Keeping visible in the depths of winter.

[Disco Dan]

these lights are only $25 a pop at Supercheap Autos, I decided to give it a go myself.

That looks fantastic!

Would love to get me some of those! Do you know if they stock them nationwide.. ie in aucks?

They look like 12v halogen bulbs like the ones used in shop windows and kitchens. If so, they are very bright! (I use three of them to grow underwater plants)

[TerminalAddict]

they are everywhere .. and they are those bulbs

[Bnonn]

Thanks (: Yeah, they are; 12 V, 50 W halogen with glass lenses. I am sure they must be available elsewhere in New Zealand, given that Hamilton is hardly the place to be when it comes to buying accessories. If there is a Supercheap in Auckers, I'd be surprised if they didn't stock these lights. Even if they don't, I'm sure they'd be able to order them in.

[bert_is_evil]

I also, to go with a loud pipe, have a Halo (naturally induced of course.....) on my commuting helmet, which is a neoprene strip that sits round the base of the helmet and is covered in that Scotchlite stuff

I can't find any of these on Tradme at the moment - anyone spotted them anywhere else?

Edit - in NZ that is, I've found websites offshore that sell them

[Grahameeboy]

Lame. I guess I'll just have to disconnect one of them before the WOF then O.o


Man, you ain't wrong there. I am amazed how often someone will see me coming, look right at me, KNOW they don't have enough time to make it in front of me and up to speed, and pull out anyway. I have taken to riding up beside them and banging on their windows with my carbon-fiber knuckles now and yelling at them asking what the hell is wrong with them, are they blind or malicious or both. Given the image bikers have (rightly or wrongly) as being violent gang types, it probably will only take one such encounter before the pillock driver will think twice about pulling out directly in front of a bike doing 60 with a pillion on the back. Twats. Utter twats.

It is because this is the way they are educated......I mean the 3 sec rule for indicating is just crap and makes drivers think they just have to indicate for 3 secs and that is it.........

Yep I get the same thing....car driver looks at me, often seems like ages, there is no one behind me and they pull out...have to say that male drivers are the worst.

You toot your horn, they look in their mirror. No apologetic hand.

The other day a guy in a 4x4 went to pull in my lane but say me just in time and pulled back. When we got to the lights he wound down his window and apologised and said he did not see me, it was his mistake.....well he was not a Kiwi driver, he was an Aussie....we had a laugh and said no way a Kiwi would have done that....sadly true.

[Bnonn]

Heh, that is unusual; especially for someone in a 4x4!

You toot your horn, they look in their mirror. No apologetic hand.

Yeah, but I feel that my horn doesn't have the sort of impact I'd like. This will be my next mod if I can find something similar in New Zealand.

[Grahameeboy]

Heh, that is unusual; especially for someone in a 4x4!


Yeah, but I feel that my horn doesn't have the sort of impact I'd like. This will be my next mod if I can find something similar in New Zealand.

Yeah but he was an Aussie.................

[Disco Dan]

Heh, that is unusual; especially for someone in a 4x4!


Yeah, but I feel that my horn doesn't have the sort of impact I'd like. This will be my next mod if I can find something similar in New Zealand.

Do a search.. there is someone on here selling them.

[bert_is_evil]

Perhaps this would work

[Bnonn]

Sweet, thanks Disco Dan.

[TerminalAddict]

Heh, that is unusual; especially for someone in a 4x4!


Yeah, but I feel that my horn doesn't have the sort of impact I'd like. This will be my next mod if I can find something similar in New Zealand.

WarlockNZ sells them (or imports them in bulk)

serach for "who wants a stebel" thread

[Disco Dan]

Sweet, thanks Disco Dan.

...dam auckland. $30. flipping rip off. Should have ridden to hamilton just out of principle! On a faired bike, installation will be slighty tricky...

[Steam]

Here's another interesting bit from the Ministry of Transport rules

10.8 Illuminated vehicle-mounted signs
An illuminated sign must not be fitted so as to dazzle, confuse, or distract other road users when operated, and must not display a variable or moving message.

It doesn't mention what classes of vehicle this rule applies to, so presumably it applies to all vehicles. Does this mean we can have an illuminated sign then saying whatever? Cool!

[Steam]

I haven't been warranted yet, but I actually can't see how they could enforce this as being illegal.

I see you are allowed two "Fog Lamps" on the front, but they are only allowed to be used: "in conditions of severely reduced visibility, including fog or snow but not including clear atmospheric conditions under the hours of darkness."
So you'll be sweet if you call them Fog Lamps when it comes to warrant time. (as long as they have a separate switch)
But you can't use them at night.
In the daytime you can call them "daytime running lamps".

This info is from here. Ixion have me this link. http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/rul...ting-2004.html

[Bnonn]

Thanks Steam. I don't have a separate switch wired up, unfortunately. I'll have to figure something out. It would be handy to have a separate switch, realistically, but it would be a lot more of a hassle to wire up than the current splicing with the high beam that I've done. That took long enough as it was...