RED Turnsignal Lenses?

[Quimrider]

Like the topic says. Anyone know where I can get red lenses that will fit the gz? I was thinking of buying an extra pair of front turnsignals and using them on the back except with red lenses so they can be used as running lights. I'm also open to suggestions for non gz turn signals that would easily bolt up with out a bunch of modifications. The key idea here is to make this a low cost modification.

[jonathan180iq]

The only option that I have ever seen for alternate lenses for the GZ can be found on www.denniskirk.com .

If you search in METRIC BIKE, for the GZ250, you'll find a clear tailight cover. It replaces the current red one.

As for replacing the amber lenses of the turn signals, I've only one idea:

Remove the current covers, paint the inside with a RED plastic-suitable paint and then install the two way 1157 bulbs. I'm pretty sure the GZ uses 1157s in the back. IF so, any autoparts store that carries the standard 1157 will also carry the two filament 1157, which can be installed without modification to give you rear running lights. Whatever the bulb number happens to be, just make sure you get a bulb with 21watts for the bright and 5 watts for the running light

I've done this on one bike before and found the increased draw on the electrical system would occasionally make the bike stall after riding for a while. To combat this, I switched over to LEDs and the problem never returned. So, if you are seriously looking into this, then you should probably look into converting over to LED bulbs while your at it.

Hope this helps,
Jonathan

[jonathan180iq]

This might suit your fancy a bit more. Here you can see clear brake lights and turn signals with LED bulbs. This would be a little cooler than just getting running lights in the rear.





You can find all of the these products on this page:

http://www.customdynamics.com/Suzuki_mo ... t_lens.htm

You want parts:
CTS-0031 & CTS-0065

or perhaps part # SUZLED, down at the bottom.

[Water Warrior 2]

I would be a little leary of changing signal light lense color. Many laws require amber signal lenses and even a clear lense and amber bulb will not make you legal. The GWN and the U.S. have various laws regarding signals, tail lights and headlite colors to be legal. I would be apt to check locally to be sure of the color change being legal. That being said, you may not be legal 500 miles from home.
As far as LED's are concerned, I tried them in the rear signals and tail/brakelight of the VStrom and tossed them out. Not as bright and too small an illuminated area of the lense. The GZ actually has pretty impressive signals and I like the fact that the front units are also running lights to give a bigger or more noticable view of the bike. Better to be seen and not hurt. The headlight and brakelight modulators are a nice addition too.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Many laws require amber signal lenses and even a clear lense and amber bulb will not make you legal. The GWN and the U.S. have various laws regarding signals, tail lights and headlite colors to be legal.

No, they don't. There is a thing called, IIRC, the Uniform Vehicle Code. It is followed by the US and Canada (and Mex. but laws mean little there). Among other things, it prescribes what color lights are allowed and where they can be placed on a vehicle.
State and local laws cannot superscede these Federal standards.

Your assertion about clear lenses and amber bulbs is also wrong. No statute or rule specified HOW the light becomes amber.

The OP was proposing putting additional red lights on the REAR of the vehicle. Perfectly legal in all 50 states and Canada.

Where DID you get all this mis-imformation?? :??:

[Water Warrior 2]

Do not be too hasty to label something as mis-information. The federal laws on both sides of the border are basically the same BUT there are some exceptions to the rule. One of the NorthWestern states says signal lenses must be amber, not clear with an amber bulb. This is probably not enforced by LEO's b/cause they have better things to do. New bikes right off the showroon floor are actually illegal because of the lenses. New VStrom 1000's are illegal because of this. Also one of the Eastern states has decided at one point to ban headlight modulators on bikes. Individual states can and will change equipment codes as seen fit.
My point was to caution the poster of this thread to check local laws and codes before making changes. Just because clear or differently colored lenses or bulbs are available does not make them legal in all areas.

[jonathan180iq]

That being said, has anyone ever gotten a ticket for clear lenses?

I know I haven't.

On top of that, I took my motorcycle liscense test with "illegal" turn signals that had been relocated into the vacant pods of a Ninja 250 that, according to law, are too close to the brake light to be considered safe. When the instructor checked my turn signals for correct operation, he didn't make one comment. Also, I had the "legal" front turn signals converted into tiny little pod lenses which also received no mention. In both cases my turn signals were "illegal" and no one ever knew.

[Stretch]

I agree - better safe than sorry. I had an old Volvo 242DL years ago - had the CA dealer put in stock driving lights, with all the straight from the manufacturer with the correct bells & whistles and hookups to the standard headlight controls. Picked it up, and immediately drove up to see the folks in WA State. Hit a snowstorm outside of Pullman (GO COUG'S!) and a State Trooper flipped a "U-ie" on an ice-covered two-lane freeway just to give me a $90 ticket because "driving lamps are illegal in the Great State of Washington boy, high beam. low beam, or no beam." The ticket was almost more than the lamps cost me!

(Admittedly, it may just have been that I had a California plate on the vehicle. In Washington that attracts cops like bees to honey.)

Anyway; so far as I know, it is still legal to be as stylish as you wish, but at times freedom comes with a price! You places your bets, you spins the wheel, you takes your chances. :??:
-Bob

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

1) One of the NorthWestern states says signal lenses must be amber, not clear with an amber bulb.

2) Also one of the Eastern states has decided at one point to ban headlight modulators on bikes.

3) Individual states can and will change equipment codes as seen fit.

1- OK, which one? How about a reference?

2- Not a part of the original discussion. Things like that are NOT a part of the Federal Statute and are, therefore, fair game for State and Local regulation.

3- Not for things that ARE covered by the Uniform Vehicle Code they can't.

[jonathan180iq]

Is the original poster even paying attention to this?

This is the third post by Quim in which he has received responses over mods, that he obviously wants to do, and he hasn't made a follow up poston any of them.