Hey! I have been bitten by DIY bug lately. Although I plan to do a lot but this one really entices me.
I hope you know I got a ride few months ago. I am having a great time with this one and it is a pretty nice riding bike as well.
I used this to ride to office along with a pillion, usually my sister. Towards the time we are home, it would be dark and I would have to turn the headlights on. Now, I had to tune their tilt for an optimal position for when I am riding with headlights on with or without the pillion. It is somewhat inconvenient when riding in the condition that the lights are not adjusted to. For example if they are tuned for pillion rider then without the pillion's weight, beam will focus too high. In some cases I feel that I need to focus more on the road to see the potholes. I think that is too much to demand from that bike but what stops us from demanding.
Adjusting headlight require to loosen a screw on the underside of headlight assembly, then slide the headlight to appropriate position and tighten the screw again. Needs few minutes, you have to get a tool and need to be off the road.
I thought, what if I can adjust them in a few seconds using some electronics while I am still riding it? Sounds cool doesn't it? Just like the one's we have standard on all cars.
So I have decided to give it some thought and find it pretty feasible with the skills and resources I have. I will discuss more on this soon.
PS: You can follow this and other DIY tasks using the labels attached to this post.
I hope you know I got a ride few months ago. I am having a great time with this one and it is a pretty nice riding bike as well.
I used this to ride to office along with a pillion, usually my sister. Towards the time we are home, it would be dark and I would have to turn the headlights on. Now, I had to tune their tilt for an optimal position for when I am riding with headlights on with or without the pillion. It is somewhat inconvenient when riding in the condition that the lights are not adjusted to. For example if they are tuned for pillion rider then without the pillion's weight, beam will focus too high. In some cases I feel that I need to focus more on the road to see the potholes. I think that is too much to demand from that bike but what stops us from demanding.
Adjusting headlight require to loosen a screw on the underside of headlight assembly, then slide the headlight to appropriate position and tighten the screw again. Needs few minutes, you have to get a tool and need to be off the road.
I thought, what if I can adjust them in a few seconds using some electronics while I am still riding it? Sounds cool doesn't it? Just like the one's we have standard on all cars.
So I have decided to give it some thought and find it pretty feasible with the skills and resources I have. I will discuss more on this soon.
PS: You can follow this and other DIY tasks using the labels attached to this post.
Your innovations and out of box thinking always amaze me. :)
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