Rim tape legality?

[baffa]

Hi all.

Looking to tidy up the bike, and wanting flourescent rim tape to give the bike a little more presence on the road at night.
For those who arent aware, flourescent rim tape doesnt simply reflect light, it absorbs it, and emits a dull glow, kinda like watch dials.
What I want to know is, are there any issues with using different laws, such as red rim tape, if it will glow dully at night?

Dont wanna spend money "rimming" the bike (tehe) only to have a cop make me strip them off a week later.

Anyone had any dealings with this?

[munster]

Great idea. Check with the LTSA on legality, then let us know.

[nodrog]

Anything that gay should be illegal.

[Bassmatt]

"rimming" the bike

:crazy:





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[Renegade]

id doubt you would run into any trouble with it, most cops wouldnt even notice it!

[yod]

:crazy:





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Cue token Honda joke

[onearmedbandit]

Cue token Honda joke

Ok.

<img src="http://www.pictures13.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Honda_Motorcycles-Range-Poster.jpg" width=640 height=480/>

[3umph]

you taking about reflective tapes or fluro ones?

to my knowledge none of these emit a glow of light or are you thinking of the luminous stuff they use for step areas? that emits a glow when charged with light...

I use to put reflective on cars as a job and was suggested not to put white facing rear or red facing forward... sides eg wheel rim sides you can do what you want

[Maha]

Anything that gay should be illegal.

Come on sweet lips, there people out there that have to enhance thier property by adding sticky streamers..I have recently removed the clown squeeze horn from mine.
No wait! that was on my Honda.... as ya were.

[GrayWolf]

well I've heard of dental tape (floss) but 'rimming' tape?? Only a Honda rider :lol:

[scumdog]

If I thought it pissed-off other bikers I'd do it in a shot!:yes:

[shonofear]

go one better with these
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/330709767249?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_3306wt_907
Ozzie made, colour options available, I had the aquas installed on me VTR250 back in Oz this yr and seriously work well for safety at night.
The maker of them has done all the research and are totally legal on Australian roads, so may be fine here also (your rules seem more laxed anyways...)
I considering another set for me striple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xPZIG-APNw&feature=g-upl

[skippa1]

you could add the bar streamers too:drool:

[Gremlin]

Reflective material isn't really covered in WOF specifications, just the requirement for legal rear reflectors. I would say as a general rule don't put white rearward facing and red forward facing and you should be OK.

[caspernz]

Some of us just work on the Nike approach...:2thumbsup

[Mokadah]

I recently striped my wheels with this stuff http://www.tankpads24.co.uk/119-keiti-reflective-wheel-tape-ws-800r.html and have had no worries going through a couple of checkpoints, even through it's extremely bright.

It comes in black too, so even if you don't want coloured stripes I'd recommend it for some extra visibility side-on at night.

Day:

http://i.imgur.com/G4wgg.jpg

Night:

http://i.imgur.com/XIE3j.jpg

[shonofear]

dude, mean Speed setup there.
thats exactly how i was thinking of doing my street triple.
did you get the CRM exhaust imported from the States? which site and approx how much?
chur

[p.dath]

I can't think of anything in particular that would be an issue.

Perhaps watch the colour laws (so only red facing backwards, and white facing forwards).

[Mokadah]

dude, mean Speed setup there.
thats exactly how i was thinking of doing my street triple.
did you get the CRM exhaust imported from the States? which site and approx how much?
chur

Thanks! I got the can direct from Bob @ CRM. It came to about $580 USD including shipping, and I got my tracking number literally 45 mins after placing the order.

Just make sure you use some loctite on the single screw holding the baffle in, if you get the baffle - mine disappeared somewhere between Napier and Hastings about two weeks after I got it :crazy: Still pretty quiet for a straight pipe.

[Fast Eddie]

i just painted the whole wheels fluro yellow :)

gets complaints all the time, but its bright!

[3umph]

I still have a heap of blue, orange and yellow reflective from when I did those reflective cars on the roads

[baffa]

Cheers for the feedback all.

Mokadah: the bike looks mint man, I wanted blue rim tape but had trouble finding flourescent in that colour.