Some odd bits to it :confused:
1. You can have speakers in your helmet, not limited to 1. "Helmet Speakers No Restrictions"
2. Muffler required. No cut-outs. No modifications to increase noise beyond that emitted by the original muffler installed on the vehicle.
3. One (L) required by law(mirror) = hmm I'm not legal :nono: .
4. Eye protection-Required by Law
Now out of those 3 here is the kicker "Turn singles - Not Required " .. really..
"""Lane Splitting Not authorized." (insert very sad sad face)
http://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/Rights/State-Laws.aspx?stateid=17
Oh and radar detectors or not legal here, but "Radar Detector No Restriction" lol..
WASHINGTON: Note the BOLD part! WTF? I asked a police officer: he didn't know why, either.
RCW 46.37.100
Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, back-up lamps, and reflectors.
(1) Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.
(2) Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.
(3) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop lamp or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that on any vehicle forty or more years old, or on any motorcycle regardless of age, the taillight may also contain a blue or purple insert of not more than one inch in diameter, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
Quote from: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 10:42:58 PM
WASHINGTON: Note the BOLD part! WTF? I asked a police officer: he didn't know why, either.
RCW 46.37.100
Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, back-up lamps, and reflectors.
(1) Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.
(2) Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.
(3) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop lamp or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that on any vehicle forty or more years old, or on any motorcycle regardless of age, the taillight may also contain a blue or purple insert of not more than one inch in diameter, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
WTF :icon_question: :icon_question: :icon_question:
Quote from: codajastal on March 21, 2013, 10:49:16 PM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 10:42:58 PM
WASHINGTON: Note the BOLD part! WTF? I asked a police officer: he didn't know why, either.
RCW 46.37.100
Color of clearance lamps, side marker lamps, back-up lamps, and reflectors.
(1) Front clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.
(2) Rear clearance lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color.
(3) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop lamp or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that on any vehicle forty or more years old, or on any motorcycle regardless of age, the taillight may also contain a blue or purple insert of not more than one inch in diameter, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
WTF :icon_question: :icon_question: :icon_question:
that's odd. Blue lights around here can get you pulled over by an officer in a bad mood.
Blue LIGHTS will get you pulled over. However that 1" blue INSERT will not!
well the blue lens thing is just that a lens.
Quote from: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 10:57:14 PM
Blue LIGHTS will get you pulled over. However that 1" blue INSERT will not!
I mess read it and was talking about blue bulbs for turn singles, so I'm :cookoo:
Michigan is the same as Kentucky's, at least for what you listed. Minus the exhaust bit, I believe we have a decibel limit here.
many places things considered illegal are "tolerated" as long as youre not abusing it err pushing it
Quote from: PatheticPuma on March 21, 2013, 11:17:09 PM
Michigan is the same as Kentucky's, at least for what you listed. Minus the exhaust bit, I believe we have a decibel limit here.
City's here have them, my sister was pulled over in city for exhaust being to loud some years back (cracked manifold). I don't think she got a ticket though. Most cops hardly enforce the city's ordinance about loud exhaust though. If they did all these mustangs and those annoying import with the buzzing stupid exhaust mufflers would be screwed around here.
Quote from: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 10:42:58 PM
WASHINGTON: Note the BOLD part! WTF? I asked a police officer: he didn't know why, either.
(3) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop lamp or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that on any vehicle forty or more years old, or on any motorcycle regardless of age, the taillight may also contain a blue or purple insert of not more than one inch in diameter, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
The blue/purple insert is this:
(http://robdbell.smugmug.com/photos/22616941-M-1.jpg)
They are legal in a lot of places, including Australia and are popular with hot rodders and street rodders. I used to have some in my old Datsun roadster.
I always referred to them as Chevy Dots because that seems to be where I kept seeing them.
They come like this (cheap plastic ones available from Amazon.com BTW (http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Gasket-5100-Blue-Dot/dp/B000CMD5YO)) and you drill a hole in the lens and and glue them in place.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31tPZwW1jNL._SL500_SS500_.jpg)
Good quality ones feature real blue glass and polished stainless steel rims.
Quote from: Banzai on March 22, 2013, 04:18:41 AM
Quote from: adidasguy on March 21, 2013, 10:42:58 PM
WASHINGTON: Note the BOLD part! WTF? I asked a police officer: he didn't know why, either.
(3) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except the stop lamp or other signal device, which may be red, amber, or yellow, and except that on any vehicle forty or more years old, or on any motorcycle regardless of age, the taillight may also contain a blue or purple insert of not more than one inch in diameter, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
The blue/purple insert is this:
(http://robdbell.smugmug.com/photos/22616941-M-1.jpg)
I cant say i have ever seen any around here or at least have not notice. What is the point of them, yes might be a noobish question but they have to have some purpose I'm not aware of.
Quote from: wayne242 on March 22, 2013, 04:35:45 AM
I cant say i have ever seen any around here or at least have not notice. What is the point of them, yes might be a noobish question but they have to have some purpose I'm not aware of.
What's the purpose behind installing colored led lighting under/body glow on a car or motorcycle, lifting/lowering a car/truck/motorcycle, etc? Or why does adidasguy use smoked lenses in all of his turn signals & tail lights? Because he/they can, and because it looks good to the owner.
Quote from: jdoorn14 on March 22, 2013, 05:10:26 AM
Quote from: wayne242 on March 22, 2013, 04:35:45 AM
I cant say i have ever seen any around here or at least have not notice. What is the point of them, yes might be a noobish question but they have to have some purpose I'm not aware of.
