Quote from Gunn :

Passing lights were invented to flash people. It wasn't such a big deal back when road rage did not exist. My first motorcycle had a setting on the light switch for "passing". You'd push it with your thumb and it would spring back to the off position when you released it. Oops, showing my age now.

I don't believe they were ever.. MADE for 'passing' it's just an alternate use for this fuction of headlights now. Like J@tko said, where I am from also, flashing your lights is a gesture to allow someone to pull infront or go ahead of you. As for bikers, well.... there is 3 types : 1st one is : I have a bike because I don't have a car. The 2nd one is : I like japanese bikes that scream to 16000000000000000rpm for nothing when I can't ride for **** (probobly the same ones Ajp was talking about). And then finally you have historic bike riders, which are the most respectable out of the lot, you know these old-timers know how to ride a bike, but these idiots on Superbikes thinking they can get their knee down and slide a bike around like Ruben Xaus.

Quote from BlueFlame :

I don't believe they were ever.. MADE for 'passing'.

Believe what you want, I've given you the truth but I won't waste my time forcing it down your throat. If you ever see an old bike and wonder what the "pass" setting is for, now you know, if you chose to learn. But nobody's going to get upset if you chose not to learn. It's a free world.

Quote from Gunn :

It is called a passing light because it was used to let the car in front know that you were overtaking. I didn't invent the device or its name, I can only tell you about its history.

Well they probably are but I still don't recommend using them as intended then (unless you're particularly keen to sample a Focus boot lid)

I just hold down the horn for a good 5 seconds, it has many uses:
- Alert someone of your presence
- Tell them to get out of the way

I think its pretty obvious you aren't telling them to "go" if you hold the horn for that long.

Quote from Gunn :

Believe what you want, I've given you the truth but I won't waste my time forcing it down your throat. If you ever see an old bike and wonder what the "pass" setting is for, now you know, if you chose to learn. But nobody's going to get upset if you chose not to learn. It's a free world.

Yea, i don't really KNOW what sharp object you are sitting on, but you seem to jump to the conclusion I was/am against you, all I said was that i didn't believe these were made for Passing, the bike you had probobly had a badly translated manual anyway, so going directly what a japanese-2-english Manual says isn't really the clearest path to find out the true meaning of something, as japanese translations can be quite difficult to disypher

Quote from wheel4hummer :

I just hold down the horn for a good 5 seconds, it has many uses:
- Alert someone of your presence
- Tell them to get out of the way

I think its pretty obvious you aren't telling them to "go" if you hold the horn for that long.

I think you're joking but I never know with you

Quote from BlueFlame :

Yea, i don't really KNOW what sharp object you are sitting on, but you seem to jump to the conclusion I was/am against you, all I said was that i didn't believe these were made for Passing, the bike you had probobly had a badly translated manual anyway, so going directly what a japanese-2-english Manual says isn't really the clearest path to find out the true meaning of something, as japanese translations can be quite difficult to disypher

Nope, I didn't think you were against me, I just want you to realise that what I've said is true . Plenty of old vehicles were the same, not just Japanese ones. Back then passing was different than it is now. For one, there were a lot less cars on the road and most were pretty slow compared to a bike. It was in the best interests of the rider to let the car ahead know it was coming alongside. If you've ever been run off the road on a bike you'll understand why it is important to be seen by car drivers.
I think it would be sad if you glossed over the points I've highlighted, there's something to learn there. That's all I'm saying.

Japanese translates quite well actually. It's a simply-structured language an not difficult to grasp.

Quote from Gunn :

Nope, I didn't think you were against me, I just want you to realise that what I've said is true . Plenty of old vehicles were the same, not just Japanese ones. Back then passing was different than it is now. For one, there were a lot less cars on the road and most were pretty slow compared to a bike. It was in the best interests of the rider to let the car ahead know it was coming alongside. If you've ever been run off the road on a bike you'll understand why it is important to be seen by car drivers.
I think it would be sad if you glossed over the points I've highlighted, there's something to learn there. That's all I'm saying.

Japanese translates quite well actually. It's a simply-structured language an not difficult to grasp.

Well, i'll accept you have more experience (in life AND on a bike) than I do, but OT : Japanese clearly isn't easy to Translate into english. Guess what this quote is talking about "Full of sport mind & luxury feeling super potential in winter wheel iver." Or this one, talking about the SAME type of product "Just a Roller Skate grand touring, All over the physical ironic power." Can you even understand that? Cos eventhough i know what product it is... It's just stupidly inaccurate, SENSELESS quotings