Dip beam questions

[MarkShelley]

I used my steamer in the dark for the first time this morning and discovered that neither headlight works on dip. It was dark when I got home just now so couldn`t investigate.
Two questions;-
Is dip supposed to work on both lamps?
Are the bulbs accessible without bodywork removal?

[Mustang]

by dip do you mean low beam ?
US models both are on whether it be low or high beam . UK models might not be so .

I find that headlight bulbs seem to blow out at a more frequent rate then other bikes I have owned .

you can replace the bulbs without having to remove body work ...........but it's a pain in the ass . far easier to pop off the front fairing .

[MarkShelley]

by dip do you mean low beam ?

I do indeed.
Strange how you chaps over there don`t use the correct names for things.
Trunks are not stotage areas in a car, they are the waggly bit at the pointy end of an elephant, and a fanny is not a posterior, it is something quite different.

[MarkShelley]

Definately no need to remove any bodywork. Both bulbs swapped in 5 minutes max. Probably the easiest bulb swap I have ever done on a bike

[audiododd]

Strange how you chaps over there don`t use the correct names for things.
Trunks are not stotage areas in a car, they are the waggly bit at the pointy end of an elephant, and a fanny is not a posterior, it is something quite different.

LOL!  So true. I learned what a British fanny was while I was watching British TV late one night. A movie starring Roy "Chubby" Brown came on. I learned a LOT of slang that night. :-)

[PompeyLad]

We euro steamers have both lights on, same as the US ones.
On the "fanny" issue. Should have seen my friends face when on a train in Florida, chatting to an older American woman who was telling him how her granddaughter has been working her fanny off. 

[Geoff W]

Completely off topic, but, many years ago when I lived in Newfoundland I remember seeing a sign in an outdoor shop. " NOW IN STOCK, FANNY PACKS".  it took me a while and much amusement to find out that these were "bum-bags".