Main beam issue on Mk2

[Nate]

can always disconnect it and go back to standard for mot.

i would have thought it would pass the test as-is. it has 2 dip beam lights and it has 2 main beam lights. would need to refresh my memory on the exact wording for a fail to be sure though

[GTXTRA]

can always disconnect it and go back to standard for mot.

i would have thought it would pass the test as-is. it has 2 dip beam lights and it has 2 main beam lights. would need to refresh my memory on the exact wording for a fail to be sure though

hi nate - trouble is that the dipped headlamps switch to side light mode when the inner spots come on. pretty sure that's a fail?

[Nate]

http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_170.htm

so far as i can make out from the testing manual (see link) it has everything it needs to pass - a matched pair of dipped lights, a matched pair of main beam lights and a pair of position lights. pass, or at worst a pass and advise.

[Funky Diver]

Spoke to my mechanic mate today... so far as he's concerned, as long as the individual components work when they should, and as they should (beam pattern, etc) then it's a pass. If I remember rightly, my bike used to switch off the dipped beam when on full beam anyways. Knew the relay was knackered when it took a couple of seconds to go from full beam to dipped. Interesting happenings in the middle of winter on a dark country road in the highlands of Scotland (you Scots will know what I'm talking aobut in terms of BLACK as soot night time up there)... on a bend... with none of my own light source to see where I was going... at 80 mph.

[Nate]

)... on a bend... with none of my own light source to see where I was going... at 80 mph.

i'm sure you mean 60 ;)

one of our trucks does that too. trick is to flash headlights, then stick it on main

[Funky Diver]

of course... a mild typo naturally

I believe Scottish Motoring law was different at the time, wasn't some of it annexed to Greenland for a few months... hmmm, I guess I'll never know, lol.