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Old 05-07-12, 05:15 AM   #11
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Really?

wow i never realised that
I may not be entirely serious...


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Old 05-07-12, 05:32 AM   #12
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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

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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.

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Old 05-07-12, 07:46 AM   #13
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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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Old 05-07-12, 08:20 AM   #14
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Default Re: Tinted head light covers

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.

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Old 05-07-12, 08:37 AM   #15
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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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Old 05-07-12, 08:37 AM   #16
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Saves you lamp .
Good enough .
Red or blue ones the favorit of our local Plod.
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Old 05-07-12, 08:56 AM   #17
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Can you get clear ones if you just want to save your headlights from stones?
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Old 05-07-12, 08:59 AM   #18
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Can you get clear ones if you just want to save your headlights from stones?
Yes you can still have my ZZR one in the garage .
Why?????
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Old 05-07-12, 10:33 AM   #19
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Default Re: Tinted head light covers

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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