Think I'll go for a ride...

[andyb]

I had a similar problem with my taillights.  Get a pair of LED 1157 bulbs (WHITE!  Red wont' work!), and you're golden.  Beats ass over swapping them every week or so!

Sorry about the spill. 

[pdxfj]

I made it to my destination yesterday evening just fine.  No rain, although a bit chilly in places.

Something is funky with my HID setup and I'll have to switch back to a standard lamp for the trip home.  Headlight flickers really bad with the engine vibes.  From what I can gather it's the base of the lamp vibrating (the part that moves).  It always flickered a little, but is totally unusable now and I'm sure annoying as hell to others at night.  Riding at anything above about 45mph at night makes the headlight useless.

Coming down out of Flagstaff I was a few miles from a rest area.  I noticed on the other side of the freeway a car flashing their lights.  Three flashes, then stop.  Three flashes again and stop.  Wasn't quite sure what they were trying to say, then it hit me.. Cop..speed trap...  let off the throttle a bit and crested a hill.  Sure enough right across from the rest area there was a Arizona Highway patrol car waiting with radar gun out.

[simi_ed]

 Get a pair of LED 1157 bulbs (WHITE!  Red wont' work!), and you're golden.

Wrong, wrong, wrong!  There is actually no such thing as a white LED., they're a shade of blue or yellow.  Yellow/Blue light does not have very good transmissivity through a red filter (taillight lens), so you WILL get a dimmer light.  I bought a 5W Red 1157 LED that is the best single lamp led I've ever seen.

YMMV,

[Pat Conlon]

..... I bought a 5W Red 1157 LED that is the best single lamp led I've ever seen.

Why have only two led's when you can have 10?



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[andyb]

Wrong, wrong, wrong!  There is actually no such thing as a white LED., they're a shade of blue or yellow.  Yellow/Blue light does not have very good transmissivity through a red filter (taillight lens), so you WILL get a dimmer light.  I bought a 5W Red 1157 LED that is the best single lamp led I've ever seen.

And if your red lamp is a wavelength mismatch to the lens, you'll end up with less light still.  Is what I did, is why I made the suggestion--first set I bought were red and a total waste of money!  Works a ton better than having one or both burned out and not being aware of it!

The integrated massive LED thing is better still, but if you're just looking for a quick fix on the road, you can get the lamp replacement types at any auto parts store.

[pdxfj]

My time in Arizona is done, and I'm now at Pat's place in Palm Desert.  Rather warm ride across the desert today, but not a big deal to me since it wasn't raining.

Have some pictures up.  I've been a little slow updating them.  Most of them were taking while riding..which I'm still perfecting my technique... 

http://s964.photobucket.com/albums/ae130/pdxfj/Arizona%202011/

Still have over 1,000 miles to go before getting home.

[Harvy]

Still playing with that little pop-gun I see mate.

[Mark Olson]

great pics Garth

[RichBaker]

Looks like you got to the Titan Missile Museum..... wish I'd known, would have met you there. That .50 looks like fun, too!

[rktmanfj]

Looks like you got to the Titan Missile Museum.....

Worst part of that place for me was the 'Watch Out For Rattlesnakes' stencils on all the stairwells...     

[pdxfj]

Hey Rich,

It was a last minute decision.  Was a toss up between the Titan museum or the Pima Air Museum.  Since my friend had been to the air museum several times and hadn't been to the Titan museum the choice was obvious..My next visit down we're going to work it around the available dates for the in depth tour of the facility.  It's 5 hours long and they take you all the way to the bottom of the silo.


Made it from Marsh's house all the way to Redding today.  Made good time even with a side trip to the bay area.  Lane splitting is an art form I have yet to fully figure out.  Maybe it's because people in Oregon run you off the road or block your path if anyone attempts it here.

Ok.. so I'm a geek.. who happens to like animated moves and can appreciate the amount of work that goes into them..Thus a quick side trip into the bay area was necessary..No public access, but still fun in my book.