Laws on indicators

[EXC-Rider]

ok so ive sorted out my bike but only thing left to do is my indicators , both lens are broke off the left side dosent work at all only the right on does (on the fount btw) but all i want to do is ride my bike from my dads to my mums (Romford to Grays) as i live with my mum more,

mum and dad keep saying i cant ride it as i will get nicked ect. but its only one 20min trip.

even if the pold drive pass me how would they know they are broken ?

i dont really want to be staying at my dads waiting for a 5-15 day delivery for indicators.
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[mad4it028]

xt125??? if so take them off enduro style bikes dont legally need indicators
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[TheSmiler]

To be honest If you are thinking of riding from your dads to your mums and your lights are working. Take the chance in the early morning that way less traffic faster to get to your mums and less plod around.

If I remember correctly all bikes after a certain year have to have them on (unless that is just something I heard) I do know that if you don't have them working cover them up with tape and use hand signals and they can't touch you.. Believe that is what a few members told me on her before.
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[pepperami]

I dont know if the same law applies now as it did many moons ago.

I was lead to believe by the village bobbie a long while back, that a bike does not need to have indicators.
However if the indicators are not present then the wiring must not be present either.
ie you cant just pull the stalks off?
He said you cant have indicators on your bike that dont work

I dont for one second say that is fact, but that is how it was told to me?
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Atomic Punk]

If it has an indicator switch, it must have working indicators.

I found this out when MOTing my street fighter, Had to fit indicators wich was a PITA asthe wiring loom had been cut where they were supposed to connect.
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[Welshd1k]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Don't believe there is anything specific saying the wiring must not be there, or that there mustn't be a switch. It merely talks about lights being taped up or painted over. However for most post 1986 bikes, if it has a rear position lamp then it must have indicators.

A bike constructed or adapted primarily for use off roads doesn't need indicators, but to take advantage of that it also must be a solo bike (no pillion provision). So an XT would fail on that as it has a pillion seat, and I would be dubious that as it is a road bike styled to look like an off road bike that it would count as primarily for off road use.

All the best

Keith
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[EXC-Rider]

ok i getting a little confused , seems like theres not a defo answer. best bet is to tape over the switch and remove the indicators and if i do get pulled hope for a nice police man ?
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[Kickstart]

Hi

The answer is that it is almost certainly not legal (the bike is post 01/04/1986, it has lights, can do over 25mph and it isn't designed primarily for off road use so you can't remove the indicators and still use it on road), but you might get a sympathetic copper.

Taping them up just makes the indicators obvious to make a pull more likely.

All the best

Keith
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[Atomic Punk]

As previously stated, tape over the switch will not pass an MOT.
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[blurredman]

Ride it,

if a copper pulls you say you dropped the bike and you're on your way home.
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[stinkwheel]

The answer is, if you get stopped it's a £30 non-endorsable fine and rectification notice if they throw the book at you.

Up to you if you want to chance it.

Or venture a tenner on a set of crappy mini-indicators off ebay which ought to last the journey, if not much further.

For what it's worth, my enfield has no indicators on it. I took them off two years ago and have covered around 15,000 miles in that time using hand signals. Nobody has batted an eyelid. Admittedly it looks a lot older than it is but I'm supposed to have them.
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[pepperami]

[weasley]

As usual, Keith is pretty much on the money. I spent ages poring over the MoT handbook whilst preparing my KDX 125 for an MoT. It has an indicator switch and wiring, but no indicators. It has position lights, headlight and brake light, plus number plate light.

The specific wording in the MoT handbook is thus...

[Kickstart]

[GSTEEL32]

Would spending 15 quid down halfords for some new ones resolve this ?

i'd say your more likely to get tugged if your lenses are missing, irrelevant of whether they're working or not......

there is also the small issue of increasing the likelyhood of getting hit by a car as they didnt see you turning........

Although it sounds like I'm being a bit of a mini hitler , if there's one thing that p!sses me off as the weather turns darker and wetter, are cars who blatently have lights which are f*cked and their owners do feck all about it.

[sidewinder]

If you get stopped just say "The bike fell over officer.And i will order some new ones when i get home" should be ok for a let off

[EXC-Rider]

[Beelzebob]

I just can't see why the OP thinks he needs to wait 5-15 days to get something delivered off the interweb. Get some cheap indis with express delivery, 2 days tops, sorted.

Or just MTFU and ride the thing, obviously.

Edit: oh well just seen your last post - clearly getting it sorted
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