Marker Lights

Mal · Post by **Mal** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:36 pm

End of last year i rode out on the Santa on a Bike thing around Bristol. Had a very dark and damp ride home mostly though lanes as there,s no real direct route. Despite having headlights that are set wide apart on a bar i had a couple of close calls with oncoming traffic, eventually i came up against a van in a narrow lane and he didnt realise the width of my trike right until he got very close. Fair play he spotted it and pushed up into the hedge to let me through but i decided it was time to fit some marker lights on the muddies. These were less than £10 from Hong Kong so i figured they wont be too bright. Bl***y hell its like having another set of headlamps behind me :snigger

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jinjachin · Post by **jinjachin** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 7:27 pm

On coming traffic will think it's being interrogated with them they will definitely see you coming

Deep Diver · Post by **Deep Diver** » Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:27 pm

Needs more lights!!!! That way any drivers coming towards you will think its a UFO.

Just make sure your wearing a silver one piece suit with tubes and flashing lights on it.

minimutly · Post by **minimutly** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:49 am

Night driving on the lanes is allways an issue - you can see people braking cos the just can't work out whats coming, even with my sidelights on the muddies.
I have been toying with fitting some drls, looks like you've answered some of my questions...

lepchaun · Post by **lepchaun** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:56 am

u can never have enough lights
and himself said let there b lights

AngeloftheAbyss · Post by **AngeloftheAbyss** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:05 pm

lepchaun wrote:u can never have enough lights
and himself said let there b lights

That would be Bon Scott

ogripaul · Post by **ogripaul** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:18 pm

Well smart them Mal, have you got a link to the lights, be ideal on my trike build

Mal · Post by **Mal** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:58 pm

Sorry Paul dont know how to do the link thing but this is the title, £7.84 for the pair but it does take a while for them to turn up. 2pcs 9 LED Van Truck Trailer Car Side Marker Light Clearance Lamp White 12V 24V.

Herby01 · Post by **Herby01** » Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:16 pm

I put some bigger marker lights on mine that also double up as indicators

the brackets that came with them were flimsy and needed changing but their great, but I still get close calls even with 8 lights facing forward! I think we've got to accept there are some total idiots on the road that shouldn't have a licence

Have you tried eagle eye lights? About the size of a 10p piece and insanely bright
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2813660581
A word of caution! Some I've found are not put together very well and fell apart when I did the nut up

but a bit of epoxy sorted them out and their good as gold

kajay · Post by **kajay** » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:18 pm

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Did mine when I first got it on the road, I also put refelctive white tape behind which works quite well

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