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« Reply #90 on: July 21, 2006, 01:04:51 PM » |
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That's odd cos i'm sure he told me you had to have one otherwise i would not have bothered to fit one on the last trike. Oh Well! It's age you know
You also need tell tale lamps for indicators/Hazards if they can not be seen from the riding position when looking forward. + Full and dipped beam tell tale lamps
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« Reply #92 on: July 21, 2006, 05:46:19 PM » |
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Wasn't looking for an argument Byz! Just making sure we don't give out duff info.
I'm fitting amber lenses in the back of my front indicator shells, which should sort the tell tale lamp requirement for those. Tell tales needed for High and dipped beams? Or just high?
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« Reply #93 on: July 21, 2006, 06:30:51 PM » |
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Quite right!  I don't wanna give out duff info either. I believe that you need to have a tell tale lamp to tell you that the lights are on and another for the main beam. I fairly certain that your speedo should be illuminated too when the lights are on but you might wanna check that. It was checked at the MSVA to see that it did! |
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« Reply #94 on: July 21, 2006, 07:22:00 PM » |
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I've got a spare triangular panel in front of my saddle on the new frame so will fit LED warning lights there. Do they have to be labelled?
Got a small analogue speedo -the 48mm version of the normal 60mm mini speedos, which I plan to mount in a pod welded into the centre of the bars. Can't find out whether that'd fail on the "no sticky-out pointy bits" regulations. I know it's got to have radiused edges -mustn't graze yourself on the trike before you headbutt the car that's pulled out in front of you! Can I fit a green bulb in the speedo to match the paintwork, or has it got to be white?
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« Reply #95 on: July 21, 2006, 07:51:48 PM » |
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Green light for speedo is fine
You should not have a problem with the sticky out bits with the speedo.
Warning lights don't have to have labels but use the standard colours.
I used
Red/ Foglamp (That I didn't need)
Blue/ Main Beam
Green/ Side Lights/ Dipped
Amber/ Indicators & Hazards
It passed fine.
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« Reply #96 on: July 21, 2006, 08:04:23 PM » |
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That's posh! Have we seen that trike before? If not, why isn't it featured in the Motors section?!
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« Reply #97 on: July 21, 2006, 08:11:23 PM » |
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That's posh! Have we seen that trike before? If not, why isn't it featured in the Motors section?!
Yeh those idiot lights look pretty good are they led's. When i had my trike mot'd they did'nt check the fog, also i've got no warning light for my side/dipped lights just blue for main, amber for indicators & red illuminated switch for fog oh & red for ign. |
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« Reply #98 on: July 21, 2006, 08:16:13 PM » |
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What's the standard colours for ignition & oil lights? Both red? If so I'd better label them -Manky, easily confused Monky.  |
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« Reply #99 on: July 21, 2006, 08:30:25 PM » |
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Rather than labeling them use a self flashing LED for the oil light and a non flashing one for ignition.
You can get other colours too and as they are not required for the Msva you can use whatever u like i would think
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« Reply #100 on: July 21, 2006, 08:31:01 PM » |
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What's the standard colours for ignition & oil lights? Both red? If so I'd better label them -Manky, easily confused Monky. I'm pretty sure oil is amber. |
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« Reply #101 on: July 21, 2006, 08:34:04 PM » |
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That's just what I did when I first built the green one -red constant & red flashing. Might even still have some spare ones somewhere.
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« Reply #102 on: July 21, 2006, 08:35:46 PM » |
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Rather than labeling them use a self flashing LED for the oil light and a non flashing one for ignition.
Can you get 12v led's that you just wire straight up or do they all need resistors & monting boards  |
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« Reply #103 on: July 21, 2006, 08:52:04 PM » |
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Halfords do various colours. 4 for about 7 quid I think. No rigid bodies to them, just two wires. They pop into a hole drilled in the bodywork of the boyracers' hatchbacks. No resistors as far as I know.
Maplin Electronics do all sorts of useful looking stuff but not sure if it's 12v auto friendly.
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« Reply #104 on: July 21, 2006, 09:05:13 PM » |
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Sounds good, will take a look have'nt been to halfords for years.
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