Permanent lights on looks like a Volvo!!
In a word, no.
Often I will have the headlight on but there are times when I do not - personal choice, depending on my assessment of everything that is going on around me including such things as the weather.
Mark,
Modern bikes are supplied with the lights permanently on as you describe:
I know riders who have insisted when buying a new bike that an on/off switch is added by the dealer before delivery of the bike (and at the cost of the dealer)..... I have never owned a bike that does not have such a switch. The law here in UK is to use lights in poor light conditions such as falling rain.
Dave
ps You ask when I would want the lights off: all military machines have a switch that cuts all lighting - very useful for a spot of poaching after dark!!
I would not want my lights on at all while riding "off road" trails - likely to upset the ramblers
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Dave
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