DT125R ARCHIVE

Ryan22 · DTR Respected Member

lights

ben350 · Guru

Yours are on all the time because its an EU law.

Older DT-R's can be turned off and yours could easily be modified to be switched off by adding a switch into the circuit if it bothers you.

Ryan22 · DTR Respected Member

could i wire in a LH control from an older dt to turn them off?

-- Edited by Ryan22 on Wednesday 2nd of December 2009 03:47:44 PM

SimsonS51E · Guru

Yes .. you could ... without much aggro ..

But it's like asking to get Tw@ttted off by some myopic knob
who pulls out in front of you !
If you ride around like 99% of DT pilots do round town [c'mon .. we all do it !]
then it's when .. not if you get battered ..
[even With your headlight on ! worse without] ...

Gotta admit .. i ride round on full beam most days !
unless im 'reet up someones arse in traffic ...

A couple of my other bikes have had a switch under the seat to turn the REAR light off during the day, but leave the headlight on !!! Transition from No Light to Brake Light is better than Rear Light to Brake Light ... .. as far as someone up your ass when you have to drop the anchor ...

Keep your headlight on m8 ... legs are b@stards to mend [not to mention HUGE Black Knackers !!! ]

Im biased mind !
Overtaking row of cars at traffic lights ... cars 6/7 mph .. me 35/40 ?
I missed a tiny turn off into someones driveway [A road - driveway - near traffic lights --- Tw@t .. !]
Im 5 cars away from front, when 2nd car from front goes for a right turn, across my path !!! He JUST catches sight of me in mirror as he starts to turn ... and slams on .. no fookin way would i have stopped in time .. I do a chicane round his bonnet at 35 ish & carry on with brown undercrackers !

Fookin close, i would have gone right into drivers door !

My fault i know .. but if no lights on [had twin headlights on bike]
i would have hit him no question .. !

-- Edited by SimsonS51E on Wednesday 2nd of December 2009 09:19:34 PM

-- Edited by SimsonS51E on Wednesday 2nd of December 2009 09:20:13 PM

-- Edited by SimsonS51E on Wednesday 2nd of December 2009 09:20:50 PM

ben350 · Guru

lol

Yes you could wire a DT-R switch on but you would find a different number / colour wires between the 2 bikes as the DT-RE has hazzard lights wheras the R does not.

Get a wiring diagram if you really want to do it and locate the headlight wires and put a switch into them, probably the neutral black wire would be best as having a switch here would knock out both low and dip beams.

Also I'd only switch the lights off when starting the bike or working in it and not when I was riding it even in daylight hours.

Ryan22 · DTR Respected Member

hazard lights? wtf lol

ben350 · Guru

I have a DT-X headlight switch with hazzard lights on it so I assumed that the RE did as well - never looked at an X or RE in the flesh so dont know if they both have them.

SimsonS51E · Guru

ben350 wrote:

I have a DT-X headlight switch with hazzard lights on it so I assumed that the RE did as well - never looked at an X or RE in the flesh so dont know if they both have them.

Yea ... RE has {Dukes Of ..} hazzard lights ...