johnny law hates my lighting...

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I need to get DOT or CHP certified lighting for my bike (or something vintage that I can convince them is OEM)

My problem was that the lights were to close together. so I need some ideas for replacements.

The only ones that I actually want are for the front. I remember seeing cone shaped bar end lights but all I can find on ebay are the ball style ones. I have no idea what to do for the rear but the law says they need to be 9 inches apart.
 
read the law again. In Texas, there are spacing law IF lights are used. Me personally, I use hand signals. As such, I'm exempt from the light spacing/night/etc laws.

--chris
 
I was official claim is code 26100 which sites modified lighting of any kind. I haven't been able to find the exact wording online but what he told me was that its illegal to modify your stock lighting in any way that diminishes the effectiveness(which complete removal would do). He then told me that they need to be X distance apart and need to be certified blah blah blah.

He was actually very polite and chose not to site me for my speeding and eh hem "reckless" riding.

I'm just bummed because I was happy with the lighting I had found, When I got the bike it didn't have a speedo or turn signals (or even a decent place to mount turn signals, I don't think the tail section on my bike is even 9" wide)
 
are you in the states? if so do you ride a vintage bike? I have mine plated as a vintage in Connecticut. As such I am exempt from noise codes (load pipes save lives) and lighting codes.
needs a headlight and tail light viewable at 50 feet.
licence plate needs to be horizontal and have lighting of some type but that's it.
vintage bikes in this state and a few others I know of have different regs due to age. look into it before you go crazy doing what some one thinks in correct spouting laws that are not applicable to you again due to age of machinery
 
from what I can gather in CA (home to the most fucked vehicle code laws of all time) If the bike originally came with lighting it has to have them. the cutoff is pre -1943 from what I can find.


I dont have the time to go to court anyway, so even if I could fight it im still just going to up my lights and be done with it.

anyone got any recommendations?
 
get a set of stock long stem signals from any older yamaha the old baseballs. they have a stem that's at least 3 inches you seat can't be less than 3 so that's 9 end to end. minimum front and back
 
Mortikan said:
get a set of stock long stem signals from any older yamaha the old baseballs. they have a stem that's at least 3 inches you seat can't be less than 3 so that's 9 end to end. minimum front and back
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I've got three complete sets of these signals if you need some.
 
I thought he said a 'load in the pipes save lives'...

And nobody cares how loud your pipes are when they pull out in front of you, they're going to say "I never saw him!"

Visibility saves more than audibility, but as long as the sound is good, then I say, ROCK ON!

But I like my bike quiet enough to hear a little of what's going on BESIDES me.

YMMV
 
Hey Mortikan, my bike has the "Early American" vintage plate in Connecticut also. I'm always paranoid about getting pulled over for signals, I switched to short cat eyes which I haven't actually wired up yet, they're on the bike but don't do anything. I was always under the impression that in CT, if the bike had lights when it was made, it should still have them. Is this not the case with our vintage plates? My bike is a 78
 
Must be nice just to fight the "Man", we have to wait out this fu#king snow for 4 months >:(
 
Too loud pipes aggravate the shit outa me....I was just curious about less restrictive pipes.....will they lean out my bike or richen it so to speak....

To all the eskimos, Connecticut is still rideable.....but we're supposed to get under 40 coming up.......lotsa sand traps though
 
Nate,
The less restricted (more open) your pipes are, the faster air will flow, and the leaner you will run. Hence the need for bigger jets. But the advantage is more fuel + more air = more power. It also helps if the intake is de-restricted as well (air box removal, and velocity stacks or pod filters).
In general, less restriction means louder pipes, but you can make good power with a not overly loud pipe if it is designed right.

PS... running a totally unrestricted system is also bad - motors need a minimum amount of back-pressure to run smoothly at all speeds (ie. it will idle like crap, at the very least).
 
just thought I'd post this here ... seemed appropriate

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/33f2687080

Never anger a cop ... even if she is only 2
 
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