Making traffic lights 'see' you.

[thealmightytaco]

How about steel capped Jandals?

You're a bloody genius mate. I should patent that.

[thehollowmen]

On trademe a guy is selling rare earth magnets for attaching to the underside of your swingarm.

[erik]

I heard somewhere (maybe here?) that turning the starter on for a second is supposed to trigger them. Don't need to stop the bike or anything, just thumb the starter button.
Dunno if it works though, the times I've tried it the lights might've been about to change anyway.

[Smorg]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[pyrocam]

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also I heard if you line the inside of your helmet with tin foil that works!

[Smorg]

also I heard if you line the inside of your helmet with tin foil that works!

I have a solid steel penis which makes them work ok.... i also use it as my side stand

[mini_me]

i just hit the picks real hard and late, that usually get 'their' attention
else i just apply give way rules.
m/m

[Edbear]

Thanks for the tips, (and the laughs!). I've been ignored by traffic lights many times even on my old heavy steel 'F', so may try one or two of these ideas.

[Gremlin]

Revving has been said to work, and I think it works for me.

More fun than the side stand to, one big rev, out close to redline...

[NordieBoy]

I just brake heavily which heats up the front discs and increases their magnetic field triggering the lights.

[pyrocam]

I have been known after 2 cycles on my old bike on to just move infront of the line and signal for a car behind me to pull up. they ussually dont get it sigh.

[Shadows]

If they don't change for me I just go. And I'll take it to court if one day some one decides to fine me for it.

[Back Fire]

Use this trick all the time, works everytime.... but it does get annoying on the gixxer sometimes... bloody new bikes... be suprised if you couldn't fart on one without setting off a kill switch

[SARGE]

On trademe a guy is selling rare earth magnets for attaching to the underside of your swingarm.

why pay someone for that when you can just dissassemble an old hard drive and use those?.. i have 2 epoxied in my chin spoiler and they work every time...

[vtec]

Yeah Hard Drive magnets are tiny and insanely powerful. No way would they fall off.

I personally kill the engine, and then restart. The amount of power required to go through the starter motor is a lot more than all the other things on your bike combined, this will give the biggest possible magnetic field.