Position lights/ side lights/ parking lights:
White or yellowish light.
Must be able at least one to be seen at least 300 meters.
Cannot be blinding/ dazzling.
Dipped beam/ low beam lamp:
White or yellowish light.
Must light up the road at least 30 meters in front of the bike.
Cannot be blinding/ dazzling.
Can be asymmetric, lightening more to right.
The light must have a fall/ dip of 1%.
To check dip decrease of 1%: The bike must stand on a flat surface. Stand close to the lamp and mark with your finger on your leg the light upper edge. Go 1 meter away from the lamp, now light top edge must have fallen by 1 cm. It is obvious that this is more precise with a ruler.
Main-beam headlamp/ long light/ head light:
White or yellowish light.
Must light up the road at least 100 meters ahead.
They may seem dazzling/blinding (used of course only when you are alone on the road (thats why they may blind (you are not blinding when using correct))).
Must have a blue indicator light on the instrument panel.
Taillights/ rear lights:
Red light.
Must be able to be seen at least 300 meters.
Cannot be blinding/ dazzling.
Brake lights/ stop lamps:
Red light.
This light must be stronger than the taillight.
Cannot be blinding/ dazzling.
This light is activated by both the front and rear brake so check must be performed with both brakes individually.
Reflexes/ reflector, rear/tail:
Must be red - sitting and facing back.
Cannot be triangular.
License plate lights:
There must be at least one lamp.
It must be a white light.
The light must be so strong that the license plate can be read from at least 20 meters.
Turn indicator lights:
There must be 4 lamps, two front and two rear.
Yellow/ orange light.
Must also be seen in bright sunlight.
Should flash 60-120 times per minute (1-2 times per second).
Hazard warning signal:
If the bike has this function the button must be found by the driver (usually red with a triangle on the left side of handlebars).
Daytime running lights (DRL): (Not part of the run sample questions).
Newer bikes is fitted with automated driving LED lights during daytime. If not fitted with automated DRL the driver must activate the dipped headlights (low beam) or fog lights as daytime running lights.
Daytime running lights – in particular when its LED, unfortunately often don’t turn on the rear/ tail lights of the vehicle. It is therefore particularly important that driver is aware of light/ visibility conditions such as daytime conditions, and lightening up conditions such as sun gone down to the sun has rises, fog, mist, rain, snow and at sunset.
Horn:
The horn should have a high and constant tone (contact for this usually sits on the left side on handlebars).
Documents:
In Denmark, it is only necessary to have car registration papers of the car as copies if driving with a trailer.
Driving abroad, you must always be carry the original registration papers.
Warning triangle and yellow safety vest:
Driving motorcycle with a sidecar in case of breakdown/ accident a warning triangle must be placed 50m behind the bike on an ordinary road and 100m on a motorway.
Always have at least a one yellow safety vest available on the bike. Hazard warning lights are found on some newer bikes and should of course be used together with the warning triangle.
Towing a motorcycle:
Only a motorcycle with sidecar can be towed, with a maximum distance of 4 meters between the two vehicles.
Speed is restricted to 30 km/h.
Towing is not allowed on the motortrafficway and motorway.
Goods/ cargo/ passengers:
Dimensions: Handlebars must be at leat 55 cm wide and cannot be more elevated than 30 cm over the seat.
If passenger is either smaller than 135 cm and younger than 4 years this must sit in a special elevated EU approved seat.
Read carefully the allowed max cargo weight. Many bikes allow only 140-160kg which is only the weight of two persons.
Cargo must be max as wide as the handlebars and must not obstruct view behind through the mirrors.
If goods are more than 1m longer than the bikes front or tail, this must marked with something that can be an empty carrier bag from the supermarket or a T-shirt.