Motorcycle Safety & Driveability: Max headlight output laws, fmvss, statute

Question
I've searched all over the web for an answer to no avail. Are there any laws that you are aware of regarding max headlight output?

Answer
The first sources is the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:

Standard No. 108 - Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment - Passenger Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks, Buses, Trailers, (except pole trailers and trailer converter dollies), and Motorcycles (Effective 1-1-68 for vehicles 2,032 mrn (80 or more inches) in width and Effective 1-1-69 for all other vehicles)

This standard specifies requirements for original and replacement lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment. Its purpose is to reduce traffic crashes and deaths and injuries resulting from traffic crashes, by providing adequate illumination of the roadway, and by enhancing the conspicuity of motor vehicles on the public roads so that their presence is perceived and their signals understood, both in daylight and in darkness or other conditions of reduced visibility.

You can access the standard's language here:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_04/49cfr571_04.html

Many states simply adopt FMVSS into their statutes, but some create their own. You should find the statutes in the state in which you live to be certain. For example, try a Google search for "Minnesota state statutes."

Good luck,

Pat