Number plate lights

[Gubb]

Just stumbled across these:
http://www.designengineering.com/products.asp?m=sp&pid=21

Bloody brilliant idea, I hadn't heard of them before, gets rid of that pesky issue of where to mount a Plate Light after a tail tidy.

<img src="http://www.designengineering.com/images/products/014%20Liten%20Bolt%20Profile%20300.jpg"></IMG>
An LED mounted inside a bolt with a slit to let the light through.

[pzkpfw]

I've seen these for sale in N.Z. ...

e.g.
http://www.bikestore.co.nz/products.asp?category=21

One issue I can see is the legal requirement that the source of light is not itself directly visible, so if the plate is not perfectly vertical, maybe the bolt would have to be mounted at an angle.

But yeah, very intersted in these - for exactly the tail-tidy issue.

[vifferman]

... if the plate is not perfectly vertical, maybe the bolt would have to be mounted at an angle.
No problemo: if the plate is angled out (bottom further from bike than top), you just mount the lights on the bottom, pointing upwards.

They were (I think) developed for the Mrkn market, where they have to have a separate (urrgleee) light for the number plate, rather than just a clear lens in the bottom of the taillight. So whenever someone does a 'tail tidy', one of the first things to go is usually the numberplate light.

[nodrog]

Just stumbled across these:
http://www.designengineering.com/products.asp?m=sp&pid=21

Bloody brilliant idea, I hadn't heard of them before, gets rid of that pesky issue of where to mount a Plate Light after a tail tidy.

An LED mounted inside a bolt with a slit to let the light through.

lol, been around for years bro, come out from under your rock. :niceone:

ive used them on, about 7 bikes.

[Taz]

lol, been around for years bro, come out from under your rock. :niceone:

ive used them on, about 7 bikes.

Good for you Nodrog :rolleyes:. Some of the rest of us had no idea these existed so thanks for the post Gubb.

[pzkpfw]

No problemo: if the plate is angled out (bottom further from bike than top), you just mount the lights on the bottom, pointing upwards.

I am so gonna red bling you for making me feel dumb...

[Gubb]

lol, been around for years bro, come out from under your rock. :niceone:

Will there be Ice Cream?

I'll only come out for a tasty cone...

[imne1]

wow cool! thanks for the links, there's all kinds of stuff there i want :-D