Red light sensors

[slofox]

Wow. They have traffic lights in Hamilton these days.

Well...we actually use glow-worms in tins...

[oneofsix]

Put the bike on the side stand, get off. Then stamp your feet either side of the bike and get back on.

what? do you wear steel capped boots or something? Most traffic lights us electro-magnetic sensors, a loop embedded in the road that picks up the induction fro mthe metal in the vehicle. Not weight or vibration sensors.

[muppitt]

They will never be pressure sensitive. The most senitive part is where the cables come in from the controller normally on the left side of the cuts .Or just stop riding plastic bikes .

[Scuba_Steve]

Or just stop riding plastic bikes .

aluminium, carbon fibre, magical pixie dust. They don't pick these up either

[oneofsix]

aluminium, carbon fibre, magical pixie dust. They don't pick these up either

magical pixie dust if I had that I could fly

[Tigadee]

I lay my bike down each time on top of the sensors, works everytime...

[G4L4XY]

The sensors are designed to not register hyosung bikes. Just a fact of life that needs to be lived with.

Hahahaha yeah I know, but hey I can go for my full this month!!!

[muppitt]

aluminium, carbon fibre, magical pixie dust. They don't pick these up either

Aluminium works us my ladder on loops to open doors all the time.

[sil3nt]

Never had a problem meself...

Maybe it's my magnetic personality that sets 'em off, eh?

Hamilton is pretty good at detecting bikes. What Hamilton isn't good for is proper timing and cycling of the lights.

Avoid the travelling along killareny road through the greenwood/killarney intersection at night unless you really feel do nothing for five minutes as the lights give priority to greenwood traffic even if there is no one on the road

[Berries]

The sensitivity of the sensors can be adjusted.

Let your Local Road Controlling Authority (usually City Council) know which ones (approach and lane) and request they fix it.

What he said.

They aren't plates btw, but inductive loops placed in the slots that they cut, that is what senses your bike. Sometimes. If it doesn't then do the above. They can adjust the sensitivity so that it will register a pedal cycle, but when they are that finely tuned they'll trigger for just about anything so it has to be somewhere in the middle and they do go off over time. Personally I'll give it a bit longer than I should have to then I will ignore the lights and go for it. As Rastuscat pointed out in another thread, that's when Murphy says there will be a cop coming the other way so caveat emptor as they say.

[EJK]

Put your bike on sidestand.

Get off your bike.

Start doing some jumping jacks.

[hellokitty]

The sensors are designed to not register hyosung bikes. Just a fact of life that needs to be lived with.

and BMW F650s

Put your bike on sidestand.

Get off your bike.

Start doing some jumping jacks.

So weird, I never have an issue on the Harley, but the BMW wouldn't trigger many lights. People (women in their people movers) don't always pull up when you beckon them either. When you are flat footed on one side and so have to have the other leg waving in the air as you are too short, you need people to hurry up and move onto the sensor!

[Berries]

So weird, I never have an issue on the Harley

There is a sarcastic reply in there somewhere.

[ExpertoCrede]

Generally not a problem except for one pesky traffic light just outside the CBD if no other vehicle is around.

As a few others said use your sidestand.

However I don't bother getting off my bike.

Simply gear to neutral and let the sidestand touch the central part of the ground sensor area for a few moments. Works for me everytime.

[sleemanj]

Do a skid.

When I rode an XV250 many moons ago, I found that if you rocked up to the lights and locked the rear it would have a much better chance of triggering. I could only uneducatedly guess that the squat produced was just enough to bring the bulk of the bike low enough that it would trigger.