Is changing parking light colour on mototrycle legal?

[john24ssj]

Hello,

I wanted to change the parking light on my CBR600F to a red LED.
https://i.imgur.com/zqx89rO.jpg

But I was wondering if it was legal to do?
Thanks
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Bikes: Honda CBR600Fi, Kawasaki ER5

[doggone]

You aren't supposed to show a red light to the front.
Blue doesn't go down well either though not sure that's illegal.

[Derivative]

[Ste]

Why do you want to put a red light on the front of your bike?

[Teflon-Mike]

[Rogerborg]

[andyscooter]

how do all the knight rider reps get away with the red scanners on the front
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[Shaft]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Rogerborg]

[john24ssj]

Cheers guys. It does not have to bed red just something that would stand out more. I saw a few bikes which had it as green/purple and it really catches your eye right away.

But seems like just a silly idea
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Bikes: Honda CBR600Fi, Kawasaki ER5

[Rogerborg]

Yellow, green, blue, all fine. Just not red.
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[Petemate]

I thought I read once (but it was years ago) that one could only show a white light to the front With the exception (still talking about what i read years ago) of amber front position lights on a bike providing they could be operated via a seperate switch.
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[doggone]

There was a fad to put semi-transparent plastic 'protection' over headlights and it was OK to have them coloured so long as not turned on.
Riding with a group once one of us got pulled by police and told to remove blue cover there and then - he couldn't carry it so left it with them to dispose of.

[Yorkshire Geek]

[Rogerborg]

I run with yellow headlights on the Enfield and (until the bulb blew) the BMW, and green auxiliary LEDs on the Ninja, and am entirely confident that they are all fully legal.
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GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[ThatDippyTwat]

They can have you, if it's bad enough, for distracting other drivers, or whatever the legal bollocks is. They hit the boy racers and chav's around here for a while with that. I don't think single, static LED's were of any concern, but some were "animated" or flashing, or just hella bright. No-one was charged with anything as far as I know, but they got defect notices instead.
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