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I need a stop light, not a tail light
Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the Motorized Bicycle General Discussion forum. Michigan law says I need a stop light, not a tail light. Everyone in the forums talks about tail lights. ...  | | 
07-15-2009, 11:26 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Davison, Mi
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| |  I need a stop light, not a tail light
Michigan law says I need a stop light, not a tail light. Everyone in the forums talks about tail lights. Aren't y'all using stop lights?
And I wonder why Michigan law wants a headlight and a stop light but makes no mention of a tail light for night driving.
How do I make a stop light activate? Is there a brake lever with an electrical switch or do I have to make one? |
07-15-2009, 11:28 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: tucson az
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
try zoombycicles they have a combo kit |
07-15-2009, 11:32 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Elite Member | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Los Osos, California
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
California also requires a brake light. A tail light is only required for night driving. Replace your brake levers with levers from an electric bike or scooter. Check on eBay. Make sure they come with the switches and wires. |
07-15-2009, 11:37 PM
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
You can get a switch at Ace hardware or someplace and do like HoughMade did here Brake light switch for dual pull brake handle |
07-15-2009, 11:44 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Senior Member | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Davison, Mi
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
Thanks for helping me out. Will investigate you're solutions. |
07-16-2009, 07:59 AM
|  | Motorized Bicycle Senior Member | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brookston, IN
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
A headlight and stoplight, but no tail-light? Wonder if the law was written so long ago that the author ASSUMED you wouldn't have a stop-light w/o a tail-light?
I love Michigan, but they do some things oddly up there...
Lights are my next project. I was getting "The EYE" from one of the deputy Constables last night as I was returning home at dusk...  |
07-16-2009, 02:08 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Elite Member | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: independence missouri
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
nashbar sells a stop tail light
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07-16-2009, 02:09 PM
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
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07-16-2009, 05:35 PM
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
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Originally Posted by skjjoe  nashbar sells a stop tail light | I'd be careful ordering online from them. Their "secure" server got hacked and several people on a bicycle listserve i belong to got hit. Just a few dollars a month, you know, just enough for you to look at the statement and say "Where's that coffee shop at?".
Sure, it happens, but Nashbar handled it like a 2-y-o trying to hide the fact they had an "accident". |
07-16-2009, 09:18 PM
| | Motorized Bicycle Elite Member | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: independence missouri
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| | Re: I need a stop light, not a tail light
i had the same problem with JC Whitney
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