night

[srt8-in-largo]

I like the idea, but is a little fancier than my taste.

A subtler approach might be to use reflective tape. The good stuff is made by 3M, but sometimes hard to find in anything smaller than 1 million foot long rolls. I found these guys sometime ago and I'm waiting for the black Scotchlite to be re-stocked... I'm gonna try putting it on a black rain jacket; it looks black in normal lighting and reflects bright white in headlights.

http://www.identi-tape.com/super-eng2.html

[Old Ryder]

As I read once---"The worlds best motorcycle headlight is a poor substitute for the sun" and it is so true.

Years ago I was trying to make it to a friends house on the Pamlico Sound in eastern NC. I got caught on my Sportster in the dark in the swampy marshland when it got dark and finished the last 10 miles in 3rd gear at about 35 MPH. Wearing just a tee shirt and open face helmet and safety glasses, the bugs made it feel like you were riding in a hail storm.

Did I mention how much I love the fixed fairing on my B?

[fxdl2051]

As I read once---"The worlds best motorcycle headlight is a poor substitute for the sun" and it is so true.

Years ago I was trying to make it to a friends house on the Pamlico Sound in eastern NC. I got caught on my Sportster in the dark in the swampy marshland when it got dark and finished the last 10 miles in 3rd gear at about 35 MPH. Wearing just a tee shirt and open face helmet and safety glasses, the bugs made it feel like you were riding in a hail storm.

Did I mention how much I love the fixed fairing on my B?

REminds me of the time... me and my gf were riding the GS 750 through the Penn. countryside. Stopped for brunch in one of those local dinners full of Sunday after church townies. We walked into the place and the whole dinner went silent, could have heard the sugar in the coffee. I thought it a little odd as we grabbed a both. Then I went to the bathroom to wash the dust off and discovered my whole face was covered in a glaze of dead bugs.