11/16/2023 0 Comments Aux light for motorcycleOther than that, mine have been of little practical use to me for illumination. They can provide an element of additional floodlighting and at least once I have had a split second’s extra warning that a muntjac, a suicidal species of Labrador-sized deer that are a bloody pest around the Chilterns, was about to do his lemming leap in front of me. So, should you have auxiliary lights fitted to your bike? There is no legal duty to have them fitted, but if you have a BMW GS without auxiliary lights you will be held up to ridicule amongst your fellow Bimmers. Unsurprisingly blue lights are specifically forbidden. If you want flashing lights (and there is some quite convincing science, mostly relating to bicycles, which says that moving lights draw the human eye rather more effectively than a steady light) then you can have flashing lights fixed to you or your backpack but not your bike. The specifics of UK law are that if your lights do not flash, nor burn out anyone’s retinas, and if they are white at the front and red to the rear you will be ok. This is true pretty well anywhere in the world. Any lights which you fit to your motorcycle must comply with the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 and, to save you looking up that particularly unexciting Statutory Instrument, the general propositions are that unless your lights dazzle, you should be ok. The law on auxiliary lights in the UK is pretty straightforward. ![]() Are super-bright auxiliary motorcycle lights legal on a bike? Are they even worth the bother? ABR’s legal expert Andrew Dalton has the answer…
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