Idea for self-cancelling blinkers
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From: George W Frost on 11 Dec 2008 01:30 "Yeebok" <yeeb(a)yeeb.yeeb> wrote in message news:4940abd1$0$3884$5a62ac22(a)per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... > 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. No wonder you complain about poor economy, forgetting to change out of second will do it every time.
From: Iain Chalmers on 11 Dec 2008 01:46 BT Humble <bt_humble(a)bigpond.com> wrote: > By far the easiest way is simply to get into the habit of pressing the > "cancel" button on the indicators every now and then. Ahhh, so you're saying we need an electronic device that'll remind us to press the cancel button every now and they? Ingenious! Are you thinking a small to medium sized plasma screen on the dash with a flashy "Press Indicator Cancel" animation, or something more along the lines of a cattleprod fitted to the saddle? big -- "Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people you hate." Mr Jalopy quoting Hooptyrides (on jalopyjunktown.com)
From: Yeebok on 11 Dec 2008 01:59 George W Frost wrote: > "Yeebok" <yeeb(a)yeeb.yeeb> wrote in message > news:4940abd1$0$3884$5a62ac22(a)per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... >> 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. > > > > No wonder you complain about poor economy, forgetting to change out of > second will do it every time. > > > I thought we were blaming the bankers for the poor economy - or is that 'so november' ? :)
From: Iain Chalmers on 11 Dec 2008 02:46 In article <0150b8ec$0$31363$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, GB <gb0808(a)threefiddy.com> wrote: > Iain Chalmers <bigiain(a)mightymedia.com.au> wrote in news:bigiain- > 2B171F.17463211122008(a)news.usenetmonster.com: > > Are you thinking > > a small to medium sized plasma screen on the dash with a flashy "Press > > Indicator Cancel" animation, or something more along the lines of a > > cattleprod fitted to the saddle? > > That depends... are we talking about your bike, or mine? :-) I was talking of BTH's and the OP's (who was the OP again? Yeebok? MrHankey?) big (Did you get your chain and sprockets sorted?) -- "Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history, all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled, watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people you hate." Mr Jalopy quoting Hooptyrides (on jalopyjunktown.com)
From: BT Humble on 14 Dec 2008 05:13
Iain Chalmers wrote: > BT Humble <bt_humble(a)bigpond.com> wrote: > > > By far the easiest way is simply to get into the habit of pressing the > > "cancel" button on the indicators every now and then. > > Ahhh, so you're saying we need an electronic device that'll remind us to > press the cancel button every now and they? Ingenious! Are you thinking > a small to medium sized plasma screen on the dash with a flashy "Press > Indicator Cancel" animation, or something more along the lines of a > cattleprod fitted to the saddle? Whatever floats your boat, Big! I just tend to find myself tapping away at the "cancel indicator" button whilst I ride along as though it's some type of pinball machine control. Not so much on my CT90 though, it's got an old-school "centre-to- cancel" indicator switch). BTH |