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BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight
07/25/10 at 19:11:27

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A centrally-mounted movable xenon projection light shines up onto a diagonally-mounted mirror, illuminating the road ahead. As the nose of the bike pitches up and down with acceleration or braking, the projector light rotates in its housing to keep the beam level. This can compensate for loads too, so if your pillion passenger is exceptionally fat or you carry bricks in the panniers, the headlight will illuminate the road, not the sky. Basically the rotating light always keeps the beam level.

Things get more interesting if you check the "Adaptive Headlight" box (no word on cost). That adds a stepper motor which turns the mirror on an axis to compensate for lean angle. That also works in conjunction with the pitch compensation to ensure the bike's dynamic movement on the road doesn't affect the throw of the headlight.

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BurnPgh Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1732	Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight Reply #1 - 07/25/10 at 21:04:06 unnecessary, over complicated, over priced gadget.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28996 L.A. California Gender:	Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight Reply #2 - 07/25/10 at 21:18:01 that option probably costs as much as a savage.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight Reply #3 - 07/25/10 at 21:47:48 any gadget that makes it safer has to be worth the money. You are going to pay big bucks for a BMW a few more aint gonna kill ya.
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Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight
Reply #4 - 07/25/10 at 21:55:06

K.I.S.S. -- Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Ms.Paladin drives a VW New Beetle. She backed out of the driveway next to the trashcan and broke the right mirror. No problem, stop at JC Whitney, $15. Nope. Look up the fix it the CD.... wires... ah... here... to remove mirror remove the insides of the inside of the door. OK... $500.

BMW's Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight is Interesting. But I don't need it.

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Tanker2Biker Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 231 Spring, TX (north of Houston) Gender:	Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight Reply #6 - 07/26/10 at 03:33:04 Sounds basically like the stabalization systems we had on our tanks in the 70's(and through to today). It was REALLY good feature, and necessary on my tank. On my motorcycle, not so much.
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Reply #7 - 07/26/10 at 11:05:57

Tanker2Biker wrote on 07/26/10 at 03:33:04:

Sounds basically like the stabalization systems we had on our tanks in the 70's(and through to today).

It was REALLY good feature, and necessary on my tank.

On my motorcycle, not so much.

Tankman,I was also a tank man A driver gunner,we had to have at least two trades,I was a driver,with a day once in a while shooting things,I was in from 1955 to 58,drove the centurian we had stabilizers in those days We were told the Brits invented the gun stabelizer and we had to sign the official secrets act. We were all notified just a few years ago that we were released from that document,and the secrets act.
So when were you in ? and what kind of tank ?

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Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight
Reply #8 - 07/26/10 at 15:04:40

mick wrote on 07/26/10 at 11:05:57:

Tanker2Biker wrote on 07/26/10 at 03:33:04:

Sounds basically like the stabalization systems we had on our tanks in the 70's(and through to today).

It was REALLY good feature, and necessary on my tank.

On my motorcycle, not so much.

So when were you in ? and what kind of tank ?

In from '74-'82, M-60's and M-60a1's with the add-on stab kit. Although I did help crew a M-4 & an M-26 that were part of the Patton Museum while I was at Ft. Knox in the late 70's

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Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight
Reply #9 - 07/26/10 at 16:48:50

Paladin. wrote on 07/25/10 at 21:55:06:

K.I.S.S. -- Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Ms.Paladin drives a VW New Beetle. She backed out of the driveway next to the trashcan and broke the right mirror. No problem, stop at JC Whitney, $15. Nope. Look up the fix it the CD.... wires... ah... here... to remove mirror remove the insides of the inside of the door. OK... $500.

BMW's Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight is Interesting. But I don't need it.

you don't need it .,perhaps Mrs P does ?
next time you buy a car you might want to buy American.

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Reply #10 - 07/26/10 at 21:27:28

mick wrote on 07/26/10 at 16:48:50:

you don't need it .,perhaps Mrs P does ?
next time you buy a car you might want to buy American.

Had American, a Ford. We needed a part for the doors (wear out.) We paid for two, they took two months to deliver part, only gave me one and I had to pay the second part a second time -- another month. Screw me over and I don't come back.

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Dj12midnit Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline If you'r here and I'm here isn't this our time? Posts: 1036 Lynden Wa. Gender:	Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight Reply #12 - 07/26/10 at 21:34:33 There are no American cars.
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Reply #13 - 07/26/10 at 21:52:35

LostArtist wrote on 07/26/10 at 21:33:10:

if I had turns that I rode on, that might be cool

stupid straight . . #$%@^ roads

Yeah! All these idiots with beautiful green roads (** sigh **). I get to see city streets. Headlights? HA! I only find out the headlights are broken if is someone tells me -- streetlights are all I need to see with.

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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: BMW Motorcycle Adaptive Headlight Reply #14 - 07/26/10 at 21:59:10 I don't care how good the headlight is. At my age, my night vision is about shot, and no amount of light is going to make much difference. I pretty much avoid riding at night if at all possible. If I have no choice, I ride slow and very defensively.
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