My car uses just one bulb for both, with an electrically actuated shutter
to change the beam from 'main' to 'dip'...
On 24 March 2014 12:28, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No. The bike is still sitting in the garage. Has not made it out for its
> first ride of the season.
>
> We were leaving a dinner with some friends outside of Bath, about 30 miles
> south of here, and it was snowing. As we drove away from their house, one
> of my headlights went out. Oddly, both high and low beam were gone. I’ve
> _never_ had this happen before. Usually, the low goes but the high
> continues to work. The thought of the other side failing kept me on edge.
> As we drove through a large intersection in Bath proper, a police officer
> pulled me over to tell me my headlamp was gone. It was 11 p.m., the
> witching hour on weekend nights for cops and drunk drivers to find their
> lives intersecting. I’m sure that’s what he was doing. But, like I said, me
> and the wife both have gray hair, we didn’t reek of whisky, and the cop
> politely wished us well and told us to drive safely.
>
> He also gave me a warning card to “remind” me to get the headlight fixed.
> As we drove away, another “popeye” turned the corner and my cop whipped
> around in the road and flipped on his blue lights. He was a busy fellow
> that night.
>
> I got the light fixed the next day. No one seems to know why both high and
> low beams failed simultaneously.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Mar 24, 2014, at 7:13 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Why did he stop you, Bob? What was the warning? Were you being a
> nuisance on your bike? :-)
>
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