| Author | Message | ||
     Swordsman |
Okay, so here's a Photoshop pic of what my bike should eventually look like. I'm thinking I'd like to add some accent LEDs, but I'm having a hard time deciding even with a visual aid. What's your opinion on color? I have a smoke tint airbox and windscreen, hence the colored haze. Amber?  Orange?  Green?  or Violet?  Obviously I have to steer clear of emergency colors like red and blue. ~SM | ||
| Cyclonemick |
From the pic's posted above I like the Green the Best! Followed by purple,orange and then amber! | ||
| Fordrox |
I think the orange looks best in those renderings. JMO | ||
| Crackhead |
LEOs migth give you less trouble with amber/ orange since they could be classified as extra running lights. | ||
| Hex |
I vote urple. It would go well with your regal swashbuckling fetish. But while your going through the trouble, why not have the ability to change colors to suit your mood? | ||
| Delta_one |
amber the green makes it look like a mobile x-mas decoration. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
With my experience with installing these on MANY bikes. With our bikes, your going to want to go with a bright color. Our frames and motors are dark. Darker colors won't pop as nicely. I don't know what your local law is but in FL you can run any color you want as long as it doesn't flash or strobe. I'd find out because red would look killer... | ||
| Iman501 |
amber is my choice | ||
| Swordsman |
Hex, that's not a bad idea about the color changing stuff. May look into that. I'd love to find out what my local laws are regarding accent lights, but I can't find it anywhere. GA likes to hide their stuff, I think. Once upon a time I even called the Police department, and they couldn't tell me. Guess that means they're not really concerned (until they decide they need to write a few more tickets). ~SM | ||
| Jstfrfun |
I have a problem with lighting here because local cops don't care but H/P does. The local cops won't write the citation because the local judges won't convict but if you get caught with "lighting altered from stock" on a state highway you are in a different court and they will convict and levy a fine. So when it's an opportunity for me to install these on a customers bike I have to let them know that the lights may only be used when they are parked or if they are sure they are not on a state highway. And of course blue lights are a big "come and get me" flag to any cop. | ||
| B00stzx3 |
I'd go with the orange..it's the closest matching and looks the best IMO. he purple and green would be better for the safety factor though. | ||
| Johntman |
Swordsman here are the Georgia laws you were wanting. O.C.G.A. 40-8-90. (a)(1) Except as provided in this paragraph and subsection (b) of this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate any motor vehicle equipped with or containing a device capable of producing any blue lights, whether flashing, blinking, revolving, or stationary, except: (A) Motor vehicles owned or leased by any federal, state, or local law enforcement agency; (B) Motor vehicles with a permit granted by a state agency to bear such lights; or (C) Antique, hobby, and special interest vehicles, as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 40-2-77, which may display a blue light or lights of up to one inch in diameter as part of any such vehicleìs rear stop lamps, rear turning indicator, rear hazard lamps, and rear reflectors. (2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) The prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply to any elected sheriff who, pursuant to an agreement between the sheriff and the county governing authority, is using his or her personal motor vehicle in a law enforcement activity, provided such vehicle is marked as provided in Code Section 40-8-91. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to use any motor vehicle equipped with flashing, blinking, revolving, or stationary blue lights in the commission of a felony, and, upon conviction of a violation of this subsection, the punishment shall be a fine of not less than $1,000.00 or imprisonment of not less than one year, or both. O.C.G.A. 40-8-29. (a) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spotlight, and no lighted spotlight shall be aimed and used upon any approaching vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any person except law enforcement officers and persons licensed under Chapter 38 of Title 43 to operate a spotlight from any moving vehicle on any highway or public roadway. (b) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed two foglights mounted on the front at a height not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands and so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high intensity portion of the light to the left of the center of the vehicle shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of four inches below the level of the center of the light from which it comes. (c) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one auxiliary passing light mounted on the front at a height not less than 24 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands, and every such auxiliary passing light shall meet the requirements and limitations set forth in this article. (d) Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one auxiliary driving light mounted on the front at a height not less than 16 inches nor more than 42 inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands, and every such auxiliary driving light shall meet the requirements and limitations set forth in this article. | ||
| Swordsman |
Cool! Where'd you dig that up? I notice there was no mention of red lights, which I find curious. Unless there's a separate section not posted above... ~SM | ||
| Johntman |
Swordsman I looked them up in my code book at work then found them on the web at http://law.justia.com/georgia/codes/40/40-8.html here is your red and green lights, sorry I left them out O.C.G.A. 40-8-92. (a) All emergency vehicles shall be designated as such by the commissioner of public safety. The commissioner shall so designate each vehicle by issuing to such vehicle a permit to operate flashing or revolving emergency lights of the appropriate color. Such permit shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance; provided, however, that permits for vehicles belonging to federal, state, county, or municipal governmental agencies shall be valid for five years from the date of issuance. Any and all officially marked law enforcement vehicles as specified in Code Section 40-8-91 shall not be required to have a permit for the use of a blue light. Any and all fire department vehicles which are distinctly marked on each side shall not be required to have a permit for the use of a red light. (b) The commissioner shall authorize the use of red or amber flashing or revolving lights only when the person or governmental agency shall demonstrate to the commissioner a proven need for equipping a vehicle with emergency lights. The fee for such lights shall be $2.00, provided that no federal, state, county, or municipal governmental agency shall be required to pay such fee. (c) Nothing contained in this Code section shall prohibit the commissioner from issuing a single special use permit to cover more than one vehicle, provided each vehicle covered under such special use permit shall pay the fee specified in subsection (b) of this Code section. (d) Except as provided in this subsection, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to operate any motor vehicle or to park any motor vehicle on public property with flashing or revolving green lights. This subsection shall not apply to any motor vehicle being used by any law enforcement agency, fire department, emergency management agency, or other governmental entity to designate the location of the command post for such agency, department, or entity at the site of an emergency. | ||
| Johntman |
So after all that blue is a no go at all. Doesn't mater if it flashes, strobes, or is a steady on you can't have it. All other colors are safe as long as they don't flash or strobe or revolve. | ||
| Swordsman |
That is DARN handy info! Thanks a bunch!  ~SM | ||
| Johntman |
Not saying you won't get stopped for having the other colors, but I bet they wouldn't be able to find a code section to write you up under seeing as how there isn't one. And by the way having the blue lights is a fingerprintable offense here in Georgia now, meaning you go to jail and get booked for having them on. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
All depends on your LEOs. When my bike was red, I had red. My dad's Electra Glide lights a city block with blue. We have never been pulled when riding with the lights on. Your not accenting a 18 wheeler. It's a bike. Hell I just did a LEO's bike that I officate football with. He went with red. FLA has the blue light law as well... | ||
| Swordsman |
Back around.... oh, 1998 I think, I had a '91 Eclipse without fog lights. I bought some blue bullet-shaped "offroad only" lights from Auto Zone and mounted in the holes. They were my "rocket launchers"! A cop pulled me over one night in Calhoun for it. Much to his credit, he was really cool about it, and explained why they don't allow blue accents. Really nice guy, wish I could remember his name. If I hadn't been able to just pop the bulbs out, he would have been required to impound my car! ~SM | ||
| Bo_sox |
Green - Amber - Purple - Orange! I'm a big fan of orange, but it just seems to get lost in that combo. | ||
| Cyclonemduece |
GREEN |
