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Title: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: JKay on 02 February 2016, 11:14:20 pm: Bikes always seem to need better lights ,any pix of fazer thou with extra lights and how and where did you fit them ?
Title: Re: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: slappy on 03 February 2016, 10:05:36 am: I fitted these, got them off ebay for £20, Chinese copies of the Cree ones. Wired them through a switch from a live feed.
Title: Re: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: PaulSmith on 03 February 2016, 01:11:56 pm: I fitted HIDs. Best safety improvement I have ever made to any bike.
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Post by: b1k3rdude on 03 February 2016, 01:58:05 pm: Nice, got some shots of the munting brackets and the lights themselfs..?
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Post by: slappy on 03 February 2016, 05:32:25 pm: Quote from: b1k3rdude on 03 February 2016, 01:58:05 pm
Nice, got some shots of the munting brackets and the lights themselfs..?

I will take some photos of brackets and lights tomorrow.
Title: Re: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: JKay on 03 February 2016, 09:27:15 pm: Look great slappy and on the fast black un too :lol

Look forward to seeing how and where exactly you mounted them
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Post by: slappy on 04 February 2016, 03:59:25 pm: Quote from: JKay on 03 February 2016, 09:27:15 pm
Look great slappy and on the fast black un too

Its actualy red and black :)
I have taken some photos that show how I mounted them, hardest part is finding somewhere to mount them. Mine are mounted on the side of the radiator and feel pretty stable, I had to buy some longer stainless bolts and make spacers out of some scrap stainless pipe that I had lying around.
These are really just to make you more visible, if you want to get a better light for you to see better then HID might be the way to go.
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Post by: JKay on 04 February 2016, 06:56:06 pm: Thanks slappy
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Post by: Fazerider on 04 February 2016, 09:20:40 pm: Can't be bothered to look up the Construction and Use regs to find out what the minimum allowable spacing is, but I think you might have those a bit too near the indicators to be legal.
Title: Re: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: slappy on 05 February 2016, 04:58:29 pm: Quote from: Fazerider on 04 February 2016, 09:20:40 pm
Can't be bothered to look up the Construction and Use regs to find out what the minimum allowable spacing is, but I think you might have those a bit too near the indicators to be legal.

Well I will find out tomorrow, taking it for the mot :)
Title: Re: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: Fazerider on 05 February 2016, 09:32:49 pm: Quote from: slappy on 05 February 2016, 04:58:29 pm
Quote from: Fazerider on 04 February 2016, 09:20:40 pm
Can't be bothered to look up the Construction and Use regs to find out what the minimum allowable spacing is, but I think you might have those a bit too near the indicators to be legal.

Well I will find out tomorrow, taking it for the mot :)

Found it today:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/made (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/made)
For dipped lights, only 100mm separation (oddly, no spec for the direction so you could have the light right behind the indicator as seen from some angles).
Presumably your spots are wired to the high beam, so there shouldn't be a problem anyway.
Title: Re: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: slappy on 06 February 2016, 06:18:40 pm: Quote from: slappy on 05 February 2016, 04:58:29 pm
Quote from: Fazerider on 04 February 2016, 09:20:40 pm
Can't be bothered to look up the Construction and Use regs to find out what the minimum allowable spacing is, but I think you might have those a bit too near the indicators to be legal.

Well I will find out tomorrow, taking it for the mot :)

Well I didn't find out today, been pissing down all day and I don't do rain,so recheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Title: Re: spotlights, driving lights who's fitted them
Post by: slappy on 10 February 2016, 06:32:27 pm: Passed mot ok, tester never mentioned the lights.