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Old 05-22-2004 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by CBR600F4
I've NEVER heard of someone failing for flushmount turn signals. They are amber in color right? And stay lit when not flashing? As long as those two criteria are met they are fine.

But like I said; just take it to a Texaco or something.
No, they arent amber. They look almost like reflectors that you see on bicylce tires. Like white with that rainbowish look in color. They came that way when i bought it and i didnt think it would be a problem you know? I personally think its stupid to have a law that says you dont have to have turn signals if you dont want to, but if you do, THEY MUST BE THIS WAY. And its not like you can complain to a governor or anything, cause we cant even get a budget for our highways, so i have no hopes in presenting/protesting-for a new law for motorcycle turn signals.

Maybe ill do the texaco thing, and call it a day, thanks
Old 05-22-2004 | 03:25 PM
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Maybe ill do the texaco thing, and call it a day, thanks
They might not pass you either if your signals are clear. They fail cars for the same thing; unless you have an amber bulb and the casing itself is clear so that at night and when it blinks it's amber in color.

Just go buy some amber flushmounts and swap them out. You should be fine then.
Old 05-22-2004 | 05:28 PM
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They might not pass you either if your signals are clear. They fail cars for the same thing; unless you have an amber bulb and the casing itself is clear so that at night and when it blinks it's amber in color.

Just go buy some amber flushmounts and swap them out. You should be fine then.
Ok, i could do that, but are they gonna give me shit about the integrated ones in the tail light?
Old 05-22-2004 | 09:48 PM
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I agree take it to a texaco or meineke or somethin. cycle world failed mine twice. once cause the tire was worn (which it was that one was legitimate) when i took it back after the new tires were put on they said my headlight was not dot approved(the blue looking h4 headlight) and my brakes were too low. i took the brakes out and they had a ton of pad on them but for teh sake of argument i changed them but then i took it to meineke and they passed it in like 10 minutes. they hit you on big things like tires , or no headlight but they let the little crap go.
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Ok, i could do that, but are they gonna give me shit about the integrated ones in the tail light?
If they see it doing it's thing, probably....................
Old 05-23-2004 | 12:17 PM
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Default Re: Flush mounts are illegal?

yea your right on the texaco, the less official the person doing the inspection is the better

as for flush mounts they are illegal... the law states they have to protrude out past the body work, 99% of dealers wouldn't care, but like i said our cock of a state trooper supervising our dealer forces us to go by the books, the other day he asked why our head light calibrator was dusty, he said we had to calibrate all headlights to make sure they are pointing at the exact perfect angle or else we can't pass inspection on it, but the tech's still don't pay any mind to that
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