Skull headlights are conflicted. The whole time they’re busy protecting your life by illuminating the hazards ahead, they really, really want to kill you.
By Peter Tanshanomi
Tanshanomi is Japanese [単車のみ] for "motorcycle(s) only." Though primarily tasked with creating two-wheel oriented content for Hooniverse, Pete is a lover of all sorts of motorized vehicles.
Jeff Glucker
It's a safety feature. The skulls are there to warn you about the exposed accessory belt, spinning sharp bits on the alternator, hot as Hades headers, and other nasty bits that are normally hidden under the hood.
At least it's better than this one:
<img src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2009/06/13/skull-bike-3_HJ4Qs_6648.jpg" width="500">
"Better" is relative – if I decide that my 745's paint is too far gone, I just found a new hood ornament. I already have a length of heavy chain, and a plastic model skull wouldn't be hard to come by…
Just as long as you don't do the flesh-and-bone fuel tank!
From an artistic standpoint, it's a new take on the overdone skulls on a bike theme. On the other hand the whole rotting flesh thing is a little gory. I'm trying to decide if I want to see the rest of the bike.
For some reason, when I envisioned literal head lights, chrome skulls weren't what came to mind.
<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UHyxer334bk/TEieMMeoQ8I/AAAAAAAAAYA/GFTcf3P-6UM/s1600/Monica-Lewinsky.jpg">
Murilee's tail lights are cooler though…. http://m.jalopnik.com/5387975/make-your-own-anima…
Too funny I just saw a bike this weekend with a setup like this. I wonder how well they work though…
I want one !!!
BOBBY ~!~