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clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 1:26 pm
by old R90 guy
I recently saw a /5 with clear turn signal lenses. I'm trying to make my bike look old (so we're a matched pair) My inept internet searches have proved fruitless; has anyone here a solution, or the name of a vendor?
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:05 pm
by Kurt in S.A.
Is that even legal?? Why does that make your bike look old???
Kurt in S.A.
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:54 pm
by old R90 guy
You can get amber bulbs, so no legality problems. you have to be old enough to remember when ALL vehicles had clear turn signals. I think amber became the rule in the early '60s
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 3:40 pm
by ME 109
Kurt in S.A. wrote: Why does that make your bike look old???
Kurt in S.A.
Easier to see through to the dull and crazed reflector?
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:08 pm
by CVA-42
Nowadays, clear lenses seem to be the "new" look on late model bikes. Not long ago, I saw a set of blue airhead lenses on eBay. Thought about bidding but then considered that they are probably not legal for bikes, at least in my state.
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:46 pm
by Major Softie
CVA-42 wrote:Nowadays, clear lenses seem to be the "new" look on late model bikes. Not long ago, I saw a set of blue airhead lenses on eBay. Thought about bidding but then considered that they are probably not legal for bikes, at least in my state.
Law enforcement only in the whole U.S., I think.
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:08 pm
by Chuey
Yeah, fastest, most assured ticket situation possible. Cops hate blue lights on non-cop cars.
Chuey
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:42 pm
by Major Softie
I'm still with Kurt in S.A. though, how will this make your bike look old? I think almost everyone now associates clear turn signal lenses with the most modern bikes.
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 11:51 pm
by richard t
CVA-42 wrote:Nowadays, clear lenses seem to be the "new" look on late model bikes. Not long ago, I saw a set of blue airhead lenses on eBay. Thought about bidding but then considered that they are probably not legal for bikes, at least in my state.
I might have a couple blue lens around if you want to try and see if you get by
Re: clear turn signal lenses
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:27 am
by Deleted User 287
richard t wrote:CVA-42 wrote:Nowadays, clear lenses seem to be the "new" look on late model bikes. Not long ago, I saw a set of blue airhead lenses on eBay. Thought about bidding but then considered that they are probably not legal for bikes, at least in my state.
I might have a couple blue lens around if you want to try and see if you get by
Only if you have the switching relay to make them alternate left & right.