the parking lights come with turning the ignition on. to engage the low beam, you need to start the bike. and yes, the light works just fine. it is often hit and miss with getting stuff from China, but that one seems to be of an excellent quality. Just to share, I got one for Versys 300, and while the light assembly is very well made, the low beam points too low and the high beam is not so good, so I took all the thing off. Hit and miss as I said. But the one on Tiger is great.