LED lights facing forward?

**saltydog** · 1st October 2010, 20:43

cher bro, thanks 4 the heads up. Theres a nice 10mm hole in my fairng now so whats done is done. I'm onto this other guy Ross from CHCH ledbulbs.co.nz he has some interesting stuff as well.
I'm kinda hoping the fuzz will stop me now...muah ha ha!
(15 drmeerrrits to go....)

**Hinny** · 2nd October 2010, 09:28

I fitted Narva daytime running lights.
These lamps come pre-wired and satisfy the legislation by dimming when lights switched on.
They give better indication of your presence, day and night.
Keep headlight off during the day hence no taillight running. Stop light becomes much more visible and following traffic is much more aware of your braking action.
Highly recommended.

**Hinny** · 3rd October 2010, 17:55

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Good look and very visible.

**jhnharvy773** · 6th May 2011, 15:10

Do anyone know what law would prevent me from running BLUE LED Lights on my Harley? I have checked the codes and I can't find anything that says I can't have LED lights on my bike. The only references I find relate to Blue, Red, or Amber EMERGENCY LIGHTS which Police use on dashes, grills and on top of their cars.

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still finding good site that has cheap led accent lights with good quality...

**Gremlin** · 6th May 2011, 15:30

Originally Posted by jhnharvy773

Do anyone know what law would prevent me from running BLUE LED Lights on my Harley? I have checked the codes and I can't find anything that says I can't have LED lights on my bike. The only references I find relate to Blue, Red, or Amber EMERGENCY LIGHTS which Police use on dashes, grills and on top of their cars.

First up, because you want blue, you are ruled out of every section of the lighting laws except for cosmetic lamps. Under this rule, the light must be consistent (no flashing, pulsing, moving) and mounted in a fixed position.

You have sight angles to comply with (front and rear are a no-no) etc and can't position them within 250mm of a mandatory lamp.

Paraphrased from here: http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/vi...hting-v4a2.pdf

**scumdog** · 6th May 2011, 18:00

Originally Posted by Gremlin

First up, because you want blue, you are ruled out of every section of the lighting laws except for cosmetic lamps. Under this rule, the light must be consistent (no flashing, pulsing, moving) and mounted in a fixed position.

You have sight angles to comply with (front and rear are a no-no) etc and can't position them within 250mm of a mandatory lamp.

Paraphrased from here: http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/vi...hting-v4a2.pdf

He's in Hawaii.....

**Gremlin** · 6th May 2011, 18:12

Originally Posted by scumdog

He's in Hawaii.....

He asks about legal stuff in NZ... for Hawaii?

That's way out of my depth...

**DangerMice** · 10th May 2011, 16:12

Are you allowed modulating lights in NZ? Think not?

http://www.webbikeworld.com/lights/b...is-podmods.htm

Nice little twinkle tho, looks a bit like vibrations from the road surface

**over5tayer** · 10th May 2011, 16:39

So would something like this be illegal? someone mentioned that anything flashing must be amber but this is in sync with his indicator and seems to aid rather than distract...

**Katman** · 10th May 2011, 16:54

They are definately within 250mm of a mandatory light, so yes - illegal.

**shafty** · 10th May 2011, 19:33

Originally Posted by Katman

They are definately within 250mm of a mandatory light, so yes - illegal.

Super effective tho huh?

More and more use of LED's as standard has GOT to be the way things will go, a la Audi etc.

I just hope Plod look at the big picture with regards to us trying to protect ourselves rather than "Ünder section such and such, blah blah, thats 248mm blah..... "

**scumdog** · 13th May 2011, 21:08

Originally Posted by shafty

I just hope Plod look at the big picture with regards to us trying to protect ourselves rather than "Ünder section such and such, blah blah, thats 248mm blah..... "

Why worry about Mr Plod, HE didn't make the rules.

Get onto the Gov't.

**FastBikeGear** · 9th January 2012, 16:13

Originally Posted by DangerMice

Are you allowed modulating lights in NZ? Think not?

http://www.webbikeworld.com/lights/b...is-podmods.htm

Nice little twinkle tho, looks a bit like vibrations from the road surface

No modulating lights are not legal in New Zealand. We import the BikeVis Bullets but not the BikeVis Pod Mods for this reason.

**FastBikeGear** · 9th January 2012, 16:19

OK for all of those asking. It is illegal to have both Daytime Running Lights and head lights on at the same time....and of course it is a legal requirement to have your head light on at all time on a motorcycle so it is therefore illegal to have Daytime Running Lights fitted to a motorcycle. yes it is a dumb rule!

There is a simple way around this. We import, distribute and market the BikeVis Bullet positioning lamps. The rules do not prevent you having 'positioning lamps' and head lights on at the same time.

For people who want to know more about the legality of 'Positioning Lamps' visit the relevant section on the LTSA web site here.

Of course forward facing lights must be white or amber and lights other than your indicators are not allowed to flash. Blue lights are illegal - of course what is blue and what is white is a little debatable as many modern car lights have a fairly blue tinge to them.

The new 2nd Gen BikeVis bullet Positioning Lamps are twice as bright as the 1st Gen BikeVis Bullets and the light is an intense white with a very faint blue tinge.

How these laws are interpreted by different law officers and testing stations is no doubt a little variable, but so far none of our customers has encountered any legal hassles with the very popular BikeVis Bullets.