Topic: Hazzard Lights

[Phoenix]

Has anyone given ant thought to wiring up a methos to do this or is it like adding a wolf's tail to the license plate.

[bryanj]

WHY?

[newday777]

Has anyone given ant thought to wiring up a methos to do this or is it like adding a wolf's tail to the license plate.

I haven't on my CB750 but did on a full dress GL1100 when I was in the Patriot Guard.

[Phoenix]

Been stuck on the road at nite a few times.  Also rode 70 miles in pitch black when a headlight burned out on the way home from a bike race-Red Mile  That would have helped.

[Alan F.]

Isn't it as simple as wiring in a DPDT toggle switch to bridge left and right signal hot wires at front and rear of the bike? That way it'll alter the function of the left/right signal switch and just turn it into an ON switch, and all 4 signals will flash.

[TwoTired]

It is a narrow bike. If you want flashing lights, leave a turn signal on.

Both elements of the head light burned out at same time?

I had a headlight fail after an encounter with a corn field once on a 305 Honda. Neither high or low beam worked from H/L switch.  Drove the back roads home in the dark using buddy’s motorcycle headlight riding in pairs. Next morning found the off/on switch slightly bumped away from full on.  Yup, palm slapped forehead.

[TwoTired]

Isn't it as simple as wiring in a DPDT toggle switch to bridge left and right signal hot wires at front and rear of the bike? That way it'll alter the function of the left/right signal switch and just turn it into an ON switch, and all 4 signals will flash.

That stock flasher is load sensitive,  won’t flash well with extra loads.  But, the proper electronic flasher could accommodate.

[Shtonecb500]

my answer isnt really helpful, but i only ride my sohc bikes and i've been wanting hazard lights as well.

I got a m-unit which will give me that functionality now, haven't installed it yet.

Ive had my headlight and taillight die on me at night on a 50mph road trying to get home - it sucked.

My other advice is I keep two small bicycle LED lights on me at all times, you can pop those on your bike and turn them on, they usually have many settings, brightness levels, sos pattern, and plain ol' flash light. I used to put them on the back of my bike as a running light if my lights went out on me...they did the job.

[Alan F.]

I lost low beam followed quickly by high beam once about 40 miles from home at dusk, that was an adventure.

[Don R]

 You just don't know what will fail when you least expect it. Reminds me of a song.
  On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, I didn't have any headlight, being chased by a bear.

[newday777]

You just don't know what will fail when you least expect it. Reminds me of a song.
  On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, I didn't have any headlight, being chased by a bear.

😁

[Lucien Harpress]

Super simple, actually.  Run a power line from the battery (so the hazards work with the ignition off), to a fuse, to a switch, through an electronic flasher relay, then split the wire into 4 and splice it in to each hot wire of the blinkers.

When I rebuilt my GL1200 Standard, the new left controls had a hazard switch.  Interstates have them, Standards don't.  I wired it up for fun, because why have a switch if it doesn't work?

[Kelly E]

Older bikes did come with hazzard lights. My 77' KZ 1000LTD has them.

[Alan F.]

I've watched quite a few ride videos from India, Pakistan, Tibet etc where lots of riders have 4-way flashers and even strobe flashers in use when visibility gets low.
I think some use 4-ways in traffic to help stay together and keep from getting cut off, but then again with that many bikes on the road it must be confusing to stay with your group without them.

[Phoenix]

A lot of good ideas.  I tried two-tireds trick f using the turnsignals as a headlight.  I got out of the Red Mile AFT at 1030 pm in Lexington, KY.  No Headlight at all.  Ha to do 40 miles of country road without lines or moon.  Then got on the highway for another 40 miles.  Blew the main fuse after 10 minutes.  Keep plenty of those on hand.  My daughters development is in the country east of Louisvilleddd.  Two miles of dark hilly, curvy roads.  Up and down.  Used the turn signals here.  Parts guy in the morning told me I was crazy.  Yup.

[bryanj]

If you want daft try riding down a steep, unlit hill in the dark and when you put the brakes on the headlight goes out! Thats when you discover adrenalin is runnu, brown and exits the trousers at ankle level!