Idea for self-cancelling blinkers
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From: Knobdoodle on 9 Dec 2008 04:58 "bill_h" <bill_h(a)mindless.com> wrote in message news:gqesj4lhfacolpv247d0n60c2ji052o9nl(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:16:14 GMT, "Knobdoodle" > <knobdoodle(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>Poo-water, salt-water, roof-water; we were after ANYTHING up until a week >>or >>two ago! >>Got plenty of the old wet-water since then. > > I see Comrade Anna is not going to make you drink poo water, at least > not for the time being. > Not until after the election....... -- Clem
From: Peter on 9 Dec 2008 13:46 >>>Poo-water, salt-water, roof-water; we were after ANYTHING up until a week >>>or >>>two ago! >>>Got plenty of the old wet-water since then. >> >> I see Comrade Anna is not going to make you drink poo water, at least >> not for the time being. >> > Not until after the election....... > -- I don't think what comes out is ment to go back in. http://www.elementfour.com/products/the-watermill hth :-P
From: BT Humble on 10 Dec 2008 19:19 Damien wrote: > Nev.. wrote: > >BTHumble wrote: > >> Zebee wrote: > >>> CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >>>> On the Triumph, my most modern bike, and the only one with a single > >>>> turn > >>>> signal button thing which you push to cancel, it feels like it's > >>>> actually mechanically doing something. > >>> The one on the Guzzi is definitely mechanical, because you can cancel > >>> the blinkers with the ignition off. > > >> Clem's old XJ900 had the equivalent of an extra speedo cable running > >> from the front wheel, which went through a little mechanical doovy and > >> cancelled the indicators after 100m or so. You could also manually > >> cancel them, of course. > > > The FZR600 from the late 80s had a similar self cancelling mechanism > > which was distance activated. Might be possible to fit one of the > > switch blocks from one of these bikes and adapt it to work ? > > > Nev.. > > '07 XB12X > > Surely it wouldn't be too hard to build a circuit using an accelerometer > that would do the trick? It would be as simple as setting it so that > when the accelerometer detects a return to a vertical position, and the > blinkers are active, the cancel signal is sent. By far the easiest way is simply to get into the habit of pressing the "cancel" button on the indicators every now and then. BTH
From: theo on 10 Dec 2008 21:37 On Dec 11, 9:19 am, BT Humble <bt_hum...(a)bigpond.com> wrote: > Damien wrote: > > Surely it wouldn't be too hard to build a circuit using an accelerometer > > that would do the trick? It would be as simple as setting it so that > > when the accelerometer detects a return to a vertical position, and the > > blinkers are active, the cancel signal is sent. > > By far the easiest way is simply to get into the habit of pressing the > "cancel" button on the indicators every now and then. Simple solutions for simple problems. Where's the fun in that? Theo
From: Yeebok on 11 Dec 2008 00:55
BT Humble wrote: > Damien wrote: >> Nev.. wrote: >>> BTHumble wrote: >>>> Zebee wrote: >>>>> CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>>>> On the Triumph, my most modern bike, and the only one with a single >>>>>> turn >>>>>> signal button thing which you push to cancel, it feels like it's >>>>>> actually mechanically doing something. >>>>> The one on the Guzzi is definitely mechanical, because you can cancel >>>>> the blinkers with the ignition off. >>>> Clem's old XJ900 had the equivalent of an extra speedo cable running >>>> from the front wheel, which went through a little mechanical doovy and >>>> cancelled the indicators after 100m or so. You could also manually >>>> cancel them, of course. >>> The FZR600 from the late 80s had a similar self cancelling mechanism >>> which was distance activated. Might be possible to fit one of the >>> switch blocks from one of these bikes and adapt it to work ? >>> Nev.. >>> '07 XB12X >> Surely it wouldn't be too hard to build a circuit using an accelerometer >> that would do the trick? It would be as simple as setting it so that >> when the accelerometer detects a return to a vertical position, and the >> blinkers are active, the cancel signal is sent. > > By far the easiest way is simply to get into the habit of pressing the > "cancel" button on the indicators every now and then. > > > BTH I seem to have that habit, usually hit it as I change out of second. Still forget occasionally tho. |