brights

[bikerphil]

I have removed them from both of my bikes and the ignition/horn relay (custom mod) lives in it's place. If the situation arises, I will have to do as Deebs suggested.

[jetmechmarty]

Guys, I do not believe the headlight device attenuates the high beam when in the "Emergency Mode". It's a simple relay device. You go home with your high beam on.

I won’t argue that because I used the feature just once. If it works as you say, it makes zero sense to engineer that into the motorcycle. My memory tells me the high beam was attenuated.

[jetmechmarty]

I read something on the Venture forum about some models having attenuation. The XS650 forum doesn’t seem to address it. My curiosity is piqued. Perhaps I’ll look into this more when I have some more time.

[Radioguylogs]

From the FSM:

[jetmechmarty]

From the FSM:

That settles it, thanks Mike.

[DEEBS11]

Touche mon ami! 😜

[jetmechmarty]

I looked and found the identical chart in the 1982 XS650 manual. They say, “Read the manual!” I never learned. Always the measure of last resort.