Cheapy ebay streetfighter headlights - are they road legal?

[James83]

Having dropped the ZX6R yesterday and killed most of the bodywork, I'm planning to streetfighter it. Digging through ebay there seems to be plenty of options headlight and cowling sets from £15 up. Now, a few of them say 'road legal' on them, some say 'off road' and some say nothing.

What are the requirements for a headlight to be road legal? Does it need a particular E marking? Certain amount of light? Certain angle of lights? etc etc.

[_Iain_]

Dunno, but you can't see a damn thing with one fitted
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[Aff]

Don't ruin a bike by "street fightering" it just because you scratched a few of the fairings.

Its worth spending a bit more time and money sourcing the fairings, you'll most likely make the extra money spent back when you sell it. I don't know many people that would pay the same for a "street fightered" bike as they would for the same with standard fairings.
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[P.addy]

Don't do it.

It is pointless, the lights are also shit, I'd rather have a single round headlight.

Then again, I'd rather have tatty fairings than having all wires and pipes exposed.

[James83]

Guys, I know everyone hates streetfighters, but its my bike and I like them. Can we focus on the "Are they road legal" question please? And to clarify, I'm not planning to buy a £15 set, as I know they will be shit it was just an observation that they start at that price.

[P.addy]

Yes, they are road legal.

Yes, they'll pass an MOT.

Yes, it will give out next to no light.

Yes, its your bike, but by god are you going to kill it.

[Hugh Farking Cant]

James; put up a pic. of something that looks somewhat near that which you wish to achieve..

[kramdra]

You would be better off buying a used headlight from a proper bike, or infact keeping the existing light and bodging some mounts to fit.

I will say my CBR600f looks quite good with the light but no fairings.


Anyone can stamp a product with the E mark, products are not tested to verify they meet any particular standard. However for a car or bike manufacturer it is in there interest not to use dodgy parts

[James83]

I don't have anything too specific in mind. I like angular lines and an aggressive look. LEDs are ok as decoration, but I want proper bulbs for the actual bulbs.

Here are some examples of things I've seen that I like the look of. I know a couple of these are proper cheap shit, this is purely an example of the style I am looking for.

https://spieglerusa.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/4/0/405-045_web1_5.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/t/Fashion-Street-Fighter-Head-Light-FOR-Universal-Motorcycle-Headlight-black-/00/s/ODAwWDgwMA==/z/QboAAOxy3NBSnszM/$_12.JPG

https://i.ebayimg.com/t/UNIVERSAL-MOTORCYCLE-FAIRING-HEADLIGHT-transformer-BLACK-/00/s/ODc2WDc1Mg==/$(KGrHqVHJFIE88e5TuRWBP,J7OL8MQ~~60_12.JPG

https://i.ebayimg.com/t/MOTORCYCLE-WHITE-HEADLIGHT-STREETFIGHTER-ENDURO-YZ-YZF-WR-WRF-TTR-DTR-XT-DT-XTX-/00/s/MTYwMFgxMjAw/$(KGrHqR,!pwF!MDFKZWnBQUwI+u+ow~~60_12.JPG

[P.addy]

https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/f1/a4/46/f1a446b025fffeacb26881434d977065.jpg

[sickpup]

Only the first one is possibly road legal, the rest are definitely not road legal.

[James83]

Fine, but the question is, how do you determine that? I'm sure the regs aren't "No cheap ebay crap" so what exactly are these lights not doing/meeting that makes them non-road legal?

[Rogerborg]

Lighting regs schedule appears to say that an approval mark is not required for motorcycle lights. There's no minimum wattage either (lol, wuttage?) or size of illuminated area, just that it be white or yellow.

However, the top one is the only one that looks like it will throw a beam pattern that would (or should) pass an MOT, if fitted as a dipped or main beam headlamp.

You could try and brass neck it and describe them as purely positional lamps, and ask for an advisory that no headlamp is fitted.
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[James83]

Thanks Rogerborg, that's what I was looking for. Not interested in trying to trick my way through the MOT, I want something that will legitimately pass - so it was just a question of how I determine that