indicators

serious3

lads i'm just wondering is there a legal requirement for the bike to have indicators? the reason being is my supermoto keeps melting the rear one:eek: i've tried to rotate the exhaust out of the way but its still melting them.

Cienciano

Optional by the looks of it
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/vehicle_standards/lighting_of_motorcycles_in_ireland.html

Direction indicators and high mounted stamp lamp (this is optional):

serious3

hmmmmm its a sunday and fine evening bike so i might pull them off, i'll leave the rear stop and tail lamp on for obvious reasons! it'll make it look a lot cleaner as well

zetecescort

Cienciano wrote: »

Optional by the looks of it
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/vehicle_standards/lighting_of_motorcycles_in_ireland.html

I think they mean the stop lamp is optional, otherwise the text would read "these are optional" (plural) instead of "this(referring to the stop lamp) is optional"

BKtje

Read it the same way myself with only the stamp lamp being optional. What is a stamp lamp anyway?

Cienciano

zetecescort wrote: »

I think they mean the stop lamp is optional, otherwise the text would read "these are optional" (plural) instead of "this(referring to the stop lamp) is optional"

I read it as all lights in that bullet point were optional, otherwise it would have been broken up into 2 points.

From Rules of the Road:

Lights
You must have on your motorcycle or moped:
a white or yellow head lamp,
a red rear lamp,
a red rear reflector, and
a number plate light on the back.

Dexter Bip

Text Reads just like the book I was given on bike/motorbike safety in national school in 1971.
Seems from an older age. However isn't the idea of having indicators that you don't get flattened by somebody in a truck who didn't know that you were going to turn right/left? Maybe get smaller LED ones? I'm in France at the moment and see integrated taillight and indicators on some bikes.

Tigger

indicators are optional

Cienciano

If it's a supermoto, get rid of the mirrors too :cool:

CJhaughey

As far as I know SI189/1963 hasn't been revoked in relation to obligatory lighting on Motorcycles.
the relevant part is :
Obligatory lighting (cycles and invalid carriages).

22. (1) Every cycle and invalid carriage to which this Part of these Regulations applies shall, subject to sub-article (3) of this article, at all times while used in a public place be equipped with position lamps, rear lamps, identification mark lighting and a head lamp, all of which shall comply in all respects with this Part of these Regulations.

serious3

Cienciano wrote: »

If it's a supermoto, get rid of the mirrors too :cool:

it never had any!!

Cienciano

serious3 wrote: »

it never had any!!

Proper order :cool:

lostboy75

from my understand, indicators are not required. was told that before the test, that they were not needed but if i had them they had to work.

Stainless_Steel

Stop lamp is optional?! As in brake light? Be mad to not have one. Nearly get rear ended at the best of times!

Mycroft H

May explain why some people are happy with those tiny little single orange LEDs as indicators. They're really quite rubbish. The integrated ones aren't much better

Hotblack Desiato

Having no indicators is fine if you ride accordingly (hand signals)
Having crappy indicators is worse than none and there are a lot of bikes with rubbish aftermarket indicators.