What's the purpose behind installing colored led lighting under/body glow on a car or motorcycle, lifting/lowering a car/truck/motorcycle, etc? Or why does adidasguy use smoked lenses in all of his turn signals & tail lights? Because he/they can, and because it looks good to the owner.
That does not answer the question, for it to be listed under laws it as to have a purpose for them to even discuss it and place it with in that law.
I would just put one on because I read on an online forum it was legal to do so :bs:
:icon_lol:
- Bboy
The blue dots were standard on some high-end cars back in the 30s (Packard and others IIRC).
Some people claim (urban legend?) they were used on doctors cars so cops wouldn't pull them over. Grandpa era street racers fitted them to try and fool the cops. Post WW2 hot rodders liked the look and started using them.
Good quality glass blue dots do produce a really bright light when the brakes are applied and in the day when cars had 6v electrical systems and tail lights were much smaller than modern cars, they might have been more visible from a greater distance.
This is an extract from Australian Federal Government regulations for Street Rods:
QuoteAUSTRALIAN VEHICLE STANDARDS RULES - REG 88
Performance of tail lights
(1) When on, a tail light of a vehicle must:
(a) show a red light visible 200 metres from the rear of the vehicle; and
(b) not use over 7 watts power.
(2) A tail light fitted to a street rod vehicle may incorporate a blue lens not over 20 millimetres in diameter.
(3) A street rod vehicle is a vehicle that has been modified for safe road use and that:
(a) has a body and frame that were built before 1949; or
(b) is a replica of a vehicle the body and frame of which were built before 1949.
Quote from: Banzai on March 22, 2013, 06:58:39 AM
The blue dots were standard on some high-end cars back in the 30s (Packard and others IIRC).
Some people claim (urban legend?) they were used on doctors cars so cops wouldn't pull them over. Grandpa era street racers fitted them to try and fool the cops. Post WW2 hot rodders liked the look and started using them.
Good quality glass blue dots do produce a really bright light when the brakes are applied and in the day when cars had 6v electrical systems and tail lights were much smaller than modern cars, they might have been more visible from a greater distance.
This is an extract from Australian Federal Government regulations for Street Rods:
QuoteAUSTRALIAN VEHICLE STANDARDS RULES - REG 88
Performance of tail lights
(1) When on, a tail light of a vehicle must:
(a) show a red light visible 200 metres from the rear of the vehicle; and
(b) not use over 7 watts power.
(2) A tail light fitted to a street rod vehicle may incorporate a blue lens not over 20 millimetres in diameter.
(3) A street rod vehicle is a vehicle that has been modified for safe road use and that:
(a) has a body and frame that were built before 1949; or
(b) is a replica of a vehicle the body and frame of which were built before 1949.
Learn something new every day i guess :cheers:
Interesting stuff from Ohio...http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4501
(ZZ) "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle with motive power having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator, designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, and having no occupant compartment top or occupant compartment top that can be installed or removed by the user.
http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4511.53
No Ape Hangers: No bicycle or motorcycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped. No motorcycle shall be operated on a highway when the handlebars rise higher than the shoulders of the operator when the operator is seated in the operator's seat or saddle.
Other interesting tidbits: "Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles known as "motor-driven cycle," "motor scooter," "cab-enclosed motorcycle," or "motorcycle" without regard to weight or brake horsepower.
Quote from: wayne242 on March 22, 2013, 05:31:59 AM
That does not answer the question, for it to be listed under laws it as to have a purpose for them to even discuss it and place it with in that law.
Apparently you're not familiar with politics in the USA. Many laws of this nature are pet projects of some lawmaker's constituents. All it takes is one lawmaker getting enough backing to write/modify something of this nature into law. Google "blue laws" if you want to see some if the silly things that have been signed into law in various states.
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Quote from: jdoorn14 on March 22, 2013, 08:04:25 AM
Quote from: wayne242 on March 22, 2013, 05:31:59 AM
That does not answer the question, for it to be listed under laws it as to have a purpose for them to even discuss it and place it with in that law.
Apparently you're not familiar with politics in the USA. Many laws of this nature are pet projects of some lawmaker's constituents. All it takes is one lawmaker getting enough backing to write/modify something of this nature into law. Google "blue laws" if you want to see some if the silly things that have been signed into law in various states.
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I know silly laws, just look up "funny state laws" and you will be laughing for hours. I was only saying there had to be some kind of reason for it to even be brought up to be placed on that law, which is what i was asking for. None the less it was answered above good enough for me :cheers:
Here's one- fort thomas kentucky= Dogs may not molest cars. :confused:
http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/florida
hmm before i quit riding motorised bicycles, due to health, there was no requirement in clinton ( town i live in) for it to be registered. however state seems to require as such. but cops dont give a shaZam!. except for the one time i fitted a 66cc engine to a time trials bike. and hit 54 via gps. in a 25 zone. i begged for a ticket. cause i wanted to go before the judge saying i got a ticked for speeding ona bicycle. Anyhoo, nothign governing stand up scooters like the gtr on local or state level. PMW doesnt issue MSO's for their products. nor does anyone else. course it does help to be on good terms with local law enofrcement. cause occasionally i do have to drive. ONLY to pick up my medications. havent driven in almost 2 years now. probably wont either. the goped gets me from point a to b.