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I'm still a little unsure about the acceptability of DRL versus dipped headlight in France as I have read you should only use the latter. I didn't bother changing this when I was in France lately. The bike does automatic switching between DRL and dipped headlight, and switches DRL off and headlight on whenever reduced light is detected either at night or in a tunnel, which I would have thought is enough to keep you legal, though the auto switching can turned off if you want to manually select which light to have on. I would rather leave it in auto.
French bikes had headlights that were permanently on (no off switch) from about the early 2000’s
All new cars and motorcycles sold in France since 01/01/2011 are fitted with DRLs which turn off when the headlights are switched on (DRLs are actually brighter than main beam and don’t have a dip pattern as they are intended for daytime use)
Your GS is identical, as said before, just leave it on auto like at home