I like to ride at night. There's less traffic, which makes riding safer, and you can go faster.
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This may be true some places, but for most folks, not. The first problem is the halogen lights usually used on bikes instead of the often illegal HID headlights. The HID give off much more light and a wider area.
Also at night, you are limited to a cone of area in front and can't see side actions that might affect your ride (like wind gusts, animals, unmarked turns, road surface conditions, parked car movements, pedestrians, billboards with info, etc.). Even with HID lights, the detail of what's in your path is maybe (I'm guessing) only 40%.
I'm not even considering riding in some urban areas after dark. Of course, there are a lot of them I don't care for even in daylight.
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