RED Turnsignal Lenses? - Page 2

Easy Rider · 07-30-2007, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonathan180iq

and he hasn't made a follow up poston any of them.

Drive-by poster? There seems to be a lot of that on most of the public forums, not just here.

OTOH, people DO have other things to do! :roll:

It does take some folks a couple of weeks to check back for responses.

**jonathan180iq** · 07-30-2007, 04:36 PM

Sure. But this guy has made several of these posts aking for help and never returned to any of them.

:??:

I have other things to do too. It doesn't take me 5 minutes to check new posts and leave my mark on ones that I think I can assist on. Granted, I will spend extra time on a problem, if I get interested in it. But, even then, 5-10 minutes is nothing.

Water Warrior 2 · 07-31-2007, 12:06 AM

Easy Rider, relax and take a deep breath will ya. I merely stated what has been posted by members of my other forum from their respective states as they find the somewhat strange laws and their enforcement/non-enforcement. I don't make a habit of trying to memorize each and every post pretaining to M/Cs and the law. LEO's normally don't/can't so why should I ??
Clear lenses being illegal, I will guess and hope to be right. Wash. or Oregon. As for headlight modulators, they are considered legal throughout The U.S. and Canada but one Eastern state has made them illegal. Apperently they can do that. Can't find a reason to remember which state because I will probably never ride there. If I do ride there I will know soon enough when I pass a LEO.
I had the pleasure of educating a couple local LEO's about headlite modulators. They can't have all the laws in their memory and made a bad call even after I showed them in writing(Canadian Law). Got it fixed the next day after presenting the traffic award to another LEO in the detachment.
My original response to this thread was to caution riders about changing lenses or lense color combos. You just may be breaking the law without knowing it. Not too many riders get a ticket if everything works and looks stock or close to stock equipment.
As for a motorcycle examiner not being concerned with certain things........hey, he is an examiner not a cop. If everything works he is happy.

Quimrider · 07-31-2007, 03:04 PM

what do you mean I haven't followed up on any posts? sorry if I'm a little slow to respond, Some of us have to work 50+ hrs a week and don't have as much time to do the stuff we want to. By the way, when I get a few free minutes, I'll be putting together a How To on adding a tach.

Although now that you mention not following up, I did post a reply about the clear/ led turn signals. My ADD must have kicked in and I was distracted by something else before I hit the submit button. I'll repost from what I remember of my previously failed post attempt

Thanks for the info. I had looked at custom dynamics but must have been blind because I didn't notice anything that would fit the GZ250. Their LED brake lights / turnsignals would be nice but they are ludicrously more expensive than I'd be willing to pay. If I do anything with LEDs I'd probably get them from superbrightleds.com. Although I'm too lazy to have to modify the flasher circuit if it doesn't work with leds.

Easy Rider · 07-31-2007, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Clear lenses being illegal, I will guess and hope to be right. Wash. or Oregon.

My original response to this thread was to caution riders about changing lenses or lense color combos.

I have no quarrel with your stated intention. You just gave a bad example, and IIRC stated the "clear lense" theory as if it were fact, when it really is just unsubstantiated 3rd party opinion. (IE rumor).

There's a big difference between:
It IS illegal......
and
I think it is illegal.....
or
I believe it might be illegal......

My beef is with people who state opinions as though they are fact.

As to the clear lenses, I still think your "rumor" is wrong but I'm not going to take the time to try and prove it wrong either. After all, new cars are being made with clear lenses covering colored lenses........or maybe the colored part is really part of the bulb ???? :cool:

**jonathan180iq** · 07-31-2007, 03:53 PM

Quim,
I was referring to your post about brakes.

Maybe I shouldn't be so judgemental. No everyone works for the government and has several hours a day of down time which they can use for personal research and forum follow-ups. :oops: :cool:

It's all good.
Looking forward to to tach article. Just make sure to add pictures.

Quimrider · 07-31-2007, 10:20 PM

I took plenty of pictures. I just need to figure out how to add them on this forum. Shouldn't be hard to figure out. And find time to do a write up.

07-31-2007, 12:06 AM	#13
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Easy Rider, relax and take a deep breath will ya. I merely stated what has been posted by members of my other forum from their respective states as they find the somewhat strange laws and their enforcement/non-enforcement. I don't make a habit of trying to memorize each and every post pretaining to M/Cs and the law. LEO's normally don't/can't so why should I ?? Clear lenses being illegal, I will guess and hope to be right. Wash. or Oregon. As for headlight modulators, they are considered legal throughout The U.S. and Canada but one Eastern state has made them illegal. Apperently they can do that. Can't find a reason to remember which state because I will probably never ride there. If I do ride there I will know soon enough when I pass a LEO. I had the pleasure of educating a couple local LEO's about headlite modulators. They can't have all the laws in their memory and made a bad call even after I showed them in writing(Canadian Law). Got it fixed the next day after presenting the traffic award to another LEO in the detachment. My original response to this thread was to caution riders about changing lenses or lense color combos. You just may be breaking the law without knowing it. Not too many riders get a ticket if everything works and looks stock or close to stock equipment. As for a motorcycle examiner not being concerned with certain things........hey, he is an examiner not a cop. If everything works he is happy. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-30-2007, 04:36 PM	#12
jonathan180iq Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dalton, GA Posts: 3,996	Sure. But this guy has made several of these posts aking for help and never returned to any of them. :??: I have other things to do too. It doesn't take me 5 minutes to check new posts and leave my mark on ones that I think I can assist on. Granted, I will spend extra time on a problem, if I get interested in it. But, even then, 5-10 minutes is nothing.
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07-31-2007, 03:04 PM	#14
Quimrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 198	what do you mean I haven't followed up on any posts? sorry if I'm a little slow to respond, Some of us have to work 50+ hrs a week and don't have as much time to do the stuff we want to. By the way, when I get a few free minutes, I'll be putting together a How To on adding a tach. Although now that you mention not following up, I did post a reply about the clear/ led turn signals. My ADD must have kicked in and I was distracted by something else before I hit the submit button. I'll repost from what I remember of my previously failed post attempt Thanks for the info. I had looked at custom dynamics but must have been blind because I didn't notice anything that would fit the GZ250. Their LED brake lights / turnsignals would be nice but they are ludicrously more expensive than I'd be willing to pay. If I do anything with LEDs I'd probably get them from superbrightleds.com. Although I'm too lazy to have to modify the flasher circuit if it doesn't work with leds.
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07-31-2007, 03:53 PM	#16
jonathan180iq Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dalton, GA Posts: 3,996	Quim, I was referring to your post about brakes. Maybe I shouldn't be so judgemental. No everyone works for the government and has several hours a day of down time which they can use for personal research and forum follow-ups. :oops: :cool: It's all good. Looking forward to to tach article. Just make sure to add pictures.
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07-31-2007, 10:20 PM	#17
Quimrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 198	I took plenty of pictures. I just need to figure out how to add them on this forum. Shouldn't be hard to figure out. And find time to do a write up.
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