Ox-eye (direction indicator)
As Ochsenaugen be direction indicators at the handlebar ends of motorcycles called.
History and technology
In Germany, direction indicators with yellow light are required by the StVZO for motorcycles from the first registration on January 1, 1962. The regulation at that time left it open to the manufacturer whether the direction indicators were paired at the front (minimum distance between the edges of the light-emitting surface 340 mm) and rear (minimum distance between the edges of the light-emitting surface 240 mm) or only with a pair attached to the handlebar end (minimum distance of 560 mm to each other) were mounted. The flashing lights attached in pairs on the rear were allowed to emit red light until the vehicle was first registered on January 1, 1970. While Japanese manufacturers such as Honda , Kawasaki , Suzuki and Yamaha , American manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson or British and Italian manufacturers always used two pairs of direction indicators in their models at the front and rear, BMW in particular has the R 50 for the German market in the models built from 1960 / 2 , R 60/2 and R 69 S only have "ox eyes" attached to the handlebars as standard. From the "Stroke Five Series" (from 1969) onwards, ox eyes were no longer used at BMW. The motorcycle of the armed forces , the Hercules K BW 125 , was equipped 1970-1984 with the bullseye. On the civilian market in the Federal Republic of Germany, Zündapp KS 125 (type 521) had ox eyes until 1976. MZ , the motorcycle manufacturer in the GDR , used in the model series MZ ES (1962-1978) and MZ ETS (1969 to 1973) also Ochsenaugen as Samson on moped Simson Schwalbe (1964 until 1986).
Due to the addition of paragraph 1a in Section 54 of the StVZO in 1984, rear lighting equipment was no longer allowed to be attached to moving parts, while the direction indicators acting forward may be attached to moving vehicle parts "if these parts [only] have a normal position (operating position) to have". In addition to the “ox eyes” offered in the accessories trade as part of the nostalgia, two permanently attached direction indicators (with code number 12) at a height of between 350 and 1200 mm must be attached at the rear. Before the first registration on January 1, 1987, only two ox eyes on the handlebars are permitted as sole direction indicators on the motorcycle. Turn signals at the end of the handlebars can be implemented as a 21-watt halogen lamp (classic ox-eye) or as light-emitting diodes (4 to 7 watts) with an ECE test mark or type approval .
BMW R 50/2 (1960 to 1969)
BMW R 60/2 (1960 to 1969)
BMW R 69 S (1960 to 1969)
MZ ES 150 (1962 to 1975)
Simson Schwalbe KR 51 (1964 to 1986)
MZ ETS (1969 to 1973)
Hercules K 125 BW (1970 to 1984)
Zündapp KS 125 Sport (1971 to 1976)
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literature
- Jürgen Brauckmann, Steffen Mißbach, Norbert Schroeder, Udo Schütt (among others): TÜV Rheinland manual for oldtimers, approval, purchase, trends, value retention . Kirschbaum, Bonn 2016, ISBN 978-3-7812-1943-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b dekra.de ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Lighting equipment on motor vehicles and their trailers. P. 17. (accessed on September 29, 2016)
- ↑ TÜV Rheinland Handbook Oldtimer. P. 95.
- ↑ adac.de ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Transitional provisions for motorcycles (accessed September 29, 2016)
- ↑ BGL I. dated December 6, 1960, p. 931: § 54 (4) No. 2 and § 72 StVZO.
- ^ Frank Rönicke: German military motorcycles. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1st edition 2010, ISBN 978-3-613-03215-6 , pp. 90/91.
- ↑ BGBl. 1984 I pp. 1371, 1378
- ↑ See § 54 (1a) StVZO. [1]
