Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Nope. Don't own one. But my chops have been busted many, many times about how I'm "spraying light into the trees (or people's eyes or into drivers eyes or into airplane cockpits)". I've been told over and over again how "irresponsible" I am for not using lights that have shaped beams. It's rather surprising that the "wonders of German engineering" need a glare shield to keep the light out of the bike rider's eyes. Seems like a design flaw (and a dirty little secret) to me...one that my irresponsible lights don't seem to have.
Given the flaw, I'm even less likely to own any of them.
Yep! After owning a couple of BMW motorcycles I learned that if there ever was a problem that involved German engineering it was due to the stupid Americans who couldn't appreciate it or properly use it.