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Re: Mini Indicators are very very stupid

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Originally Posted by oldjack (Post 1161027)

****ing calm down hovis you ****er, I was ****ing joking;) , I luurrrve yellow bikes :D, (especially curvies............like yours........................mate:smt007), my blue pointy was on special offer at the dealers!

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Re: Mini Indicators are very very stupid

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Originally Posted by Triumphumphumph (Post 1160707)

.....I have had cars pull out on me when I have two headlights lit. If they can't see them I think that minicators are neither here nor there in the argument........

^ By far the bestest point made so far in the whole thread :)

I've learnt this point by riding in 'that there London' daily for sometime now. I low-sided about a year ago when some f**kwit company car f**kwit pulled out on me with no prior warning, I was half expecting it but wasn't prepared for it as the saying goes :rolleyes: Doh!

Anyways, I had the full gear on, Hi-vis jacket (that's a whole other thread), main beam lights etc etc........ But I still wouldn't behave differently if I did or didn't have my indicators on, because i've learnt to ride with the mentality that these f**kwit cage drivers are trying to kill me EVERY time I go out on my bike, It's the way I was taught to ride, and I'll continue that way until the day I stop. I HAVE to be prepared for what they MIGHT do, regardless of if they've seen my indicators/dipped/main beam or heard my de-baffled CCC can. I have 12 led aftermarket indis on mine, at night they are far more visible imho, but during the day i'm not so sure, they have to be viewed at an optimal angle (due to the LED design) to be seen brightly, I may change back to bulbs soon, or add some somewhere to sit alongside the current ones. However, I still ride defensively, because that's the only ammunition you have as a biker imo.

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Why do i have small indicators? Because i can, and they where cheaper to replace than the std ones when they got damaged.

Why do i have a race can(s)? Becauew it was cheaper to replace when i got knocked off. Its also beciase i like the sound and look of it. Anti social? Probably, so is my car, and the tossers that walk past my house at night after the pub, and the parties that go on up my road...etc etc

Why do i have a small plate. Becuae it looks better than the std sail!

Do i care. No not really. life is about choice. We all make them, so for the better some for the worse, but its my choice. If they wanted us to stop buying this stuff, then stop selling it!

Each to thier own really at the end of the day.

Re: Mini Indicators are very very stupid

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Originally Posted by neio79 (Post 1160849)

Err no they are not if they have the E mark on them!

i think you will find that most cans are sold road legal and still loud, some very.

Er thats not exactly true. The e marking for cans is a very very greay area when it comes to removeable baffle types. Cans have to conform to specific construction regulations to be properly Legal. Noise being one part of it. To be fully leagl and meet construction rules and regulations they have to be the following

Made from Steel(Can consist of a carbon outer sleeve, but the can has to be steel.
Be completely sealed with wealds, not rivits, and not take apartable at all
Must not have remoeable baffles
Must not be re-packable so maily filled with steel type wool
Conform to noise regulations (<80db)

There are many other things but thats about the size of it. These baffle cans are not legal, and in all honesty, if the police wants to be funny, could still do you and you wouldnt have a leg to stand on. Your beef will then be with the can manufacturer.

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ohhh did not no that viney!

so does that mean that techinically all the manufaturers are not selling 100% legal exhausts, even if they state so? especially if its titanium?

surley they are opening themselves up to claims under the trade descriptions act??

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The OE exhaust on my Kwak is titanium so it must be legal.
Don't know about the "removable" baffle thing.

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My can has an e mark on the main part and the baffle is removeable, my insurers are happy (tbh honest they didnt seem very interested so I wrote it in a letter and sent it to them, just to cover myself!!) I questioned several bike shops on this subject and they just informed me if it has the e mark its fine. So how are we supposed to know what is right or wrong?:confused:, where is this information? :smt102

Re: Mini Indicators are very very stupid

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Originally Posted by Sholay (Post 1160433)

you're all criminals etc etc blah blah blah blah

So where do you stand on black visors then?

Re: Mini Indicators are very very stupid

police now told to use common sence and not dish out tickets for them.

I dont see them as a problem as long as its not dark!! no diferent to wearing a pair os sunclasses, and probably a lot safer in a crash!

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No comment on mini indicators, I still use hand signals too!
However, I bought my bike with a full Hindle exhaust and after two years, I've just replaced it with an OEM system. I break the law every time I ride the bike so I wanted to attract less attention, but I have to say that I much prefer riding with the quieter exhaust, and it's much more socially responsible NOT to scare the crap out of people when you pass them. If I'd bought the bike with the OEM though, I'd probably have wanted to try a louder one too! My point is, don't get rid of the OEM, you might want to swap back! Before I get any comments about old farts etc. let me say that I don't ride like an old fart!
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