Head light problem

[Anonymous]

I have '78 GS750 getting it ready for a M.O.T i noticed i was missing a park light bulb,on further investigation there were no wires or bulb holder.
in the manual i have(for the year before) in the wiring diagram there is no park light , but in the assembly drawing for the head light there was a park light, also i have no switch for one either, my question is should there be one and do i need it for a M.O.T?

any help appreciated

[LW_Icarus]

posting on this mostly to bump it , but I dont believe park lamps are mandatory.I cant remember having to demonstrate that they worked, wheras I do remember having to show that the horn and brake worked.

here in ohio,unless they've changed it, you dont have to have turn signals, as long as you use hand signals,so I am pretty sure a park lamp is optional.

the park feature on my bike is a key position, and its entirely possible your park function would work on the running lamp side of your brake light bulb as well. try moving the key to various positions and see.

edit-just read your post again and saw you meant in the headlamp- that cant be required by law-most bikes I ever had did not use a front park lamp at all.

[Anonymous]

Head light problem

Just MOT'd my '79 850 and it initially failed due to a faulty parking light in the headlamp. Quick bulb change cured it.

According to the tester, you do need to have a parking light for an MOT in the UK.

On mine, the parking lights are accessed by depressing the ignition key and turning it fully clockwise. There is no independant switch that controls the parking lights.

Have another look at your headlamp. Pre 1980 models (not sure of the actual year) used a non-quartz headlamp bulb and had a hole in the reflector for a parking light. Later models used either a sealed beam unit or a replaceable QI bulb. In these cases, there was no hole in the headlamp reflector, but an area (about the size of a 10p piece) which was not silvered and the parking light sat behind this in a holder that was an extension of the headlight plug.

Hope this helps.

[jimcor]

Orgis, is your bike a USA model? That light is not required here so it's not installed.

[Anonymous]

thanks for info guys
the bike is an import but i dont know where from it doesnt say in the log book

i dont have wires or a connection for the park bulb in hte headlight but i do have a hole/place for one,but the previous owner has plugged it,

think ill just take it as is and see what happens on the M.O.T