Xenon Bulbs worth it? and are they legal in blue?

[HurtMePlease]

Been thinking about buying these since they offer a much improved range of vision compared to the bulbs already in my r6 can anyone shed some light as to whether blue bulbs on a bike are legal and if they are worth the investment

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[california_rookie]

for the most part they're definitely not legal over here. The packaging should give some indication as to whether the specific lights are legal for road use. I know mine aren't. Then again, according to California law, neither am I most of the time.
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[RaIo]

They're legal if by "blue Xenon lights" you mean like the ones in BMWs. And as far as I'm aware those are actually white; just that the material they pass through causes the light to appear blue-ish.

Any other kind of blue lights wouldn't be allowed on your machine though- unless you happen to be the Police, Ambulance or Fire Service.

Hope that helps.

[G]

I do not believe actual blue lights are legal.

Also, consider that it will make you look like an emergency vehicle, when behind other vehicles or going over bumps.

While this may seem a good thing for you, it can also be a bad thing for others. When there's a lot of blue lights around, it makes it much harder to tell the real thing from another person with illegal lights.

This not only effects those that being persecuted by them, but those are being helped by them as well. Other drivers being used to such things means they may ignore the real thing.

Personally I wouldn't feel there's much wrong taking a crow bar to the lights of vehicles with strong blue lights.


Why not look at some higher power normal coloured lights, though r6 lights aint that bad to start with.

[HurtMePlease]

the ones im tallking about are

https://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7950281924&category=36476
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[RaIo]

[meyrick]

8500K is quite far away from pure white. I think pure white is closer to 5000-5500K. However, standard 'white' tungsten bulbs are more like 3000K (orange) anyway, so it's all a bit arbitrary.

[Gazdaman]

On the blue xenon ones sold by halfords they say clearly on the packaging 'for show use only'.

I'd say they're illegal.

Gaz

[instigator]

I absolutely despise those new bmw lights on their 4x4 and saloon cars. absolutely blinding when you've got piss poor lights like mine.

[Fortuna]