Re: [St] Luggage Rack Wanted

["Peter Chittum" <motopeter@xxxxxxxxx>]

A brit friend of mine is a bimmer rider, and a few years back did the same
move (from SF Bay Area to Surrey). So fortunately I was tipped off to this
little quirk and prepared. Hoping to find one on the used market, but it's a
good point...I should start combing eBay now. Maybe I can find someone who
moved their bike from England to trade with?

Anyone fit that description on the list?

I'll look into the EU compliancy thing. His move was 6 years ago now...so
things might have changed.

P

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Gavin Lawrie <gavin.lawrie@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> A few years ago I took my ST over to France for the first time and was
> unsure what corrections were needed (if any) etc. to compensate for
> LH / RH drive and dipped beams etc.  The advice given then was that
> while cars have to install beam correctors (stickers on lights
> usually), they are no longer required for motorcycles (no idea why).
>
> As UK is now a super compliant Euro zone, I guess that also means that
> bikes from France / Germany etc. don't need to correct the beam either
> when they are in UK.
>
> If that's so, you probably won't have to correct the beam on a US bike
> either provided you don't register it here.  If you do, you'll have to
> show your bike complies with UK requirements - for which I imagine the
> only thing you'll need to change is the lights.  So you'd have a
> couple of months or so to chase around to get whatever bits you need -
> but it will cost you eventually.  But it seems that headlight
> assemblies do exist in the second-hand market.  If you can find one
> and eventually you go back to US, you may well be able to sell the
> part when you leave - so net cost may not be so high. Or possibly put
> it in for registration and hope they don't bother to check the lights...
>
> Regards
>
> Gavin Lawrie
> ST'03
>
>
> On 25 Apr 2008, at 23:08, marc Ve wrote:
>
> > The lights that arrive for my RS looked exactly the same, except
> > that the
> > dim dropped to the left, instead of the  right.
> >
> > I dont really think that anyone would have noticed.
> >
> > Besides, everyone knows: Brit bikes Rule!
> >
> >
> > cheers
> >
> >
> > marc
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Joel Ashman <ashmite@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Dip the wrong way?  Do you mean Up vs. Down?
> >>
> >> Just kidding of course, but could you provide more detail?
> >>
> >> I can only assume that you mean the lights are aimed differently
> >> and that
> >> they bias to one side more than the other depending on Right or
> >> Left side
> >> drive.  Or is that two low lights in the US vs one in GB?
> >>
> >> Thx!
> >>
> >> --Joel
> >> PS,  Peter I'm just courious, but what is your rationale for
> >> ditching the
> >> side bags and adding the Givi top?   I always thought one of the
> >> ST's best
> >> feature was how well the previous generation's side bags
> >> complimented the
> >> overall design of the bike.
> >> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM, marc Ve <daytona955.marc@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Howzit Peter,
> >>>
> >>> moving the bike to the UK has its hassles.
> >>>
> >>> For no reason known to man the UK is cursed with the left hand drive
> >>> system,
> >>> just like South Africa (a nice ex colony).
> >>>
> >>> That means the headlights on your bike dip the wrong way - which I
> >>> found
> >>> out
> >>> to my disgust when I bought a sweet German RS (right hand drive
> >>> like the
> >>> rest of the sane world )
> >>>
> >>> I bought the bike from the Triumph agents, and they obliged by retro
> >>> fitting
> >>> the left hand drive head light - a good chunk of cash.
> >>>
> >>> In the UK itn looks like sweet second hand trumpets are easy to
> >>> find,
> >>> unlike
> >>> here.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> cheers
> >>>
> >>> Marc
> >>> cape town, rsa
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Peter Chittum
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