ADR Compliance

[Bill Gaheer]

Hi,
I need help, can some one point me to any documentation which can prove that the attached tail lamp is/can be ADR compliance as i got flaged for the same today during vehicle inspection here

Cheers,

Bill

[Legend]

Bill,

What a lot of people fail to realise is that any modification from the stock bike can be considered illegal (not that I may agree).

A change in lights, guards, brakes, some brake lines, tyres, exhausts etc etc, are all devations from the bike that Suzuki gave to the ADR's to approve for Australian use.

With any mods you do, you take the risk that some inspector somewhere will ping you.

Unless the supplier has documentation from ADR that says its ok and passed with a certification number then your buying with risk of getting pinged.

Leonard.

[BUSGO]

Was it just the tail light or the lack of mudflap as well.

I like the look of a cute rear end, (usually on a chic), however, a lot of aftermarket tail lights look great but serve very little in safety.
I have followed a lot of bikes with undertails that are almost impossible to see the indicators on and in your case the actual parking and brake lights would be very hard to see unless directly behind the bike.

I would be worried about being seen, rather than looks.
Sorry, just the way that I see it.
Nothing to do with ADRs but I think that is what they are based on.

[lee8sec]

Bill, are the lights recessed into the housings? If so they would probably fail to meet ADR's on veiwing angle. At one stage after market lights had to have the ADR # if compliant, i have been out of the game for a while now. Leigh
PS, they do look good. Where did you get them?

Hi,
I need help, can some one point me to any documentation which can prove that the attached tail lamp is/can be ADR compliance as i got flaged for the same today during vehicle inspection here

Cheers,

Bill

[ajchop]

Hey mate
just guessing your rear blinkers are in your tail lights thats one thing that doesn't meet adr standards your your indicaters have to be seperate to brake tail lights
cheers

[steventh]

Hi Bill,

I posted a link to the ADEs but they must have been lost in the upgrade last night.

In a nutshell, your taillights (presumably the red light) needs to be seen from 200mtr and athe brake light from 30mtr.

Cheers

Steven

[rctunesit]

Find a Consulting engineer reconised by your roads and trafic mob
he will be able to tell you if they comply or not and write the appropiate
certificate. Only then will you be able to get your traffic mob to pass them.

Any mod performed on your bike will breach australian design rules.

When the bike was brought in by suzuki australia they had a team of homilagation engineers submit to adrs the design of the bike.
Any alteration to the original design needs to be certified by a qualified consulting engineer to meet current ADR rules.

You can down load the complete list from Com law on the net, this will give you the basic specs the bike must meet.

i have had to follow this up several times due to the law issuing defect notices, even after meeting the specs set out by the adr's i have still had to get an engineer to sign off on the minor mods. Then take said certificate to the local RTA to have the mods reconised.

[drfunk]

as you're in WA, you'll find that what one inspector deems to be a traversty another will not even look at....but as mentioned, the removal of the rear mudguard is a BIG no no as far as the pits are concerned.
a guard must be at 45 deg angle from the rear axle to fit in with ADR's and WA traffic law.
also your indicators need to be 30(?) cm apart and viewable from a certain degree at the side...
i hope to god i never get stopped because if i have to return my bike back to stock i may as well just wreck it....