LED sidelights; are they road legal?

Originally Posted by Stu

Depends on the colour of them. They have to be white. (Maybe yellow would be OK , but blue or green or red etc. should fail an MOT, unless the tester lets you off with it)

White? i guess you mean the colour of the lense? and not the light for it to be legal in the EU they have to be an orange LIGHT!...ie white lense = LED/blub will flash orange, Orange lense LED/Blub will flash White giving off an Orange flash. Any other colours are NOT LEGAL!

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by Razor

if i swap the standard w5w sidelight on my naked to a led unit,will it still pass mot?

Also if i add extra led sidelights, will i get pulled by the coppers?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Sidelight not indicators!

Originally Posted by Preston

White? i guess you mean the colour of the lense? and not the light for it to be legal in the EU they have to be an orange LIGHT!...ie white lense = LED/blub will flash orange, Orange lense LED/Blub will flash White giving off an Orange flash. Any other colours are NOT LEGAL!

Pays to read the thread, then you won't be wrong. As Y-C said, we are talking about side lights (aka parking lights) and NOT indicators. Sidelights have to WHITE.

i have em on mine and there not a problem, the garage said to me its only the rate at which they flash.

but tbh they're rubbish and ill change em back soon enough. look the biz but nobody can see em, however im only talking about the front.
also you may want to make sure your insurers know about it as well if you change.

[yorkie_chris]

SIDELIGHTS

For fooks sake you mongs.

sidelight [ˈsaɪdˌlaɪt]n1. light coming from the side
...

4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Brit either of two small lights on the front of a motor vehicle, used to indicate the presence of the vehicle at night rather than to assist the driver

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

SIDELIGHTS

For fooks sake you mongs.

sidelight [ˈsaɪdˌlaɪt]n1. light coming from the side
...

4. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Brit either of two small lights on the front of a motor vehicle, used to indicate the presence of the vehicle at night rather than to assist the driver

stupid nakeds

[Stu]

Originally Posted by bengrrr

stupid nakeds

Sidelights don't flash on a faired bike either

i have ice white (a bluey white light) LEDs in my bike passed two mots no probs HTH

yes indeed,sidelights info is what i wanted... all those that offered kind indicator advice, RTFT, eyethangyooooo

Eagerness to help is commendable. Not reading the original post is condemable. Beware cheap LED anything - if you want decent output and reliability look for "Luxeon" or "Generation 3" type chips being used. You pays your money etc....

where are you getting the LED side light's from ? i want some for my mt-03 head light (same fitment as the sv)