Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations — 123
123 (1) Every motorcycle, except those designed and sold exclusively for use by law enforcement agencies, shall conform to the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 123, Motorcycle Controls and Displays (TSD 123), as amended from time to time. (2) Instead of conforming to subsection (1), motorcycles, except those designed and sold exclusively for use by law enforcement agencies, may conform to the requirements of paragraph 5 of United Nations Regulation No. 60, Uniform Provisions Concerning the Approval of Two-Wheeled Motor Cycles and Mopeds with Regard to Driver-Operated Controls Including the Identification of Controls, Tell-Tales and Indicators (United Nations Regulation No. 60), as amended by any amendment prior to the 01 series of amendments. (3) Every motorcycle shall be equipped with a horn. (4) The symbols and abbreviations used to identify the controls and displays of a motorcycle shall be provided in the English and French versions of the owner’s manual, accompanied by a full explanation. (5) In the case of analogue speedometer displays, the kilometre-per-hour scale shall increase in a clockwise direction. Major graduations and numerals shall appear at 10 or 20 km/h intervals and minor graduations at 5 or 10 km/h intervals. (6) An odometer or trip odometer installed on a motorcycle adjacent to the speedometer shall display distances in the same unit of measure as that of the predominant speedometer scale. If the odometer or trip odometer is not adjacent to the speedometer or switches between kilometres and miles independently of the speedometer, the odometer or trip odometer shall display distances in kilometres or miles and shall identify the unit of measure used. (7) A turn signal lamp display fitted on a motorcycle shall be green or yellow. (8) For the purposes of subsections (10), (11), (16) and (17), wherever the term “motorcycle” is used in International Standard ISO 6727, Road vehicles — Motorcycles — Symbols for controls, indicators and tell-tales (ISO 6727), as amended from time to time, it has the same meaning as motorcycle in subsection 2(1) of these Regulations. TSD 123 (9) Item 12 of Table 3 to TSD 123 applies to manual fuel tank shutoff valves only. (10) Any control or display that is not listed in Table 3 to TSD 123 and for which no other identification requirements are specified in these Regulations shall, if identified, be identified by the corresponding symbol set out in ISO 6727. (11) Any control or display for which a symbol is not specified in Table 3 to TSD 123 or in ISO 6727 may be identified by a symbol designed by the manufacturer in compliance with the principles specified in ISO 6727. (12) Despite the requirements of item 8 of Table 3 to TSD 123, a speedometer fitted on a motorcycle shall be calibrated in kilometres per hour or in kilometres per hour and miles per hour. Digital speedometers that switch between kilometres per hour and miles per hour are permitted if the unit of measure is identified. (13) Despite S5.2.3(c) of TSD 123, the words and abbreviations that are required to be displayed under this section shall be displayed in both official languages. However, if there is insufficient space to display the words or abbreviations identifying the ignition, tachometer or fuel tank shutoff valve in both official languages in a readily visible manner, they may be displayed in one official language only. (14) S5.2.4 of TSD 123 does not apply to motor tricycles. (15) Despite S5.2.5 of TSD 123, it is not necessary for a footrest for a passenger on a motorcycle to fold rearward and upward when not in use. United Nations Regulation No. 60 (16) Despite the second paragraph of paragraph 5.1 of United Nations Regulation No. 60, any control, tell-tale or indicator for which a symbol is not identified in Table 1 of United Nations Regulation No. 60 and for which no other identification requirements are specified in these regulations, shall, if identified, be identified by the correspondin