Adding double filament bulbs to the rear would not give you running lights as there are just two wires running to the rear turn signals, not three as in the front
On Thursday, July 28, 2016, Stephen Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you so much for your answer and so it is. Thank you also for > explanation of the difference between the lingo between the red and orange > lens. I guess at this point i accept the fact that the bike's lights are > working as Honda intended but it still do not understand why the fronts > would be different from the back. Why would there not be a double filament > bulb in the back as well to light the bike up better--seems it would be > safer and more visible to other vehicles behind. Also can i put double > filament bulbs in the rear turn signals if i wanted to or is there a reason > why i cannot? Once again thank you for your insight. > > On Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 7:29:45 AM UTC-4, EGrider wrote: >> >> Running lights are red, not orange, so only our tail lights function as >> running lights. The front light are double filament bulbs so that they can >> function as both, but the back are only single filament bulbs. >> >> By the way, the running lights on the front turn off when the turn signal >> lights are activated, so if you want to tap into anything for switched >> power, don't tap into the turn signal wires. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','nighthawk_lovers%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
