Re: Aiming headlights WAS: Headlight heat and power draw

["Mike Bostock" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In your message regarding Aiming headlights WAS: Headlight heat and power
draw dated Wed, 13 Dec 2000 12:05:26 -0500, Erik Miner said that ...


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>EM-  
>EM-  Put bike on LEVEL ground about 1-2 feet in front of a wall (garage 
>EM-  door etc). On low beam mark on the wall where the TOP of the light 
>EM-  pattern is.  Now move the bike back 25 feet exactly, the Top of the 
>EM-  low beam pattern should now still be the SAME as the marks that you 
>EM-  placed on the wall. Adjust the headlights accordingly to achieve 
>EM-  this. A tip here is that it's easier to do one headlight at a time.. 

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I may be missing something here but wouldn't this mean that the beam was
*parallel* to the ground which surely can't be right??  BTW then when a 16
stone rider sits on the saddle the beam will then be pointing upwards due
to the compression of the rear suspension.



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