High beam...

[Ginger]

I'm sorry but I just don't get it. Either he's trying to save money/hassle from not replacing it as often (every 5 years instead of 2?) or he's worried about not having it at night. The second one is just plain dumb 'cause you still have your highs and you can switch it the very next day.

We just established that the high beam at night can be dangerous and you're suggesting that he not take preventative measures to make the low beam last longer? That's smart.

It's also apparent that you haven't run into the problem of losing your lowbeam on a Saturday night in the offseason. When you don't own a car you can be in a pretty big jam. Have fun when Advance and NAPA don't have the right bulb and motorcycle shops are closed for the next two days. I got stuck with that once and it sucked.

I carry a spare tail bulb and a spare headlight bulb under my seat now. Both of them are bubble wrapped to keep the filaments intact. And on second thought, I should get a second set of spares to keep at home just in case the ones under the seat do get damaged while I'm riding around.