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Can I get a free headlight
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:13 pm
by paddyz1
After owning the falco for 2.5 years I have only just noticed that it has a euro headlight. D&K did not tell me this they just sold it me new (the falco that is). Now I have to get a headlight when I go for the first mot.
So the question is, can I nget the dealer to replace with a new headlight seems as they neglected to inform me it was an import.
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:30 pm
by D-Rider
You're not the first Paddy - can't remember who it was but someone else posted up about this recently.
TBH I'm not convinced my light pattern is correct - I must check it.
I think that a dealer that sold it in UK as a new bike is obliged to make sure it complies with UK regs. I would hope you would be able to get this changed by them.
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:43 pm
by paddyz1
nice one andy. I will ring them on Monday to kick off.
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:58 pm
by FlyingKiwi
Don't they only have to make it legal.
In other words stick a beam bender on it.
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 10:29 pm
by Hishy
I brought mine from DK as well, and was bloody sure it wouldn't pass the mot but it did, no problem at all, i'd try getting the MOT done, and if it doesnt pass then you'll have some perfectly good ammunition to fire at DK, cause at the end of the day if it doesn't have an uk headlight then it's not been sold fit for purpose, which in my eyes means new headlight to be supplied by DK.
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:36 pm
by Gio
BM's are sold with flat beams that point straight ahead, isn't it the same on the Falco?
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 1:07 pm
by Hishy
Nah there's 3 different headlights the US one dips straight, and th EU & UK onces dip as per the norm, so a Euro healight on a UK bike stands a good chance not to pass but then that all depends on how strict the test station is.
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 3:23 pm
by Fausto
Get the MOT done at DK - assuming they do them of course.
Re: Can I get a free headlight
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:50 pm
by sabestian
paddyz1 wrote:Can I get a free headlight
Keep yours for me in case TwinNut backs off on me (I've got UK one, will need EU one for next year). No pressure, TN!
Re: Can I get a free headlight
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:07 pm
by paddyz1
sabestian wrote:paddyz1 wrote:Can I get a free headlight
Keep yours for me in case TwinNut backs off on me (I've got UK one, will need EU one for next year). No pressure, TN!
It has been down the road. Most of the lugs snapped when I had my off at Cadwell last year. I plastic welded them back together with a soldering iron and some plastic I got from breaking somthing else. It has been fine since (including some 150mph wind blasts
). This is not the reason I want DK to sort it out though, That is down to principles......
Re: Can I get a free headlight
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:56 pm
by Gio
paddyz1 wrote:sabestian wrote:paddyz1 wrote:Can I get a free headlight
Keep yours for me in case TwinNut backs off on me (I've got UK one, will need EU one for next year). No pressure, TN!
It has been down the road. Most of the lugs snapped when I had my off at Cadwell last year. I plastic welded them back together with a soldering iron and some plastic I got from breaking somthing else. It has been fine since (including some 150mph wind blasts
). This is not the reason I want DK to sort it out though, That is down to principles......
Ah so you might have make a muck up of the repair.
I imagine DK would say.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:54 am
by DavShill
You should be able to tell which market the bike was destined for from the sticker on the frame under the seat. Refer to the first few pages in the owners manual. Of course the sticker could have been removed.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:57 am
by sabestian
Fight for your right then!
Gio, he discovered that the headlight is in wrong specification AFTER and BECAUSE OF the attempt to repair it, don't you know? Actually, he could have crashed BECAUSE his vision was compromised by the wrong spec light... ;)
What's that smell?... Is someone baking a fresh lawsuit?
Re: Can I get a free headlight
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:00 pm
by paddyz1
Gio wrote:paddyz1 wrote:sabestian wrote:paddyz1 wrote:Can I get a free headlight
Keep yours for me in case TwinNut backs off on me (I've got UK one, will need EU one for next year). No pressure, TN!
It has been down the road. Most of the lugs snapped when I had my off at Cadwell last year. I plastic welded them back together with a soldering iron and some plastic I got from breaking somthing else. It has been fine since (including some 150mph wind blasts
). This is not the reason I want DK to sort it out though, That is down to principles......
Ah so you might have make a muck up of the repair.
I imagine DK would say.
I will have you know that my plastic repairs are second to none. I have crashed enougth times to become an expert in bodge
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:03 pm
by paddyz1
sabestian wrote:Fight for your right then!
Gio, he discovered that the headlight is in wrong specification AFTER and BECAUSE OF the attempt to repair it, don't you know? Actually, he could have crashed BECAUSE his vision was compromised by the wrong spec light... ;)
What's that smell?... Is someone baking a fresh lawsuit?
Exactly, It was a full 14 months later that I discovered the beam points the wrong way.