Indicators

[paultheold]

I sometimes forget to cancel my indicators [due to been a crap rider]has anyone fitted a bleep of some kind, and how.

I do not want to let any smoke out of the electric string. In my experience it is smoke in the wire that makes this electric stuff work, because when the smoke escapes from the electric string [wire] all things electrical stop.

[Rolo]

I must be crap too, my other bike has self cancelling indicators and so I keep leaving the AT's on all the time.
I'm about to fit some ultrabright led's to the rear of the front indicator units. I let you know how it goes. :idea:

[Unmutual]

I remember buying a new 750 F1 in 76 and that model had indicator bleepers.
Bloody nightmare it was too!
Everytime you put them on, you'd get blind people stepping into the road thinking they were Pelican crossing "safe to walk" signals.
And even worse was that when it rained, they filled with water, and instead of bleeping they'd start quacking like Donald Duck.
It wasn't cool.

[SteveLee]

I have the same problem. I was thinking of mounting an ultra bright LED above the Tripmaster where it's more in my line of sight.

Steve

[YEN_POWELL]

Does no one their check their speed. When I was a part time instrucor(before the courtcase, oh god the recurring nightmares, that face!!!!!) we were told to make people check their speed all the time, usually to the detriment of forward vision. Still it was only important that they pass their test, not live to a ripe old age.

Anyway, the reason I notice my indicator is still on is because the warning light is right next to the speedo face. I think self cancelling indicators are the sp*nk of the devil. The stupid things switch off halfway round large roundabouts or carry on long past a recent turn. Mind you I can only speak for Yamaha self cancellers, I've no experience of any other make.

[miggy]

You can get a cheapo (£1) 12V thingymajig from Maplins that you can connect directly to the indiactor wiring circuit which gives a 'buzzing' in time with the indicators and does exactly what you require.

I did this with another bike I had and am also thinking of doing the same again because like you I keep forgatting to cancel the buggers.

You can connect the device without doing any fancy soldering or connectors by simply disconnecting the indicator wiring at the point where it connects to the indicator unit and carefully twisting the thingymajig's wiring and inserting it into the original wiring sockets as you re-connect the indicators.

You can connect two of them to increase the volume of the devices.

Maplins have several of these thing which give different sounds/buzzes/bleeps etc.

[iswoolley]

Maybe you could get one of those audible reversing devices that some lorries have. You know the ones... 'this vehicle is reversing... please keep clear... this vehicle is reversing...'

On the bike you could have 'this motorbike is turning left...' and 'this motorbike is turning right...' blaring out as you negotiate the Swindon magic roundabout! In fact if you hooked one up to a inclinometer you could even have 'this motorbike has crashed...!', but I'd probably wear that one out.

Iain.

[icenian]

Maybe you could get one of those audible reversing devices that some lorries have. You know the ones... 'this vehicle is reversing... please keep clear... this vehicle is reversing...'

On the bike you could have 'this motorbike is turning left...'
[etc]

I wouldn't mind summat like that, but connected to a button on the 'bars rather than the idnicators, that just shouted
OI! YOU DOZY TW*T ARE YOU F**KING BLIND???

Is it just me, or do the rest of you get endless pedestrians walking our in front of you?

The AT is far worse than my Speed Triple. Now one is (relatively small, black as the ace of spades and with a single slightly weedy headlamp; and the other is giant, bright red and with two bright headlamps at head height. Which should be easier to see? So why don't people see that one coming?

It's got to be down to noise. The Triumph has standard pipes, but they are to the older (82dB) standard; the AT meets the new (80dB) standard, which is a lot quieter, dB being a log scale and all (i.e. 90dB is twice as loud as 80dB).

The polis will have me if I stick loud pipes on the AT. Where do I stand if I have a voice synthesiser that swears at all and sundry?