240 cycles (+-40) per minute is the recommended rate:

See:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/securiteroutiere/mvstm_tsd/tsd/1080-m.htm#_Toc%20S5.6


That is a link to the Canadian law for motorcycle headlight modulators.
American law is the same.

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