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[John R]

Thanks, all. I was referring to the Tiger Eyes, but there is provision for a parking light in the headlamp shell, which I suppose i should wire up, though I would never use it.

[jefrs]

Side lights on cars are intended to stay on as side marker lamps with the headlamps on. The UK Vehicle Lighting Regs do not make good bedtime reading and there are many cop-out clauses, hence confusion at the MoT test station. On a motorbike the pilot lamp cannot be a side marker can it? But it is also a parking lamp which is a requirement in some areas, they're supposed to stay on with the headlamp, I've never seen one wired otherwise. The "front position lamp" is a legal requirement on a solo motor bicycle http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989 ... ule/2/made



Requirements relating to obligatory front position lamps and to optional front position lamps to the extent specified in part ii - (c) A solo motor bicycle: One



Pure gobbledegook. The "front position lamp" is not the "headlamp", that's in another section.

[jefrs]

I've found having LEDs in the tiger-eyes but an incandescent in the "Front position marker" (gosh) make good smidsy deflectors, better than running with the headlamp on in daylight. If you put an LED into the headlamp shell front position marker (stop it) it doesn't illuminate the shell and gets lost like a erm hole in the snow. The two weird little lamps seem to stand out more than a typical bike headlamp.



With the EFI alternator we don't need to worry about running out of power (watts). With some 220W available we can even run a porta-kettle. (I have day-dreamed building a tea urn in the big gap under the injector)