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Nah... I want dual headlights, with twin elements. I'd rather take both bulbs out and only ride it in the day, as use a jury-rigged single/high/low/simultaneous solution.
If Triumph wants to sell these bikes in America, they need to re-think this. They need a U.S. one, with twin-element bulbs. We don't have these ridiculous Euro-guidelines on motorcycle headlights, and from the number of Europeans who switch their bikes over to dual-headlight mode, I don't know how it ever got fostered on you.
With this dumb kind of headlight set-up, you couldn't give me one of these new models. I'd be riding along, thinking how stupid it looked to be on a new bike, with one headlight burned out. I can just hear helpful grandmothers and teenagers, as I'm pulling into a parking space at the shopping center, pointing out that I need a headlight. And although they don't often do it to motorcycles in this country, you CAN get pulled over at night, for having a headlight out. I've been through some local-yokel town, and had it happen. I don't think I'd like to try explaining European headlight systems to some redneck sheriff, out to grab a little cash flow for the city by pulling over strangers.
A while back, I noticed somebody wondering what nickname to call this new model. Well, I have it: Steamers, Girlies, and now the Euro-Geek. Thank goodness I've got a Girlie, because until a fix or change is provided, you won't see me on the new ones.
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