I have to be totally honest, I don't like the US lighting arrangement at all, the UK lighting suits the car much better. The US amber indicators give a 1970s motorcycle look and the front headlights are too close together to show the width of the vehicle to oncoming traffic.
I am assuming that the front headlight positioning is due to the three wheel regulations in "some" states, and the UK front LED indicators (snails eyes) do not meet DOT/SAE without additional testing/validation.
They would actually have been better to use 2 red rear lamps as tail/stop/indicator as Harley-Davidson have been using on the Sportster model for some time. The single red rear tail/stop is really not an elegant solution and again does not show the width of the vehicle.
Now I'm faced with an awkward dilemma, spend more money changing the lights back to "normal" on a new car, or buy a Vanderhall Venice....
Last edited by IanClarkeUSA; 17/03/23 03:30 PM.
