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tinted or coloured in anyway are more a fashion thing you can make the bike lights blend in more (lets face it there are a lot who bolt on blink in any case) and if they are velcro'd on then removing them at night is simple enough, in the past I used them to extend a paintjob over where lights are to a very dramatic effect, depends what you want I suppose
![]() An example for you ![]() But the purpose of headlight covers in general is stone guards, I have two on the lights on the triumph, a stone may break one (probably not as they are tough) but at £10 it's easily replaced and the light will work fine even when the cover is damaged. Cheers Mark
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I'm not a fan of them either, they look stupid IMO.
Can't see why headlights look so bad, they are integral with the original design. Oh well, each to their own. |
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some of us don't want to "run with the crowd" and prefer to do our own thing, whilst others are into a more conformed look
![]() personally the one's on the Speed 4 have been a total waste of money, however should a stone get thrown up at any point they will have paid for themselves about 6 times over instantly. Cheers Mark.
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That's fair enough, you paid for it, like I said each to their own.
I wasn't commenting on anyone's bike btw, just generally about the covers. |
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Saves you lamp .
Good enough . Red or blue ones the favorit of our local Plod.
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Can you get clear ones if you just want to save your headlights from stones?
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Used to be a fairly common accessory for cars (clear covers/protectors). Have bought them before now and found they were so expensive compared to the lightweight platic most lenses are now they're no longer worth it. When lenses were glass I could see the use, but less so now.
Coloured ones are an MoT failure right? And for those of us with permanently-on lights a solid or vanity cover is a bit pointless and could cause heat build up/lamp failure.
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Yellow is ok for mot .oe clear protection ones fine.
But if you have any other type of colour or it bends the beam it would fail.
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