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[2020_SRS_Commuter]

On all other headlights I've seen, there is a small overlap between the low and high beam pattern. I mean that if you had the high and the low on at the same time, this mid-section of the illumination spread is reached by both the low and high beam. On my SRS, it is the opposite. The high beam is, IMO , too high up relative to the low beam. The design is that the low stays on when the high is on, and so this leaves a distinct dark band between the low and high spreads where the road isnt lit at all. If I align the light low enough that the high beam hits the road ahead properly, the low beam is too short. If I align the light high enough that the low beam has the correct throw, turning on the high beam mostly just illuminates the area ABOVE the road, trees and stuff, and doesn't do much to help me see further ahead. Can anyone else with an SRS confirm this? Is your bike similar or did I get a defective headlight assy? Its very, VERY annoying as my return commute is at midnight and is not well lit by street light. I can post a picture of this if it helps. I dont have one ATM because Im at work.
Im headed back soon to get my brake switch replaced under recall and I have a warped disk on the front brake too. If this headlight is defective I'd like to get that knocked out at the same time.

[Crissa]

This seems to be the same in all Zero headlights.  I don't know of any legal reasoning for it.  But it saves temperature and energy to only use the upper lamps.

Personally, I only use the trigger highbeams.  I wonder if it's possible to trick the newer F platform into lighting both low and high at the same time?

-Crissa

[2020_SRS_Commuter]

Thanks for the reply.

On my SRS, when you turn on the high beam, the low beam stays on. That's good. But there is a dark line between the two ranges that is not illuminated. That's bad.
My question is, is my headlight constructed improperly, or are they all like that?
Perhaps I just cant explain this well. Maybe I should post a picture.

[TheRan]

I'm pretty sure someone else on here has mentioned this issue, unless you've already posted about it before.

From looking at images I assume the outer bulbs are the low beam and the inner two are the high beam, and I assume the height adjustment moves them all at once. Can you see if it's all one monolithic unit or does it look like they might be separate "blocks" attached together? If it's the latter perhaps there's some way to disassemble them and put shims in between them in some way as to adjust the angle.

[SkyYeti]

It's certainly the case on my SR/F @2020_SRS_Commuter
Dark band between the low and high beams, it's pretty bad I think.
As far as I could tell there's no way to adjust the beams individually, but I haven't done as TheRan has suggested and had a poke around to see if there's a way into the headlight itself to check if there is any manual adjustment possible.

There are a couple of other threads discussing this on the forum but I can't recall any of them getting very far in solving the issue

[Zelidar]

Exactly a year ago, I made a similar post.
https://www.electricmotorcycleforum.com/boards/index.php?topic=9677.msg85768#msg85768

I've been wondering since, if Zero fixed it along with the new headlight of the SR/S. Sorry for you that they didn't, as it appears.

[2020_SRS_Commuter]

Thanks for replies. That's very disappointing.

[Crissa]

I thought the SR/S had a completely different headlight setup than the SR/F?

-Crissa

[aarfeldt]

I have a 2020 SR/F and the exact same problem.
My light was changed on warranty by my dealer last week, but I still have to verify if it's any better :-)

Btw....Zero said the have no knowledge on this issue....but they strangely have the light in stock in Holland (I'm in Denmark).