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All SC members should be aware that retro fitting Xenon HID lights may render your scooter (or any motor vehicle) unroadworthy,  while I cannot locate the appropriate ADR at the moment, the following should confirm the legal status.....

Quoting from VicRoads Testing Times Bulletin 14, Rev 2 Page 65

These lamps (HID) are so bright and have such a sharp low beam cut-off that special precautions are needed. In Europe the lamps must be fitted with a cleaning system to stop grime on the lens blurring the focus and the vehicle must also have a self-adjusting system to ensure that the lamps are always correctly aligned no matter how the vehicle is loaded.

Gas discharge lamps are now allowed in the ADRs under the same conditions as they are allowed in Europe but many Australian specification vehicles are not being fitted with them and usually the headlamp cleaning and automatic adjusting systems are also left off to reduce costs when the vehicles are imported for sale here.

What this means is that if you come across a vehicle fitted with gas discharge lamps – the rear of the lamp is quite different from a normal lamp because of the high voltage starting system required – unless the vehicle is fitted with a lens cleaning system and has an automatic lamp adjusting system (this may be a self levelling suspension system) you should not issue a Roadworthiness Certificate as the vehicle does not comply with the standards.